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To: Michael Linov who wrote (10317)	1/27/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: Marc	Respond to of 16960

OT--you mean bad news like this--------->>>> The Wall St. Journal reports in its Wednesday edition that on-line merchants Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. have reported breakneck sales growth in the quarter and bottom-line results that topped analysts' expectations. Amazon.com, which now sells books, music and movies on-line, said it had a $46.4-million loss in the fourth quarter on revenue of $252.9-million. Excluding merger and acquisition charges, its quarterly pro forma loss totalled $22.2-million, or 14 cents a share. Analysts had expected a pro forma loss of 18 cents a share. Amazon.com said its latest operating loss amounted to 7 per cent of sales, compared with 17 per cent in the year-earlier quarter, when sales were just $66-million. eBay, an on-line auction house, reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.5-million, or four cents a diluted share, on revenue of $19.5-million. After adjusting for non-cash expenses, eBay earned $2.8-million, or seven cents a share, compared with $189,000, or one cent a share, on revenue of $2.6-million in the year-earlier period. Analysts had expected adjusted earnings of four cents a share in the latest quarter. AMZN +14$ EBAY +71$