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To: marion (Hijacked) who wrote (25946)11/13/1998 7:46:00 PM
From: Rob S.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
*** Off Topic ****

Just another small ADSL local carrier that is targeting high-density locations. This is a growth industry but competitive. The speculation in this stock by naive investors thinking that AVCO had discovered the long searched for "holy grail" of shoving bits down common phone wires was incredibly stupid. Some rumors that they had figured out some miraculous way to increase bandwidth by 10x-100x over current technology were so dumb most telcom engineers would be in pain because they laughed so hard. For those lucky enough to get on the front end of the rumors and then sell toward the close yesterday, congratulations. For anyone left holding the bag, I hope you learned to look before you leap.



To: marion (Hijacked) who wrote (25946)11/13/1998 11:40:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Respond to of 164684
 
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SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
1998 1997
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(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash .......................................................... $ 14,856 $ 1,876
Marketable securities ......................................... 322,404 123,499
Inventories ................................................... 19,772 8,971
Prepaid expenses and other .................................... 17,625 3,363
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Total current assets .................................. 374,657 137,709
Fixed assets, net ............................................... 23,821 9,726
Deposits and other .............................................. 582 169
Goodwill and other purchased intangibles, net ................... 213,064 --
Deferred charges ................................................ 7,590 2,240
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Total assets .......................................... $ 619,714 $ 149,844
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable .............................................. $ 60,046 $ 33,027
Accrued advertising ........................................... 11,857 3,454
Other liabilities and accrued expenses ........................ 26,868 6,570
Current portion of long-term debt ............................. 684 1,500
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Total current liabilities ............................. 99,455 44,551

Long-term debt .................................................. 340,392 76,521
Long-term portion of capital lease obligation ................... 103 181

Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized shares -- 10,000,000
Issued and outstanding shares -- none ...................... -- --
Common stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized shares -- 300,000,000
Issued and outstanding shares -- 52,725,622 and 48,302,958
shares, respectively ....................................... 527 483
Additional paid-in capital .................................... 298,322 67,552
Note receivable from officer for common stock ................. (1,099) --
Deferred compensation ......................................... (2,943) (1,930)
Accumulated other comprehensive income ........................ 590 --
Accumulated deficit ........................................... (115,633) (37,514)
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Total stockholders' equity ............................ 179,764 28,591
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity ......... $ 619,714 $ 149,844
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AMAZON.COM, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

(UNAUDITED)

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QUARTER ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30,
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1998 1997 1998 1997
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Net sales .......................................... $ 153,698 $ 37,887 $ 357,103 $ 81,747
Cost of sales ...................................... 118,823 30,717 276,679 65,842
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Gross profit ....................................... 34,875 7,170 80,424 15,905

Operating expenses:
Marketing and sales ............................. 37,517 11,516 84,522 23,596
Product development ............................. 13,374 3,998 29,526 8,650
General and administrative ...................... 4,978 1,972 10,342 4,930
Merger and acquisition related costs ............ 20,512 -- 25,925 --
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Total operating expenses ..................... 76,381 17,486 150,315 37,176

Loss from operations ............................... (41,506) (10,316) (69,891) (21,271)
Interest income .................................... 4,754 688 9,789 1,118
Interest expense ................................... (8,419) (19) (18,017) (59)
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Net interest income (expense) ................ (3,665) 669 (8,228) 1,059
Net loss ........................................... $ (45,171) $ (9,647) $ (78,119) $ (20,212)
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Basic and diluted loss per share ................... $ (0.90) $ (0.21) $ (1.60) $ (0.48)
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Shares used in computation of basic and diluted
loss per share .................................. 50,234 45,865 48,700 42,438
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.