[thelist] Amazon posts a profit

[aardvark]

and for the Amazon discussion (that i apparently missed other than 
the flame that came in earlier today)...

http://money.cnn.com/2002/01/22/technology/amazon/

Internet retailer posts first-ever profit the old-fashioned way, topping 
forecasts.

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Amazon.com made good on founder 
Jeff Bezos' promise to post its first-ever quarterly profit Tuesday, 
handily beating Wall Street forecasts in the process.

Amazon didn't even have to resort to controversial pro forma 
accounting methods. It posted a net profit of $5 million, or 1 cent a 
share, for the quarter, using standard accounting methods.