renoir. polak. warhol. bacon. chaga chagall. on great collections of modern art few have seen before, until now. hidden in the heart of iran. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursd >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. a blow-out quarter from amazon that few curve predicted. the online retailing powerhouse continued to drive along to get people the items they want at their doorstep when they want them. and its efforts are paying off. more customers joined its prime loyalty program and revenue jumped in its cloud services businesses. look at the numbers. amazon reported earnings of $1.07 a share, estimates were almost half that fay cents a share. sales of $29 billion were 28% higher than a year ago surpassing not only wall street estimates but amazon's own forecasts and as for shares, they took off. initially in after-hours trading, there is a chart of them. josh lipton has more on amazon's strong results. >> reporter: $1.1 billion. that was a big number in amazon's earnings release. it refers to the

renoir. polak. warhol. bacon. chaga chagall.great collections of modern art few have seen before, until now. hidden in the heart of iran. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursd >>> good evening,

renoir. polak. warhol. bacon. chaga chagall. on great collections of modern art few have seen before, until now. hidden in the heart of iran. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursd >>> good evening,