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Old 12-19-2013, 05:48 PM   #28
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
In 2010 they had net income of over $1B...

http://www.internetretailer.com/2011...fits-boom-2010

...and promptly launched a $2B stock buyback followed by a massive infrastructure investment effort.

Amazon is operating at breakeven/minimal loss by *choice*, not because they are incapable of making a profit.
Perhaps. But we're still talking profit of $1.15 B on sales of $34 B.
In the same year, Google had profit of $8.5 B on revenue of $29 B.
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