Thursday, April 26, 2012

Amazon's streak of Fire ignites shares



Just yesterday the Wall Street pundits were worrying about the thin profits, but today Reuters reports that Amazon.com Inc's quarterly results beat Wall Street's most bullish expectations as heavy spending by the world's largest Internet retailer began to pay off through sales of more digital products on its new Kindle Fire tablet.

Amazon shares surged almost 15 percent, increasing the company's market value by more than $10 billion and boosting the stake of CEO Jeff Bezos by almost $2.5 billion.

Analysts cheered first-quarter earnings and revenue which comfortably exceeded their forecasts.  Amazon is spending in three main areas: fulfillment centers to support online retail; video content and other media businesses; and infrastructure for its cloud computing service….

Go figure.  Check out http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/net-us-amazon-idUSBRE83P1E320120426

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