July 26, 2015
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Originally posted here: Google vs. Sun vs. France: Too Big, Too Powerful, Too Free
The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon Shelves French Book Discounts .
Tweet Brian has a short post below describing the first large success 350.org has had convincing institutions to disinvest (somewhat like disrespect, a useful word that turns the stomach of the proper) in coal stocks. As the comments point out this went down a lot smoother because coal stocks are falling like rocks in a frothely rising market. The smart institutions have taken their losses, the dumber should and if you can get a bit of credit for it, well lagniappe is popular other places besides New Orleans.
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See the original article here: Amazonian in the Martian sense of the word
Amazon: AMZN : The PE of Amazon is 592, Valuation is $160 Billion Linked In: LNKD : PE of Linked In is 837, Valuation is $23 Billion Facebook : FB: Facebook PE is 106, Valuation is $165 Billion Priceline : PCLN : PE of Priceline is 36, Valuation is $64 Billion Hertz : HTZ: PE of Hertz is 37, Valuation is $12 Billion Starbucks : SBUX : PE of Starbucks is 483, Valuation is $57 Billion Boston Beer (Samuel Adams) : SAM : PE of Boston Beer is 43, Valuation is $3 Billion I could go on and on but I won’t. At current earnings, investors in Amazon will have to wait 592 years for a positive return on earnings. More realistically, they would have to wait forever because Amazon does not pay a dividend.
Excerpt from: Shop on Amazon by Taking Pictures of Items with New "Flow" App: Big Deal or Not?