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Short Take: Amazon.com files for shelf offering

Net bookseller Amazon.com today filed for a shelf offering of up to 5 million shares, for a proposed maximum offering price of $208.9 million. In the filing, the company said it expects to continue posting losses, and warned of possible lower profit margins from some new products, such as music.

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Net bookseller today filed for a shelf offering of up to 5 million shares, for a proposed maximum offering price of $208.9 million. In the filing, the company said it expects to continue posting losses, and warned of possible lower profit margins from some new products, such as music.