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To: Harry Simpson who wrote (1131)	1/7/1998 9:40:00 PM
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Amazon.com "store" closed by technical problems SEATTLE, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Amazon.com <AMZN.O>, frequently cited as one of the biggest commercial success stories on the Internet, was closed by unspecified technical problems Wednesday. Attempts to reach the popular Web site were greeted by a "We're sorry!" billboard. "Our store is closed temporarily," said the message. Company spokeswoman Kay Dangaard said the site was closed about 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) after an unspecified technical problem was discovered during an unscheduled maintenance check and likely would not be operating again until after 6 p.m. (9 p.m. EST) "It is small problem but has nothing to do with our security system or databases," she said. Dangaard said the problem was not serious, but technicians were checking the system thoroughly before bringing it back on line. She said the outage was the longest since a daylong shutdown in June, when a problem was discovered during a routine maintenance check. Amazon.com had sales of about $38 million in its latest quarter, or $420,000 a day. REUTERS Rtr 20:57 01-07-98 ...........so far the site is still closed at 9.45 pm.........