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. >> here at home, amazon founder, jeff besos close to becoming the world's richest man. amazon stock opens this morning, at nearly $1,000 a share. and is worth $85 billion. >> is that all? >> yeah. >> he is -- dominating bill gates. well, just about $3 billion shy of bill gates net worth. >> i am personally assisting him in the $85. >> my god with the amount of stuff i order. >> such a great idea. getting drunk and getting on amazon. >> it's like, christmas. >> yeah, yeah. >> get all the things. no idea where they came from. >> may 31st. >> turning to see world san diego. >> shut down the shamu show. warn the killer whales are facing inhumane conditions there. our correspondent is there with the details. >> sea world's iconic killer whale show got a little less splashy. the san diego park debuting educational presentation, orca encounter to replace one of its once biggest attractions show. it include a film about animal behaviors and the orcas, breach and splash the audience. tricks are not the focus. trainers no longer ride or swim with the whales. the new show receivin
. >> here at home, amazon founder, jeff besos close to becoming the world's richest man. amazon stock opens this morning, at nearly $1,000 a share. and is worth $85 billion. >> is that all? >> yeah. >> he is -- dominating bill gates. well, just about $3 billion shy of bill gates net worth. >> i am personally assisting him in the $85. >> my god with the amount of stuff i order. >> such a great idea. getting drunk and getting on amazon. >> it's...
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jon, the point is though that for investors and the stock they're willing to give jeff besos the credibilityo spend on all of it, on devices, on ai and robotics, on prime, fulfillment and building out the system. that's the story of the stock right now until they're not. >> good for him, yes. >> and that's working. do you like it or not? >> boy, look at that stock though. i mean every day that stock seems to hit new highs. >> it is amazing. one big reason the overall indices are doing the same. walter, good to check in with you on these things even if they surprise us. we'll talk to you soon. >> walter isaac son. a number of media companies out with results this morning ahead of disney's results due out after the close tonight. julia boorstin is going to watch all of that. >> reporter: hey, carl. the question for disney whether success of the movie theater grows at theme parks can overcome challenges at network divisions and espn in particular. analysts are looking for their plan outside of the traditional bundle this year and for update on how many digital and skinny bundles are including e
jon, the point is though that for investors and the stock they're willing to give jeff besos the credibilityo spend on all of it, on devices, on ai and robotics, on prime, fulfillment and building out the system. that's the story of the stock right now until they're not. >> good for him, yes. >> and that's working. do you like it or not? >> boy, look at that stock though. i mean every day that stock seems to hit new highs. >> it is amazing. one big reason the overall...
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when i play golf i have jeff besos and mark lure from wal-mart who have not competed in this space who aggressive on furniture. they're working for me. so as for short-sterm stock price, what it does in the next five minutes i don't care. what i'm worried about is will the company ever make money, how is their competition and how is this space going to look 12 months from now? >> can you survive that onslaught, especially since a lot of the business for wayfair and others is -- i don't know the industry term for it but it is basically make sure you show up well in search results, for example. if people search on amazon.com and not go that route, what happens to wayfair? >> again, if you put yourself in the customer's mindset of how a customer thinks about her home and finds that perfect iemt item, knowing the selection we have, the wayfair brand awareness has grown dramatically over the last few years. >> do you think your market will fall over time because you don't have to remind people of hey, here is how we are? >> when we went public it was a question folks had and it has come dow
when i play golf i have jeff besos and mark lure from wal-mart who have not competed in this space who aggressive on furniture. they're working for me. so as for short-sterm stock price, what it does in the next five minutes i don't care. what i'm worried about is will the company ever make money, how is their competition and how is this space going to look 12 months from now? >> can you survive that onslaught, especially since a lot of the business for wayfair and others is -- i don't...