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  "url": "https://struct.news/briefs/sonos-has-amazon-ties-across-its-cloud-voice-assistant-and-rivalry",
  "title": "Sonos Has Amazon Ties Across Its Cloud, Voice Assistant, and Rivalry",
  "summary": "Sonos discloses ties to Amazon on multiple sides of the business, while Best Buy accounted for 14% of fiscal 2025 revenue.",
  "published_at": "2026-09-02T23:47:08.024472+00:00",
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  "usage": "Figures are as reported by the company. Quote with attribution to the source filing.",
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      "evidence": "Income tax expense increased to $218 million in the first six months of fiscal 2027 compared to $87 million in the first six months of fiscal 2026, primarily due to the discrete tax impacts of the restructuring charges and associated exit of a component of our Best Buy Health business in the prior year, as well as higher pre-tax income.",
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      "statement": "Repeated adverse filing language ties year-over-year changes in other income and expense to interest expense and impairments; monitor OI&E movements.",
      "importance": "medium",
      "evidence": "\"Year-over-year OI&E increased during the first nine months of 2021 due primarily to smaller impairments of securities, lower interest expense and favorable carrying value adjustments of non-marketable securities, partially offset by lower interest income.\"",
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    "GS",
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    "MS",
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  "disclaimer": "Descriptive reporting of filed results. Not investment advice, and contains no forecast or recommendation."
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