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Amazon Q4 profit beats estimates despite aggressive spending

    Published Fri, Jan 30, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    San Francisco

    AMAZON surprised the market with a quarterly profit far better than anticipated for the online giant known for pouring money into projects such as original video programmes and delivery drones.

    "Amazon beat estimates even though Jeff Bezos is moving at a paranoid pace; pretty much spending money as fast as it comes in and going flat out as if there were somebody right on his heels chasing him," said independent analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.

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