Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Intel find billions more in profit
October 26, 2017 at 18:05 PM EDT
Four of the most valuable tech companies in the world—Amazon.com Inc., Google parent company Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.—destroyed expectations for profit and revenue in third-quarter reports Thursday afternoon, collectively bringing in about $2.2 billion more profit and $23 billion more revenue than the same quarter a year ago.