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Amazon reported fourth-quarter earnings slightly below Wall Street estimates even as sales surged and it reported the fastest growth in its prominent cloud computing business in 13 quarters. The Seattle-based online behemoth on Thursday reported net income of USD 21.2 billion, or USD 1.95 per share, for the three-month period ended December 31. That compares with USD 20 billion, or USD 1.86 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose 14 per cent to USD 213.4 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with USD 187.8 billion in the year-ago period. Analysts were expecting USD 1.97 per share on sales of USD 211.4 billion, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Revenue from its cloud service arm called Amazon Web Services increased 24 per cent to USD 35.6 billion. Analysts were expecting USD 34.9 billion. Amazon said it plans to increase capital spending to USD 200 billion this year from USD 125 billion as it sees opportunities in artificial intelligence, robots, semiconductors an
Facebook India has posted around 28 per cent increase in standalone profit at Rs 647.45 crore for financial year ended March 2025, according to the company's regulatory filing shared by Tofler. The company had logged a profit of Rs 504.93 crore a year ago. Revenue from operations grew 25 per cent to Rs 3,792.91 crore in FY2025 from Rs 3,034.82 a year ago. "The company's total expenses for the fiscal were reported as Rs 2,881 crore," Tofler said. Employee expenses of Meta-owned Facebook India Online Services Private Limited grew 36 per cent to Rs 648.57 crore during the fiscal as against Rs 476 crore a year ago. The company's tax expense was higher by 46 per cent to Rs 305.18 crore in FY2025 from Rs 209.2 crore in FY2024. According to an analysis by the market intelligence firm Tofler, the operating margin of Facebook declined marginally and net margin inched up to 16.9 per cent in FY2025.