Amazon shares spike 10% on earnings and revenue beat

Core Insights - The company reported earnings that exceeded expectations, with an EPS of $1.95 compared to the expected $1.57 [1] - Revenue also surpassed forecasts, coming in at $180.17 billion against an expectation of $177.8 billion [1] - The cloud business, AWS, showed strong performance with revenue of $33 billion, exceeding the anticipated $32.42 billion [1] Financial Performance - The year-over-year growth for AWS was reported at 20%, which is above the street's whisper estimates of 18.5% to 19% [2] - The positive earnings report led to a nearly 10% increase in the company's share price [2]