this is the cbs evening news. axelrod: good evening. i m jim axelrod. we begin tonight in nepal where the police say more than 1,000 people are dead after the worst earthquake there in more than 80 years. the quake hit nepal, a small impoverished nation sandwiched between india and tibet in the himalayan mountains, around noon today. to give you a sense of just how strong this earthquake was the magnitude of 7.8 makes it 16 times more powerful than the earthquake that devastated haiti in 2010. mount everest is in 53 nepal, and the quake caused a deadly avalanche at the climbers base camp. tens of thousands of people in nepal are now spending a chilly stormy night out in the open. here s charlie d agata. reporter: it was just after noon when the killer earthquake struck and triggered chaos on the streets of the capital kathmandu. brick by brick, rescuers raced against time in a desperate search for survivors and any sign of life. but throughout the day, the death toll k
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microsoft s earnings and revenue topping expectations. results were helped by shares of its offices and server sales. we re going to talk to an analyst who covers the company at k67 40 eastern time. amazon reported results, as well. sales grew by a better than expected 24% which investors say bodes well for results this season. we will talk to an amazon analyst in just a few minutes, as well. let s take a look at today s calendar. the commerce department will release two reports. durable goods for september. coming up at 10:00, we can wholesale trade inventories and consumer sentiment is worth talking about. andrew, good morning. thank you, becky. we have corporate buzz this morning, including wa joe was talking about, including twitter s ipo is now pegging the valuation of that company at a modest $11 billion. they want to he avoid a repeat of facebook s troubled debut. maybe they re pricing it on the low end. twitter plans to sell $70 million between $17 and $20 apiece. t
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