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Bleak Guidance: Are Amazon, Apple, and Sony Saying the Consumer Is Toast?

 
Amazon.com shares tumbled as much as 13% Thursday following the firm's very disappointing guidance Wednesday evening.Despite the firm's drop -- which came after a steep fall in the preceding months - Amazon.com is "still too expensive," says Sco (link)

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