Ecommerce giant Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported third-quarter financial results Thursday after market close.

Here are the key highlights.

What Happened: Amazon reported third-quarter net sales of $180.2 billion, up 13% year-over-year. The sales total beat the Street consensus estimate of $177.8 billion, according to Benzinga Pro.

Sales were broken down as follows:

North America: $106.3 billion, +11% year-over-year

International: $40.9 billion, +14% year-over-year

AWS: $33.0 billion, +20% year-over-year

The company reported third-quarter earnings per share of $1.95, beating a Street consensus estimate of $1.57.

Operating income for the company was $17.4 billion, which was broken down by segment:

North America: $4.8 billion

International: $1.2 billion

AWS: 11.4 billion

The operating income was flat from last year's third quarter total of $17.4 billion. The company said the quarterly operating income included two special charges of $2.5 billion and $1.8 billion, related to a legal settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and severance costs for planned role eliminations, respectively. ...