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Tech Stocks: Losses hit tech stocks; Amazon soars to new high...and the early results from the first weekend of holiday shopping in the U.S. One of the most-notable gainers was Amazon.com Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!amzn/quotes/nls/amzn (AMZN 133.96, +2.22, +1.69%) , which climbed as much as $3.51 a... In this article: Amazon, Semiconductor, EMC Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., Oracle Corp., and Intel Corp. |
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Computer World | 3 hours ago
Kindle has best sales month in November, Amazon says
Computerworld - November was the best sales month ever for the Kindle e-reader, even before traditionally heavy sales on Cyber Monday, Amazon.com Inc. said early today. Notably, the online bookseller didn't say how many Kindles it sold in...
In this article: Sony, Linux, Cyber Monday, IDC, Forrester Research, and Barnes & Noble Inc.
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MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse | 3 hours ago
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. hit record high
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!amzn/quotes/nls/amzn (AMZN 133.25, +1.51, +1.15%) on Monday rose to an all-time high of $135.25 on thinking the company would benefit from the holiday...
In this article: Amazon.com Inc., MarketWatch, and NEW YORK
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AtWork | 4 hours ago
Elastra Cloud Server Hooks Into Microsoft Azure, Amazon EC2
...reader to stores as the company strives to deliver preordered devices to consumers before the holidays. For the second year in a row, Amazon.com was the most visited Web site on Black Friday among the top 500 retail sites. Elastra Cloud...
In this article: Microsoft, Barnes & Noble, Black Friday, Apple, Cyber Monday, Oracle Database, Iphone, IPod, and Windows Home Server
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washingtonpost.com | 5 hours ago
Amazon, Best Buy up after Black Friday weekend
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of Best Buy Co Inc <BBY.N> , Amazon.com <AMZN.O> and American Eagle Outfitters Inc <AEO.N> rose on Monday morning as investors bet they were gaining a larger share of spending over the holiday shopping season.
In this article: Black Friday, American Eagle Outfitters Inc, U.S., Recession, Unemployment, Credit crunch, Thanksgiving, and National Retail Federation
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Reuters | 6 hours ago
Amazon says Kindle sales hit monthly record in November
Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> said on Monday that its Kindle electronic book reader posted its best sales yet in the month of November, as rivals struggle with fulfilling their customer orders. The online retailer said shoppers were buying...
In this article: Amazon, Sony Corp, and Barnes & Noble Inc
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Reuters | 6 hours ago
Amazon says Kindle sales hit monthly record in Nov
...month yet for Kindle * Says some businesses buy e-reader "in large quantities" * No specific sales data provided Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> said on Monday that its Kindle electronic book reader posted its best sales yet in the month of...
In this article: Amazon, Sony Corp, and Barnes & Noble Inc
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Wired: Gadget Lab | 8 hours ago
Amazon Promises Kindle Update for Better Content Organization
...and the inability to display any EPUB-format titles bought elsewhere. Once you start reading, though, the Kindle manages to do what Amazon promises: It disappears in your hand. Apart from the odd bright light reflecting in the screen, you...
In this article: Amazon, Itunes, Amazon Kindle, Wired.com, Foyles, Christina Foyle, Barnes and Noble, Facebook, and London
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FT.com - Business Life | 3 days ago
How Amazon orders its Christmas
...alphabetically. Sometimes according to their date of release. And sometimes in the order of the girlfriends he had when he bought them. Amazon, the leading online retailer, faces a similar dilemma of how to arrange the stock in its giant...
In this article: Amazon, High Fidelity, UK, Dictum, Christianity, The Lost Symbol, and High Fidelity
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Yahoo! News | 4 days ago
Amazon Rolls Out Improvements To Kindle 2 (NewsFactor)
Amazon Rolls Out Improvements To Kindle 2 By Richard Koman, newsfactor.com - Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:09PM EST Add articles about technology to your My Yahoo! Back in August, Nicholson Baker wrote a devastating review of the Kindle 2 in the...
In this article: Amazon, Iphone, Owners, Kindle books, Newsweek, and Yahoo
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Reuters | November 17, 2009
Amazon to launch Kindle in Canada
U.S. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it was introducing Kindle, its wireless electronic reader, in Canada. Last month, the world's largest online retailer rolled out the Kindle internationally, but at the time Canada...
In this article: Amazon, Canada, Globe & Mail, National Post, and Seattle
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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American-based multinational electronic commerce company. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is America's largest online retailer, with nearly three times the Internet sales revenue of the runner up, Staples, Inc.
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and launched it online in 1995. It started as an on-line bookstore but soon diversified to product lines of VHS, DVD, music CDs and MP3s, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, etc. Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, and China. It also provides international shipping to certain countries for some of its products.
On January 15, 2009, a survey published by Verdict Research found that Amazon was the UK's favorite music and video retailer, and came third in overall retail rankings.
- Name:
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Type:
- Public (NASDAQ: AMZN)
- Location City:
- Seattle, Washington
- Location Country:
- USA
- Founder:
- Jeffrey P. Bezos
- Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
- AMZN
- Industry:
- Retail
- Key People:
- Jeffrey P. Bezos
- Products:
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- IMDb
- A9.com
- Alexa Internet
- Amazon Web Services
- Kindle
- Amazon.com
- dpreview.com
- Revenue:
- US$ 19.166 billion (2008)
- Operating Income:
- US$ 842 million (2008)
- Net Income:
- US$ 645 million (2008)
- Assets:
- US$ 8.314 billion (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 20,500 (2008)
- Market Cap:
- $21.27 billion (2008)
- Language:
- English, Japanese, German, French, & Chinese
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