Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak takes the fifth on just about every important question

Amazon earnings are out and the company grew revenue but shrunk profits -- a very Amazonian talent. So investors and analysts piled on the earnings conference call to get the scoop on how and why. Only, CFO Tom Szkutak wasn't really there to answer questions.

Amazon net sales up 51%; investing in digital

During Amazon’s quarter two earnings call, the company reported the strongest growth it has seen in ten years, in addition to digital offerings growth.

In this past quarter, Amazon’s net sales increased 51 percent to $9.91 billion compared year-over-year with …