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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (116349)1/29/2001 3:01:01 PM
From: H James Morris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Glenn, Akami finally gets some respect.
dailynews.yahoo.com



To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (116349)1/29/2001 4:48:16 PM
From: Alomex  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Microsoft owned Expedia.com did not have to follow the market wims of "first mover advantage" and "land grab" which were demanded from many other dot.coms, whether they wanted or not.

This validates this point:

biz.yahoo.com

Expedia Q2 loss much smaller than forecasts

BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan 29 (Reuters) - Expedia Inc. (NasdaqNM:EXPE - news) on Monday posted a quarterly loss that was much smaller than Wall Street forecasts as the online travel service boosted sales by 81 percent.

The company, which is majority owned by software giant Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news), said it lost $2.6 million or 6 cents per share, excluding certain unusual charges, compared with a loss of $10.3 million or 26 cents per share a year earlier.

Expedia was expected to lose 15 cents a share, according to First Call/Thomson Financial, which tracks the forecasts of Wall Street analysts.

Sales for Expedia's second quarter ended Dec. 31, rose to $80 million from $44 million in the year-ago quarter.



To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (116349)1/29/2001 6:11:17 PM
From: GST  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
A day before AMZN "earnings" announcement a not a word about the stock on this thread -- I can just feel the excitement building -- vbg.