Amazon profit forecast disappoints, stock slumps

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc shocked investors with a far weaker-than-expected outlook for the crucial holiday season quarter as it spent heavily on its new Kindle Fire tablet computer.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19900dcb/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Amazon+profit+forecast+disappoints%2C+stock+slumps&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F26%2Fuk-amazon-idUKTRE79O7E920111026%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Amazon+profit+forecast+disappoints%2C+stock+slumps&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F26%2Fuk-amazon-idUKTRE79O7E920111026%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117145797838/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19900dcb/kg/253-264/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117145797838/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19900dcb/kg/253-264/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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