Amazon reported second quarter results, with North American media sales of $2.928 billion up 12 percent (from $2.62 billion a year ago), as international media sales rose 9 percent $2.283 billion (from $2.094 billion a year ago). That’s a total of $765 million lower than competitor Apple’s just reported second-quarter media and related “services” sales, now trailing Apple by more than $1 billion for the first half of the year in these comparable segments. Overall Amazon had a strong quarter, with sales of $30.4 billion, up $23.2 billion a year ago, and much stronger net income of $857 million (on $1.285 billion […]
