. >>> a zon reportedearnings, $1.9 billion better than analystsct ex. revenue for the quarter surged more than 30% because of a sharp increase in online shopping during thewholiday season. e you may know them as a on line retailer that's not the revenue clengine. itd computie ining business is. it sent shares higher in after hours trading. >>nother big report by sam done driven by record holiday season and cloud computing union, aws, amazon web services. tozon crediting resul growth of its prime membership program. s it did it saw more than 4 million sign ups in one week alone last quarter. revenues from subscription services including music video and other services grew to $3.2 billion. it was there is the first full quarter after sales from whole foods were added. sales came up to $4.5 billion. the mainake away, amazon continues to grow sales and be profitable while spending big on new businesses like veo content, advertising and brick and mortar. for "nightly business report" i'm deirdre doza, san francisco. >> we have now hrd from all the major tech