Amazon.com, Inc.
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US Stocks Remain Near Session Lows, Led By Energy; DJIA Off 123 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 23 hours 40 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.
Google to launch music service, report says - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 33 days 1 hour 28 minutes ago
Dollar stays down as Beige Book cites small gains
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PRNewswire | 12 days 15 hours 33 minutes ago
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Icahn urges bondholders not to accept CIT plan - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 23 hours 57 minutes ago
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AOL Names Its Board of Directors [Press Release]
Business Wire | 28 days 6 hours 24 minutes ago
AOL today named nine members to serve on its Board of Directors, drawing on leaders with expertise in Internet, Media, Entertainment and Marketing, as well as Finance. Among the directors named are: Richard Dalzell, Karen Dykstra, William Hambrecht, Patricia Mitchell, Michael Powell, Fredric Reynolds, James Stengel and Jim Wiatt. They will join the AOL Board when the separation from Time Warner is complete, with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong serving as Chairman of the Board.
Retail stocks dip; Gap boosts marketing - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 5 hours 9 minutes ago
Gap also will reduce its square footage by about 10% over the next five years as it consolidates stores and relocates to smaller-sized locations, Chief Financial Officer Sabrina Simmons told analysts and investors in a meeting in New York. The company also plans to increase its marketing spending by $25 million in the third quarter and by $45 million in the fourth quarter, she said.
Netflix reports 48% profit jump, lifts forecasts - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 17 hours 44 minutes ago
Netflix also said it plans international expansion of its online streaming service in the second half of 2010, and will announce a partnership with an unnamed consumer-electronics firm later this year that has an installed base of subscribers.
Dole returns as public company after six years - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 7 hours 52 minutes ago
Dole Food /quotes/comstock/13*!dole (DOLE 0.00, 0.00, 0.00%) priced 35.7 million shares at $12.50, under the $13-$15 range.
Easily spooked, stock investors await earnings - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 15 hours 31 minutes ago
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.
PNC reports profits as other regionals struggle - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 18 hours 21 minutes ago
The results show how more conservative loan underwriting during boom times, when even risky borrowers can typically make their payments, can quicken a bank's journey through the credit crisis. PNC also had the strength to swallow crumbling Ohio rival National City Corp. last year and, in the process, to write down National City's riskiest loans to levels that minimize future losses.
Critical Alerts for Amazon.com, Philip Morris, CONSOL Energy, Red Hat, and Janus Released by Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 48 days 5 hours 59 minutes ago
Critical Alerts for Amazon.com, Philip Morris, CONSOL Energy, Red Hat, and Janus...s PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Amazon.com Inc. , Philip Morris International, Inc. , CONSOL Energy Inc. , Red Hat Inc. , and Janus...
Managing FX in a Volatile Environment
Business Finance | 1 hour 30 minutes ago
Judging from the earnings statements coming out of corporate America during the last half of the year, more than a few companies were hit by unfavorable foreign currency fluctuations.
T. Rowe Price profit falls 13% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 5 hours 59 minutes ago
President and Chief Executive James Kennedy said that while results "have rebounded nicely" amid strong market performance, they remain below year-earlier levels and their year-end 2007 peak.
Microsoft profit falls 18%, but tops expectations - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 6 hours 18 minutes ago
In the quarter ended Sept. 30, Microsoft said net income slipped to $3.57 billion, or 40 cents a share, from $4.37 billion, or 48 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue fell 14% to $12.92 billion.
Fortune Brands profit slumps; spirits go flat - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 5 hours 59 minutes ago
Revenue came in at $1.72 billion, an 11% decrease.
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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 |