This post includes affiliate links. If you purchase anything through these affiliated links, 247wallst.com may earn a commission. For years there has been speculation that Amazon might be broken into pieces. One reason is that Amazon is worth more than the sum of its pieces to shareholders. The other is that the federal government might force the divestiture of one or more divisions because of antitrust concerns. Recently, the guessing game has been about Amazon Prime Video, among the world’s largest streaming businesses. Usually, Amazon’s businesses are seen as two separate ones. The Amazon e-commerce operation is the largest and oldest. In the most recently reported quarter, Amazon’s North American e-commerce operations had revenue of $79 billion of the company’s total of $127 billion. This unit lost $412 million. The International e-commerce operation had a revenue of $28 billion, on which it lost $2.5 billion. The Amazon Web Services business, the largest cloud computing operation in the world, had revenue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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