and cloud computing giant it continues a trend in big tech set out this week by the likes of meta, microsoft and alphabet whose latest results show that they re all doing surprising well. this has lifted markets across the board. lisa lisa we saw similar on wall street. here s the bbc s samira hussain. over the last year, amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it s laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. is currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off, as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. amazon s cloud computing business which didn t go as much as expected last quarter did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business. even retail, a core part of amazons business exceeded expectations. the boom in online shoppi
and cloud computing giant it continues a trend in big tech set out this week by the likes of meta, microsoft and alphabet whose latest results show that they re all doing surprising well. this has lifted markets across the board. lisa lisa we saw similar on wall street. here s the bbc s samira hussain. over the last year, amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it s laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. is currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off, as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. amazon s cloud computing business which didn t go as much as expected last quarter did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business. even retail, a core