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October 26, 2012 01:15 am GMT
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Amazon Reports $169 Million Loss on LivingSocial
Groupon's stock price isn't the only sign that the daily deals bubble has burst: In its third-quarter earnings report, Amazon took a writedown of $169 million, or $0.37 per share, for its stake in daily deals site LivingSocial. The online retail behemoth made a $175 million investment in the Groupon rival a little less than two years ago.
Net sales were up 27% to $13.81 billion in the third quarter. Despite that growth, Amazon reported its first quarterly net loss in four years -- $274 million, or $0.60 per share, for the quarter, compared to a positive net income of $63 million in the same period a year ago. Analysts were expecting $13.9 billion in sales and a loss of $0.08 per s…
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