Weak Amazon, Alphabet results ignite growth worries

By Supantha Mukherjee and Sonam Rai (Reuters) - Shares of Amazon.com Inc dropped by the most in four years on Friday after its outlook for holiday season sales missed targets, fanning concerns that Wall Street's tech darlings are finally starting to face stronger competition. The third quarter results were the second time running that billionaire Jeff Bezos' firm had fallen short of sales targets and, allied to a similar disappointment from Google-owner Alphabet, they sent a shockwave reverberating through stock markets. There were no ratings downgrades from the Wall Street analysts who have almost universally backed the companies' long-term prospects, but several said there were signs that both were beginning to face tougher competition from tech peers as well as the retail companies Amazon has bullied in recent years

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