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austinalter

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austinalter··on Amazon P/E ratio 3x that of Apple and Google
This kind of balance sheet punditry is silly, it's just numbers and no context. Since the beginning Amazon's top priority has been growing revenues. If they started pursuing margins as aggressively as they've been pursuing growth they could probably drop that P/E pretty quick.
austinalter··on Microsoft Buying Adobe?
I don't think Microsoft is too eager to have another run-in with the FTC.
austinalter··on Here comes Google TV
Strange that out of all the TV makers Sony is a partner with Google on this. Google is only showing off media apps in the video but games are coming soon, so Sony will be selling Bravias with a built-in Playstation competitor.
austinalter··on Facebook Splits Stock, 5 to 1
Would "top talent" really be that bad at simple math?