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Sat 12 Dec 2008Amazon.com up 4.9% after best-ever holiday sales
BLOOMBERG - Amazon.com, the world's largest internet retailer, rose as much as 4.9 per cent in Nasdaq trading after saying it had its best-ever holiday sales even as overall online spending at US retailers dipped.
More than 6.3 million items were ordered worldwide on December 15th, its peak day, the Seattle-based company said in a statement. Spokeswoman Sally Fouts declined to provide specific revenue or profit data.
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