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Amazon reports big quarterly net loss

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Amazon said its third-quarter net loss was $274 million, or 60 cents a share, versus net income of $63 million, or 14 cents a share, in the third quarter of 2011.

Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc reported a big quarterly net loss on Thursday as the world's largest Internet retailer spends heavily to expand existing operations and develop new businesses. Amazon said its third-quarter net loss was $274 million, or 60 cents a share, versus net income of $63 million, or 14 cents a share, in the third quarter of 2011. Part of the loss related to an impairment charge from Amazon's investment in daily deal company LivingSocial. Third-quarter revenue was $13.81 billion, up 27 percent from a year earlier, Amazon also said. (Reporting By Alistair Barr; Editing by M.D.

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   1   6:59pm Thu 25 Oct 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Ah, they're back to their old way of doing business.

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   2   7:08pm Thu 25 Oct 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   In September, they started charging sales tax in California.

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   3   8:01pm Thu 25 Oct 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Sales tax might cut into their revenue for sure, since some people shop on Amazon just to avoid it.

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   4   6:46am Fri 26 Oct 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   badraig says Ah, they're back to their old way of doing business. I had forgotten about that, but it's so true.