Amazon.com, Inc.

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AOL returns as Steve Case scores again David Callaway - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 4 days 12 hours 19 minutes ago
During that brief window at the turn of the decade when everybody old enough to drag a cursor across a computer screen was a Web entrepreneur, profit and cash flow didn't matter, and Internet stock was the leading form of currency on Wall Street, one company rode herd on the revolution -- AOL.


Thursday's biggest gaining and declining stocks Movers & Shakers - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 4 days 5 hours 1 minute ago
If Hershey and Ferrero are mounting a serious rival bid for Cadbury, you d never know it from the marketplace.


Sony e-reader may miss Christmas: WSJ - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 4 days 16 hours 47 minutes ago
Sony e-reader may miss Christmas: WSJ


Amazon's Kindle faces tougher market this season - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 20 hours 51 minutes ago
Amazon /quotes/comstock/15*!amzn (AMZN 118.49, +25.04, +26.80%) surprised many on Thursday when it disclosed that the Kindle is now the most popular product on its heavily trafficked Web site.


Amazon.com, AmEx, Broadcom on late-trading radar - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 23 hours 40 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.


Supercomputer makers must deal with power issue Therese Poletti's Tech Tales - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 10 hours 57 minutes ago
IBM s Roadrunner supercomputer, the second fastest in the world.


Supercomputer makers must deal with power Therese Poletti's Tech Tales - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 17 hours 1 minute ago
IBM s Roadrunner supercomputer, the second fastest in the world.


Google files revised settlement in Books case - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 7 days 22 hours 53 minutes ago
The new agreement was swiftly criticized by the Open Book Alliance, a group of librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers and other technology companies.


Amazon, Microsoft may stay alive in late trades - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 22 hours 29 minutes ago
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. leap to record levels after the online retailer reports a 69% jump in third-quarter earnings. The shares have more than doubled since the start of the year. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports in San Francisco.


Amazon jumps to all-time high following results - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 23 hours 55 minutes ago
The stock jumped nearly 24% to $115.50 by midday trading. The shares have more than doubled since the start of the year.


Broadcom tumbles as chips spoil tech rally - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 26 minutes ago
After the bell Thursday, the Irvine, Calif.-based chip maker reported a drop in third-quarter profit and issued a flat outlook. The company's results exceeded Wall Street's expectations, but some analysts said that Broadcom's muted outlook apparently disappointed many investors.


Is Amazon overvalued at its all-time high? - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 45 minutes ago
However, many brokers were still in support of the stock Friday as the shares surged more than 24% to set a new all-time high -- on a split-adjusted basis -- of $116.88 by midday trading. At least four brokers upgraded their ratings to buy following the company's strong third-quarter results, in which earnings jumped 69% on strong sales across all product lines. See full story on Amazon's results.


Murdoch: More e-readers coming - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 18 hours 50 minutes ago
Mexico, Brazil stocks climb after Fed statement


Amazon has even more upside, broker says - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 43 minutes ago
That gave the stock another lift on Friday. Amazon shares were up more than 3% to $125 in morning trading.


Amazon's good fortune reminscent of Nifty Fifty Mark Hulbert - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 13 hours 6 minutes ago
In other words, is this Internet retailer's good fortune something to generalize about? Or is it nothing more than the exception that proves the rule?





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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