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To: Alomex who wrote (11024)	7/21/1998 11:41:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Reuters Story - July 21, 1998 10:23 SEATTLE, July 21 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday said it has entered into a pact with Intuit Inc. to be the exclusive bookseller in the U.S. on Intuit's popular Quicken.com Internet Web site. The agreement, described only as a "multi-year, multi-million dollar" deal, also makes Amazon.com the preferred provider of books in the United Kingdom and Germany. Shares of Amazon.com leapt 8-1/2 to 146 just after the open on Tuesday. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon.com will receive extensive placements on Quicken.com sites and provide book-related editorial content, search capabilities and promotions. Amazon.com will also be promoted on the desktop within select Quicken software, Intuit's personal finance software. Separately, Amazon.com said it has signed an agreement with PC maker Compaq Computer Corp. . which will place access to Amazon.com in new shipments of Compaq Presario personal computers.