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To: Jing Qian who wrote (51141)	4/18/1999 12:41:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

"It is a mistake to show profit...". That's not that he doesn't want a profit. He wanted to recycle all the profit back into expansion. Let me make sure one fact is straight. It is unequivical. Amazon.com does not have any profits. Amazon.com never has had any profits That should be a simple concept to get a handle on. Glenn

To: Jing Qian who wrote (51141)	4/18/1999 12:46:00 PM
From: Ron Kline	Respond to of 164684

The "New Economy" was started by AOL. Remember all those losses for so long while the stock continued to go up. People see that it indeed did work and look at AOL today. It paid off for them to take the approach they did. And now when we all see those profits we can see that the stock is much much higher than at that time. And of course there was all those shorts during the whole period saying it can't go any higher. Sure seems similar with AMZN... The "New Economy" has been caused because of the rapid changes that are taking place, and companies realize that having losses in the short term is how they will survive and stay on top. Walmart's started their business many years ago when the environment of business was different. They capitalized on the concept of the "super store" in remote locations with low costs, a great concept of that time period. Bottom line is the economy and stock market will always change, and if you think only "Old School" instead of "New School", you will not invest in stocks that will be biggest winners looking back 10 years from now.

To: Jing Qian who wrote (51141)	4/18/1999 4:10:00 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>> That's not that he doesn't want a profit. He wanted to recycle all the profit back into expansion. << Please Jing, there is hype, and then there are statements that ... ahem... cough, cough, ... strain credibility. If there is profit, it is profit. Whether it is recycled, paid as dividends, spent at love hotels, or retained. When there is no profit, it isn't there, and it isn't available for recycling or anything else. One can worship at the alter of Amazon, but you don't need to say they recycle their profit. THEY DO NOT MAKE A PROFIT. They do the opposite. THEY LOSE MONEY EVERY QUARTER.