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Strong sales growth and the popularity of its Amazon Prime offering helped send Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) earnings more than 250% higher on a year-over-year basis. In its second quarter, the online retailer founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 posted net income of $78 million, or 19 cents per share. Revenue was 35% higher at $2.89 billion, up from $2.14 billion in the year-ago period. According to the latest estimates reported by Thomson First Call, analysts were expecting earnings per share of 16 cents from Amazon on revenue of $2.81 billion.

According to the company's press release, North American sales grew by 38% in the latest quarter, while International sales were up 31%. Mr. Bezos noted in the release that the firm's "strong revenue growth ... was fueled by low prices and the added convenience of Amazon Prime," a feature that provides unlimited two-day shipping for an annual fee of $79.

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With Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) latest quarterly results showing an operating cash flow that declined 11% to $587 million for the trailing twelve months -- compared with $661 million for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2005 -- Amazon still needs bright spots in sales growth among all its categories to look attractive to investors.

It's true that Amazon has been adding capex into its business in a large way to pad the future outlook for the company. This is a good thing that also leaves some bad financial marks in the short-term. But, businesses aren't in business for the short term. That is, unless we all close our eyes and look back to the 2000-2001 timeframe.

Amazon's free cash flow decreased 23% to $366 million for the trailing twelve months before it's latest quarterly results, compared with $475 million for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2005, driven primarily by its increased expenditure in technology and content -- that needed but nasty capex thing.

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Amazon needs to heavily pitch its "Prime" program for this holiday's shopping season originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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