Word: stocking
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...most hotly debated issues in the industry. At the PacMed Center, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who hasn't drunk deep of the Bezos Kool-Aid. The fact that their fearless leader dished out extra options to any recent hires whose stock is underwater hasn't hurt. But beyond mere cash incentives lies a genuine faith in the thoughts of Chairman Jeff...
...real worry is Amazon's debt load--which ballooned from $1.5 billion at the end of 1999 to $2.1 billion at the end of June--as the company continues to burn money. Amazon stock has nose-dived $50 since the year began, from about $89. Most employees' stock options are stuck below the price at which they were issued. "My mom calls me up and says, 'My God, David, is everything O.K.?'" says Amazon senior vice president David Risher, laughing...
...There was even some karmic good news Thursday - the feds caught the alleged Emulex scammer after only six days. (Apparently he'd shorted the stock in legit trading and was down 100K, so he came up with the fake press release to cool...
...Just as languishing oil prices spurred a flurry of mergers in that industry a few years back, the languishing stock markets have reminded financial-services firms that the down times are the best times to get bigger...
...economic issue--whether to cut taxes (Bush) or retire debt (Gore)--amounts to an embarrassment of riches. Either would be good for the market, and that's no accident. Nearly half of all households now own stock, a record count. Both Bush and Gore, like the rest of us, are keeping a watchful...