Tom Courtney
Tom Courtney
Thomas "Tom" William Courtneyis a retired American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics...
businesses company inventory job management months six
I think this company will do a better job of inventory management as these businesses mature, ... Remember, they've only been in some of them for six months or so.
based broad business fairly model succeed
It's fairly niche-y, it's not going to be a broad based business model that can succeed in a lot of different categories.
fingers head run stomach tips
My head was exploding, my stomach ripping, and even the tips of my fingers ached. The only thing I could think was, "If I live, I will never run again!
calendar fourth grew growth market percent quarter sales second six today
In the fourth quarter of calendar 1999, sales grew 170 percent year-over-year. In the second quarter they just reported, sales grew 84 percent. So, if you went back six months, Amazon's market capitalization when they generated that 170 percent growth was probably around $25 to $30 billion. Today it's $15 billion.
commerce deal gross million profit
This is actually a really big deal because in Amazon's earnings, about $24 million in gross profit comes from the commerce network,
ability confidence generate growth lost meet necessary past
Over the past two months, we have lost some confidence in the company's ability to generate the growth necessary to meet our estimates.
billion bit collapse growth last market percent sales
Is it $15 billion because of the collapse of the business-to-consumer market or it is $15 billion because sales growth slowed down by 50 percent in the last two quarters? Probably, it's a little bit of both, but I think it's more of the latter.
although amazon believe demand flags holiday investor last red run several
Although it may have one last run going into the holiday period, we believe that Amazon has several red flags that demand investor attention.
amazon bid costs executing faster growing investors keeping keeps paid progress stock street wall
Has Wall Street paid too much for Amazon? Investors bid the stock up too much in anticipation of it growing faster than it's going to grow. But if Amazon keeps executing and making progress in keeping costs down, it can still work.
estimates help range sure unless wide
I think you're going to see a really wide range of estimates unless they help us with that, which I'm not sure they'll do.
executive leave stock strong
She's not the first very strong executive to leave a dot.com that's had its stock go down.
agency allowed circumstance government
The one thing it said was under no circumstance would any government agency be allowed to keep the fingerprints on file,
bill next parental satisfy year
I'm initiating a bill next year that would make it so it's a parental decision, ... If it is, then it should satisfy everyone's fears. We don't have a bill yet, but we're working on it.
hard hoping pushing seemed
He seemed like he was pushing hard for us and hoping that we could do better.