Amazon has revealed its strongest quarterly profit since 2021, more than trebling it profits to nearly $10billion.
Revenue is also up 13% to $143.1billion (£118billion).
The company says advertising revenue is up 25%, while sales of subscriptions - primarily Prime next-day delivery - rose 13% to more than $10billion.
Spending at its online stores has grown by 6% and its giant cloud computing division grew sales by 12%.
The figures mark a huge revival for Amazon, which had been suffering from slowing growth since CV19 first hit in 2020.
Thousands of jobs were cut after Amazon admitted that it overextended itself during the pandemic, spending heavily on opening new warehouses.
FTSE 100
The UK's top share index, the FTSE 100, was up two-points at 7,356, shortly after opening this morning.
Brent crude futures were up 1.57% this morning at $89.31 a barrel.
Companies reporting today
Chevron and NatWest are reporting Q3 results.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has a Q3 Interim Management Statement.