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View Poll Results: Will AMZN go up, down or sideways from now till Oct 2017?
Rocket up by 15% or better 4 40.00%
Drift up between 0 to 15% 3 30.00%
Slowly go down by -15% to -0.00001% 2 20.00%
Sink like a rock by -15% or worse 1 10.00%
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-02-2016, 12:53 PM
 
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Has amazon broken even yet (since the inception of the company)? I know they are now profitable on a yearly basis, but they lost a lot of money in the beginning.
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Old 11-02-2016, 01:06 PM
 
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Has amazon broken even yet (since the inception of the company)? I know they are now profitable on a yearly basis, but they lost a lot of money in the beginning.
They could be profitable every quarter or thereabouts if they wanted. They choose not to be however
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