Thread: Amazon vs. Hachette Update - It's About Price
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Old 08-11-2014, 06:06 PM   #406
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
They don't need to pay a dividend: investors are making money through the relentless increase in the share price: up from $20 in 1997 to $320 today.

Amazon don't really lose money, of course. They make boat-loads of money - they simply reinvest it all in infrastructure (building distribution centres, etc).
Actually, it seems that they do lose money. In this article about how Amazon is now removing the pre-order buttons for Disney DVD and Blu-Ray titles as part of their contract negotiations with Disney, it mentions that Amazon lost $126 million last quarter and is projected to lose as much as $810 million this quarter.


http://online.wsj.com/articles/dispu...&mg=reno64-wsj
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