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  Amazon’s Profit Falls Sharply as Company Buys Growth

  

  nytimes.com

  The company has been investing heavily to keep its giant core businesses growing at the expense of higher profits.

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  Amazon now has more than 150 million Prime members across the world

  

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  Amazon spent less money than expected on shortening its standard delivery time to one day last quarter — here's how it did it

  

  businessinsider.com

  Amazon Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky said "efficiency" in its delivery infrastructure helped the company save...

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  One of Amazon's most overlooked business just crushed another stellar quarter, and helped pump up profit margins

  

  businessinsider.com

  Amazon reported Thursday a big jump in revenue from its marketplace business, where it sells and...

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