Amazon is no stranger to red ink. It routinely posts quarterly losses or declining profits despite generating billions of dollars in sales.
The company’s strategy is to make long-term investments at the expense of short-term profits. But investors seem to be losing patience. The stock fell more than 20% last year, but it bounced back a bit in January.
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