is stephen mader. thanks for joining us. profit and sales missed estimates.t is doing well in the u.s. but its dominance and u.s. e-commerce doesn't seem to be translating globally quite yet. why is that? >> we were a little bit surprised as well at the weakness of their international markets. i think it is really showcasing where their long-term vision is, using that prime membership as the middle point and intersection between the services at amazon. video, mp3, music and books. a lot of that content that amazon has been investing in hasn't made its way yet. >> it is investing in long-term r&d. can it keep doing that at the same time reaching its profitability targets? >> it is quite a balancing act. they have publicly stated they have a five to seven year long-term vision of where they expect to get some of that return on their investments. on the same time, they can also start tweaking some of the profitability questions. they are looking at maybe increasing the cost of prime membership in the u.s. some of the other firms they have latched like amazon pan