Earnings alert: Amazon margins a concern
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Plus: AT&T profit rises...Samsung SDI swings to loss...Outstanding earnings for Apple...Xerox profits from color printers.
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What matters most for earnings growth: margins or sales growth?
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Heading into the heart of earnings season next week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O on   Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit   because of disappointing margins, as customers cut back on   purchases of big-ticket discretionary items such as furniture,   sending shares down nearly 5 percent.
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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. fell 9 percent Friday after the online retailer reported third-quarter profits that tripled, but fell short of Wall Street estimates.
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Shares of Amazon.com  fell more than 16 percent on Thursday after the online retailer reported earnings that fell short of analysts estimates and raised concerns the company was focusing more on sales than profits.
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Amazon.com Inc. AMZN.O on  Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that missed Wall Street  estimates and it unveiled a costly new shipping program that  heightened concern about falling margins, sending its shares  tumbling 14 percent.
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Plus: Matsushita profit up 22 percent...Amazon's profit up, margins squeezed...SAP cautious on 2008...Yahoo profit falls.
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Amazon.com Inc reported on Tuesday a drop in profit margins from the previous quarter, unpleasantly surprising investors betting on continued improvement at the world's largest Web retailer, and its shares fell 9 percent.
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By ALLEN, Sue  Renaissance Corporation has posted a record annual profit, but says a squeeze on earnings margins might cause a lower result this financial year.
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SEATTLE -- Amazon.com Inc. made more money in the third quarter than Wall Street had expected, but investors must have been looking for perfection.
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Plus:  Electronics sales push Sony to profit...STMicro sees market recovery...VMWare profit rises as software sales climb...Amazon margins a concern.
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The mixed results in its latest earnings report may get lost in the wording.
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Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 51 percent from a year ago in the all-important holiday season, hurt by higher tax-related charges. The Internet retailer's results were just ahead of Wall Street's expectations.
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OCTOBER 22, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Amazon.com Inc. fell a penny short of analysts&#39; per-share earnings expectations, while reporting net sales of $1.
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Plus: Electronic Arts lowers outlook, shares fall...Sony profit up, forecast cautious...Matsushita profit up 22 percent...Amazon's profit up, margins squeezed.
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Amazon.com Inc. reported net sales of $1.46 billion in its third quarter, while Google reported $805.9 million in revenue, an increase of 105% over the same quarter last year.