Amazon earnings updates: Wall Street watching for cloud demand, advertising strength

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• Amazon will release its first-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Thursday.
• Shares in the tech giant were down 16% year-to-date through Wednesday.
• There are concerns around how tariffs will impact e-commerce, but Wall Street is still largely optimistic.

Amazon will report first-quarter earnings on Thursday after the closing bell.

The impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs on the company's e-commerce business will be in focus...