Amazon reports third-quarter sales up 12% to $201.9 billion

Amazon said AWS segment sales rose 39% to $46.0 billion. Operating income increased to $28.1 billion from $17.4 billion, while net income fell to $20.7 billion, or $1.89 a share, from $21.2 billion. For the fourth quarter, Amazon said net sales "are expected to be between $240.0 billion and $247.0 billion".