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Amazon cloud business accelerates but shares drop on profit miss

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In short

The tech giant generated $201.9 billion in total revenue and $20.7 billion in profit, both falling short of Wall Street forecasts. Amazon's advertising business also underperformed expectations by posting $19.6 billion in revenue. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Andy Jassy highlighted robust customer demand for the firm's custom Trainium processors, projecting wider availability for the chips by late next year.

Key points

  • Amazon is maintaining an aggressive $220 billion capital expenditure strategy focused pre…: Amazon is maintaining an aggressive $220 billion capital expenditure strategy focused predominantly on artificial intelligence infrastructure.
  • Major technology firms are turning to debt and equity offerings while simultaneously trim…: Major technology firms are turning to debt and equity offerings while simultaneously trimming workforces to manage efficiency.
  • Amazon Web Services continues to hold the top global market position over rivals Microsof…: Amazon Web Services continues to hold the top global market position over rivals Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

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The miss came as investors were already rattled by Google's own lower-than-expected profits on a slowdown in advertising and big spending on AI.

Shares in Google-parent Alphabet dropped more than 10 percent after market close on Wednesday and closed down more than 12 percent on Thursday.

Intel meanwhile tumbled 20 percent after the bell Thursday after it said it expected a protracted slowdown for personal computers.

Amazon still expects to spend $220 billion on capital expenditures this year, primarily on investments in artificial intelligence, it said.

The company recorded $201.9 billion in total revenue and $20.7 billion in profit in the third quarter, below expectations of $202.2 billion and $21.5 billion, respectively, according to FactSet.

Revenue from advertising services also fell short, reaching $19.6 billion versus $20.8 billion expected.

Amazon touted potentially lucrative business segments which extend beyond e-commerce, including grocery through Whole Foods, health care and pharmacy services, its Leo internet satellite division and Zoox autonomous vehicles.

"There has never been a trillion dollar revenue business, and we may have two of them in the next 5-10 years," CEO…

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