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Re:How Amazon’s Bottomless Appetite Became Corporate America... by dv_dt on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @12:41PM (#16586021)
It is now, but for a long time investors lamented Amazons self investment and long-term outlooks.
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Re:How Amazon’s Bottomless Appetite Became Corporate America... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:06PM (#16586293)
Some investors, bloggers, and websites that need clicks lamented it. The ever increasing market cap implies that obviously a greater share of investors did not lament it.
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Re:How Amazon’s Bottomless Appetite Became Corporate America... by s73v3r_ on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:07PM (#16588754)
Which is fine; those people chose not to invest in Amazon.
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Re:How Amazon’s Bottomless Appetite Became Corporate America... by dv_dt on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:36PM (#16588970)
Actually only sort of, it's likely only because Bezo's retained enough control to fight off an activist investor with a shorter term horizon. Structuring themselves to insulate from takeover by short term interests is something that several startups have conciously done.
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