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...stock you bought dropped 30% yesterday because it failed to meet Wall Street's exacting expectations. Ouch--you've just been scalded by what we call an earnings blow-up. Now what? Do you lie there inert, screaming "Where's the rest of my stock?" Nah. In the trenches of capitalism where I toil, one of these high-explosive blow-ups hits me monthly, obliterating any hope of a quick profit, or perhaps producing a staggering unrealized loss. IBM, Xerox, Unisys and Lexmark have all detonated recently. First, take heart. You aren't the only one dumb enough...
...still Mrs. Walter, and it's weird to see her here, out of the box, not talking in that biology voice. "It'll be easier after you graduate," she tells him. "What," he says, "like, we're going to be friends with you guys?" and she laughs and says, "Nah, we don't want you as friends either," and you realize these are the teachers who are your friends for life...
...attention to the clock. It's almost time for a meeting for players and parents at school on the complicated rules for NCAA eligibility. Bobby has got half a dozen introductory letters from college coaches, but it's too early for offers. Will he attend tonight's meeting? "Nah," he says...
...Nah," he laughs, "I'm just another dirtbag. But a rich dirtbag...
Nice guy, huh? Nah. Killing the competition with kindness is more like it. For Bezos has long realized what Wall Street seems to have just awakened to: you can't stick around on the profit margins of a bookstore, or even a book-CD-video-toys-electronic store with the odd auction thrown in (which last year had sales of $1 billion and zero earnings as usual). To stay ahead of the curve, Amazon needs to build the ultimate e-commerce portal: the holy grail; the must-have home page for all online shoppers. And for that you need...