welcome. a blow-out 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 amazon s own forecasts and as for shares, they took off. initially in after-hours trading, there is a chart of them. josh lipton has more on amazon s strong results. reporter: $1.1 billion. that was a big number in amazon s earnings release. it refers to the operating income that amazon reported for the first quarter, and it was way above analyst estimates. aaron kessler of raymond james says that number proves two points. one, amazon candle
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 amazon s own forecasts and as for shares, they took off. initially in after-hours trading, there is a chart of them. josh lipton has more on amazon s strong results. reporter: $1.1 billion. that was a big number in amazon s earnings release. it refers to the operating income that amazon reported for t e first quarter, and it was way above analyst estimates. aaron kessler of raymond james says that number proves two points. one, amazon candle straight leverage when it wants to. als
welcome. a blow-out 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 amazon s own forecasts and as for shares, they took off. initially in after-hours trading, there is a chart of them. josh lipton has more on amazon s strong results. reporter: $1.1 billion. that was a big number in amazon s earnings release. it refers to the operating income that amazon reported for the first quarter, and it was way above analyst estimates. aaron kessler of raymond james says that number proves two points. one, amazon candle
the pentagon is investigating the circumstances of the strike believed to have been carried out by a u.s. aircraft. a new report says the fees we pay to use an out-of-network atm are new record highs nationwide. the average $4.52. also at record highs are overdraft fees. they now average $33.07. those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 5th. from abc news, this is world news now. hey, good morning. we begin this half hour with the stubborn storm still lashing the carolina coastline after a weekend of historic flooding, even more rain still on the way. can you believe it? hundreds of stranded drivers and families had to be plucked from their cars in south carolina. in fact, so many. officials say they lost count. at least seven people have died and more door-to-door search operations are planned for today. abc s rob marciano is there. reporter: a stubborn system battering the east coast for nearly four days. and it won t give up. this is deep. r
been carried out by a u.s. aircraft. a new report says the fees we pay to use an out of network atm are new record highs. nationwide. the average $4.52. also at record highs are overdraft fees. they now average $33.07. those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 5th. from abc news, this is world news now. hey, good morning. we begin this half hour with the stubborn storm still lashing the carolina coastline after a weekend of historic flooding, even more rain still on the way. can you believe it? hundreds of stranded drivers and families had to be plucked from their cars in south carolina. in fact, so many. officials say they lost count. at least seven people have died and more door-to-door search operations are planned for today. abc s rob marciano is there. reporter: a stubborn system battering the east coast for nearly four days. and it won t give up. reporter: historic rain. for charleston. over the weekend, their wettest day on record. this