The e-commerce giant's management is "encouraged by the start of the holiday season," its CFO said on the earnings call.Shares of Amazon (AMZN -3.28%) jumped 6% in Thursday's after-hours trading, following the e-commerce and cloud computing leader's release of its third-quarter 2024 report. The stock's gain is attributable to the quarter's revenue and earnings exceeding Wall Street's estimates, with the bottom-line beat particularly impressive.Investors seemed to shrug off that fourth-quarter revenue guidan ...