Amazon Posts $181.5 Billion in Revenue and Smashes Wall Street s Q1 Earnings Expectations

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Amazon reported its first-quarter 2026 earnings results Wednesday, revealing sales at its cloud business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), were up 28% year over year to $37.6 billion from January to March. Amazon s advertising services revenue rose 24% to $17.2 billion. Subscription sales were up 15% at $13.4 billion. North America sales increased 12% to $104.1 billion. International [ ]
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