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Old 02-14-2012, 09:25 AM   #38
murraypaul
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Originally Posted by petermillard View Post
Do you have a source for that, because unless I'm misreading their last balance sheet filed 31/12/11, Amazon's cash on hand is $5.27Bn (or $9.6Bn if you include short term investments). A look at their income statement shows a Net income for 2011 of $631Mn on turnover of $48Bn - a margin just over 1.3%...
Sorry, fingers walking ahead of brain. As another user posted, the numbers are for Apple, and your numbers make the point I was going for, Apple can afford a price war, Amazon can't.
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