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Dropping Profits Sends Amazon In Odd Directions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-you-like-my-song-and-dance dept.

tabdelgawad writes "The Washington Post has a story detailing how Amazon has purchased the rights to turn a recently published book into a feature-length movie. The article also outlines other 'strange directions' Amazon has taken in response to declining profits and a plummeting stock price, including moving into the grocery business and producing original live webcasts and streaming shows."

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  1. With apologies to Yeats... by Bieeanda · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Come away, human author, take a venture capitalist by the hand/for the stock market's more full of bullshit than you can understand."

  2. Re:Well by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny
    They could always sell their "one click" technology.

    I think you have that wrong. Try they could always sell their one click "technology".

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