Amazon.com, Inc.
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REPEAT/ Musician and Singer Lisbeth Scott Releases Innovative Photo Campaign to Benefit Children s Charity Education Through Music [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 8 hours 16 minutes ago
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Lisbeth Scott’s new album, “Hope is a Thing,” will be released in November 2009. The new album will be available on iTunes, Amazon.com and in select stores nationwide. The disc features collaborations with well-known composers (Harry Gregson-Williams, Nathan Barr) as well as two stirring new covers (Imagine, Hallelujah). Distributed by BFM Digital, Inc., “Hope is a Thing” features two new music videos for the title track “Hope is a Thing” and “Good to Me” (original...
US Stocks Close Lower, Snapping Two-Week Winning Streak - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 15 hours 31 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks closed lower Friday as a weak forecast out of railroad operator Burlington Northern fueled worries about freight demand, a barometer of the wider economy, although technology giants Microsoft and Amazon.com escaped the declines thanks to exceptionally strong quarterly earnings.
Stocks in focus for Thursday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 14 hours 22 minutes ago
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James Hoggan & Associates Inc.: Clean Energy/Tech Companies Beat Overall Stock Market Indices in 2009 [Press Release]
MarketWire | 39 days 18 hours 23 minutes ago
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/14/09 -- Market value increases of between 118% and 535% were achieved by 12 of the 30 largest clean energy/technology companies traded on Canada's two major stock exchanges over the first nine months of 2009, according to the Hoggan 20-10 Clean Company List released today.
Stocks in focus for Monday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 13 hours 54 minutes ago
As it joins other companies topping already-low expectations, the chorus is beginning to ring hollow.
Retail stocks drop after miss in housing starts - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 33 days 22 hours ago
The S&P Retail Index /quotes/comstock/10u!rlx.x (RLX 392.20, -5.25, -1.32%) declined 1.1% to 393.14.
Xilinx, Crown Holdings results due in late session - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 18 hours 58 minutes ago
Brooks McFeeley of MidnightTrader.com points out stocks that investors should keep an eye on in late trading, including Amazon.com, Microsoft and Symantec. Carla Mozee reports.
US Stocks Push Lower As Energy, Materials Fall With Commodities - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 17 hours 6 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks pushed to their lowest levels of the day Friday afternoon as energy and materials stocks were pulled lower by declines in commodities, while the dollar gained in a relatively light-volume session.
US Stocks Held In Check By Industrials; Tech Stays Strong - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 22 hours 1 minute ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A pullback from some of the large industrials that paced Thursday's rally weighed on stocks Friday morning, even as robust earnings from Microsoft and Amazon.com had technology stocks surging.
Northwest incident raises concern on pilot fatigue - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 16 hours 47 minutes ago
The Federal Aviation Administration is rewriting its rules that govern flight time for pilots and their required rest periods in order to reduce the chances of fatigue. It will be the first update to the rules in decades and will utilize research that wasn't available before.
US Stocks Lower As Industrials, Energy Cos Fall - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 19 hours 20 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks pushed lower in a broad decline Friday as global demand worries weighed on trading, offsetting another round of robust quarterly reports.
Activist investor Icahn resigns from Yahoo board - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 14 hours 9 minutes ago
"Carol is doing a great job and I believe the Microsoft transaction will provide great long term benefits, the potential of which many still do not understand," Icahn wrote in a letter of resignation.
US Stocks Remain Near Session Lows, Led By Energy; DJIA Off 123 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 16 hours 30 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks remained near their session lows late Friday, putting at least two of the three major indexes in negative territory for the week as declines in commodities weighed on energy and materials, while stocks continued taking cues from the gaining dollar.
Hillcrest Labs' Loop(TM) Pointer Named as CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Award Honoree [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 12 days 8 hours 23 minutes ago
NEW YORK and ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ --
Google to launch music service, report says - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 18 hours 18 minutes ago
Dollar stays down as Beige Book cites small gains
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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 |