Profits in the cloud and beyond


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018

Shoppers swing bright orange Amazon Go bags as they shop at the new Amazon Go store on the 100 block of South Franklin Street on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Google is a technology company, and Amazon is an online retailer, right? 

Not according to their financial reports. Amazon is a technology company, and Google is an advertising firm. Both are data giants backed by their technology. They are two of the five largest publicly traded companies. But they've performed very differently for shareholders this year. 

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