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To: H James Morris who wrote (16240)9/5/1998 9:44:00 PM
From: OtherChap  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
>what the two have done is quite legal. But does potentially open
>up a can of worms for both.

If it is legal to buy their inventory with stock, it still seems like ridiculously wreckless financial behavior on the part of Amazon.

I can see the news stories on Red Herring and SJMercury already:

"Amazon gets its books for free, but still manages to sell them at a loss!"



To: H James Morris who wrote (16240)9/6/1998 10:04:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Respond to of 164684
 
Latest Consensus EPS Estimates (Last Updated: 09/05/98)
Current Year
Next Year
Current Quarter
Next Quarter
Number of Estimates
15
16
11
10
Mean
$-1.55
$-1.26
$-0.51
$-0.47
High
$-0.98
$0.02
$-0.16
$-0.12
Low
$-2.01
$-2.10
$-0.68
$-0.70
Mean of Last 3
$-1.70
$-1.76
$-0.57
$-0.41
Median
$-1.54
$-1.31
$-0.55
$-0.51
Change Over 1 Week
$-0.05
$-0.04
$-0.03
$-0.04
Change Over 1 Month
$-0.14
$-0.28
$-0.10
$-0.12
Change Over 3 Months
$-0.53
$-0.75
$-0.31
$-0.45
Standard Deviation
0.29
0.65
N/A
N/A
Number Revised Up (1 Month)
0
0
N/A
N/A
Number Revised Down (1 Month)
2
2
N/A
N/A
Number Unchanged (1 Month)
12
13
N/A
N/A
Number of New Estimates (1 Month)
1
1
N/A
N/A