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"Amazon had a strong third quarter, showing growth across nearly every reported statistic. In the third quarter sales rose to $7.56 billion dollars, a 39% year over year (YOY) increase.\r\n\r\nOperating cash flow grew to\u00A0$2.62 billion for the trailing 12 months, up 16% compared to the 12 months ending in last year's third quarter for the company. While revenue and operating cash flow were both up, free cash flow declined 5% (trailing twelve months) compared to the previous period.\r\n\r\nDespite that, operating income rose 7% to $268 million dollars in the third quarter. Net income grew 16% to bring diluted earnings per share to $o.51, a 6 cent rise over the $0.45 per share that Amazon reported in the third quarter of 2009.\r\n\r\nThe company's stock is down sharply after hours, at the time of this post off some 5% after a strong performance during normal trading hours. Wall Street is not impressed with Amazon's showing. Amazon's reported earnings were on the high-end of expectations, but it seems that many traders were expecting to be surprised. They were, but not in the way that they were hoping."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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