Amazon profits drop sharply amid big spending to speed package delivery
by Dominic Rushe in New York from Technology | The Guardian on  (#4T4VP)
	- Quarterly profits down to $2.1bn from $2.9bn a year earlier
 - US politicians keen to scrutinize Amazon's business practices
 
Amazon's profits slid 26% in the last quarter as the company poured money into free shipping and its cloud storage business.
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