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...think we may have horribly misinvested our money in the past decade, pouring it into research and development for Intel and Microsoft and Amazon. When I was a kid and we went through a boom, people put their money in cocaine and models and German cars. I don't think it helped, but it made for better conversation than going on about the price you bought Yahoo...
JEFF BEZOS SEC probes Amazon stock dump. Should've just sold the whole company on eBay
...Amazon, whose stock popped Monday on the news, would get a big business partner with unparalleled reach who knows a thing or two about selling goods cheaply and still turning a profit - as well as a built-in "bricks" component to their business on somebody else's dime. Wal-Mart, meanwhile, would appear to be interested in kicking their in-house efficiencies up a notch, perhaps adding an Internet component to an inventory system that is still largely self-contained and based on electronics...
...Amazon, having posted a loss in each of its five years in existence, may not know much about making money, but Bezos has promised investors a "pro-forma" profit (excluding debt payments and the like) by the end of 2001. No one doubts his company's skill at the e-tailing game - it's the game itself that has the shaky business model - and by now, Bezos must have learned pretty much all there is to know about how to squeeze every available penny to the utmost...
...fact, we may be getting an early look at Amazon's next expansionist venture. Maybe it was meant to be a consulting business all along...