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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mark Fowler who wrote (137449)	1/22/2002 9:07:55 AM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Check the number of shares outstanding for AMZN. I will bet anything that they repurchased shares towards the end of the quarter, thus reducing the total number of outstanding shares and increasing the per-share profit enough to turn into a gain. IBM is the master of this trick- why wouldn't amazon join in the fun?

To: Mark Fowler who wrote (137449)	1/22/2002 10:55:55 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 164684

"http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/020122/business_retail_amazon_earns_dc_2.html< well i'll be damn -- any comments Glenn? " I have a question. The income statement shows Other income of $5.3 million. It also has Other gains of $16.3 million. If anyone has a clue what those are, I would love to know. Take them away and there is no income via GAAP. In fact, there is a loss. An unknown income of about $21 million would be nice to have some information on so we know what it is. I am all ears.