Amazon.com, Inc.
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MarketWatch | 31 days 8 hours 29 minutes ago
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Business Wire | 28 days 15 hours 13 minutes ago
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Retail stocks dip; Gap boosts marketing - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 13 hours 58 minutes ago
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Netflix reports 48% profit jump, lifts forecasts - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 2 hours 33 minutes ago
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They'll get plenty of opportunities to buy or bail in the next week, a packed one for company and economic releases that promises to send the indexes on a continued bumpy ride.
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MarketWatch | 31 days 16 hours 41 minutes ago
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Amazon.com to Webcast Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call [Press Release]
Business Wire | 45 days 8 hours 21 minutes ago
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced today that it will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2009 financial results on October 22, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Amazon.com, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Music, Video, Book & Entertainment Retail |
| Website: | http://www.amazon.com |
What started as Earth's biggest bookstore has rapidly become Earth's biggest anything store. Expansion has propelled Amazon.com in innumerable directions. Its main Web site offers millions of books, music, and movies (which still account for most of its sales), not to mention auto parts, toys, electronics, home furnishings, apparel, health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, and groceries. Also, shoppers can download books, games, MP3s, and films to their computers or handheld devices, including Amazon's own portable reader, the Kindle. Amazon also offers services and products, such as self-publishing, online advertising, a Web store platform, and a co-branded credit card. Amazon acquired Zappos.com in 2009.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 19,166 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 29.2 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 645 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 35.5 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 20,700 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 21.8 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |