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To: Greg M. who wrote (11304)	7/22/1998 5:19:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Interesting that AMZN wants to "for informational purposes" provide pro forma earnings (losses) w/o new company expense; but purposely chooses not to inform what pro forma revenues would have been w/o new companies. Is this a urprise from them????

To: Greg M. who wrote (11304)	7/22/1998 7:01:00 PM
From: Timoteo	Respond to of 164684

Greg-excellent point and it it one of the many ways a company and the street can spin its results. AMZN includes the revenue it gained from the acquisitions but doesn't include the cost when presenting how much money the company lost. I wish I could run a business that way. Like I posted once before-"we lose money on every sale but we make it up in volume" and in AMZN's case, we don't include the money we lose on one-time expenses like acquiring companies. At least they still count advertising as a real expense! Best, Timoteo