KQED Nightly Business Report April 29, 2016
Welcome. A blowout quarter from amazon that few curve predicted. The Online Retailing powerhouse continued to drive along to get people the items they want at their doorstep when they want them. And its efforts are paying off. More customers joined its prime Loyalty Program and revenue jumped in its Cloud Services businesses. Look at the numbers. Amazon reported earnings of 1. 07 a share, estimates were almost half that fay cents a share. Sales of 29 billion were 28 higher than a year ago surpassing not only wall street estimates but amazons own forecasts and as for shares, they took off. Init...