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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government thatwill make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloudcomputing services.

Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It was announced Friday afternoon, when no one was supposed to pay attention: after years of controversy, heated rhetoric, intense lobbying, and stiff oppo

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc decided not to turn pilot project "Zombieland" into a full TVseries, but is going ahead with"Alpha House," as the world'slargest online retailer enters the next stage of its foray intooriginal video cr

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc decided not to turn pilot project "Zombieland" into a full TV series, but is going ahead with "Alpha House," as the world's largest online retailer enters the next stage of its foray into original vide

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc decided not to turn pilot project "Zombieland" into a full TV series, but is going ahead with "Alpha House," as the world's largest online retailer enters the next stage of its foray into original vide

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters.

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters.

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters.

Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter At first blush, the German economy appears to be ailing – at first blush because the stock market, in its omniscient manner, is predicting wondrous d

Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The great American manufacturing renaissance? Maybe not. But China is losing the low-wage edge. With manufacturing already in the doldrums, dizzying wage i

FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - Rewe, one of Germany's largest retailers, said it is looking to sell its ProMarkt chain of consumer electronics stores because it is unable to compete with competition from online retailers such as Amazon.com.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Amazon.com Inc seeks to transform itself into a leading provider of technology to the world's largest corporations, it's discovering that it needs help. The online retailer, which since 2006 has moved aggressively into th

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid $3.7 million of taxes on its 2012 income, it said on Wednesday, despite group UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), prompting criticism from lawmakers and competitors.

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid $3.7 million of taxes on its 2012 income, it said on Wednesday, despite group UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), prompting criticism from lawmakers and competitors.

By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid taxes of $3.7 million on its 2012 income, despite group UK sales of $6.5...

LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid taxes of $3.7 million on its 2012 income, despite group UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), its accounts published on Wednesday showed.

LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid taxes of $3.7 million on its 2012 income, despite group UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), its accounts published on Wednesday showed.

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UKunit paid taxes of $3.7 million on its 2012 income, despitegroup UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), its accountspublished on Wednesday showed.

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid taxes of $3.7 million on its 2012 income, despite group UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), its accounts published on Wednesday showed.

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid taxes of $3.7 million on its 2012 income, despite group UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), its accounts published on Wednesday showed.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Amazon.com Inc seeks to transform itself into a leading provider of technology to the world's largest corporations, it's discovering that it needs help.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Amazon.com Inc seeks to transform itself into a leading provider of technology to the world's largest corporations, it's discovering that it needs help.

Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Unlike Detroit, which will run out of cash next month, Japan prints its own money, so bankruptcy in the Detroit sense is not in the cards. But they do have

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - Several hundred warehouseworkers at global internet retailer Amazon.com's Germanoperations went on strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay andbenefits.

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - Several hundred warehouse workers at global internet retailer Amazon.com's German operations went on strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay and benefits.

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - Several hundred warehouse workers at global internet retailer Amazon.com's German operations went on strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay and benefits.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German labor union Verdi called on workers at Amazon.com to stage a strike in the country on Tuesday to put pressure on the global internet retailer to improve pay and benefits.

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - German labour union Verdi called on workers at Amazon.com to stage a strike in the country on Tuesday to put pressure on the global internet retailer to improve pay and benefits.

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - German labour union Verdicalled on workers at Amazon.com to stage a strike inthe country on Tuesday to put pressure on the global internetretailer to improve pay and benefits.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it had acquired Liquavista NV from Samsung Electronics Co to help the world's largest Internet retailer develop new displays for mobile devices.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it had acquired Liquavista NV from Samsung Electronics Co to help the world's largest Internet retailer develop new displays for mobile devices.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it had acquired Liquavista NV from Samsung Electronics Co to help the world's largest Internet retailer develop new displays for mobile devices.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it had acquired Liquavista NV from Samsung Electronics Co to help the world's largest Internet retailer develop new displays for mobile...

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Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter During their second term, Presidents become obsessed with “legacy.” One of the yardsticks to measure their success is the stock market. Many pe

The king of online retail could be spreading itself too thin.

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), the world's largest online retailer, went down briefly this morning in an unlikely and unexpected outage.

Amazon.com has recently been developing a wide-ranging lineup of gadgets, including two smartphones and an audio-only streaming device, to expand its reach beyond its Kindle Fire line of tablet computers.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Amazon.com Inc.is reportedly expanding its reach into technology hardware by developing smartphones with 3D screens. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the maker of the Kindle Fire tablet is working on two d

Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Brussels, the center of gravity of the European Union and seat of NATO Headquarters, not only teems with lobbyists, diplomats, military personnel, bureaucr

Donald Katz, Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Audible.com founder and chief executive officer, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Thursday morning to talk about his popular audio book company. Prior to founding Audible.com in 1995, Katz was a journalist and aut

Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com   www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The last big thing was green tech – from wave-power generators to the smart grid. It was hyped in the bipartisan stimulus bill, promising gobs of job

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc launched an Android application store that offers paid apps in China, beating Google Inc, as the online retailer seeks to increase the amount of digital content it offers in the world's largest mobile phone market.