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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Beats Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) In Race For Video Streaming Website Twitch

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced on Monday that it had acquired the live streaming gaming website Twitch for $970 million in cash. The deal is one of the costliest for the online retailer and is expected to be closed by the end of this year. Amazon chief Jeff Bezos commented that his company and Twitch are identical in their tendency to think differently and this quality … Continue reading Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Beats Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) In Race For Video Streaming Website Twitch

Viraj Shah
Finance, Internet

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) All Set To Get Into Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Territory

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is reportedly developing a Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) AdWords like advertising software. Amazon has already tested the waters with a small ad business on other websites and is making plans to expand the model by employing newer and better ads. While Google is clearly the current market leader in the advertising world, such software from Amazon could give the former stiff competition as … Continue reading Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) All Set To Get Into Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Territory

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“The Goldfinch” Helps Hachette Defy Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Attack

With no end in sight for Hachette’s long drawn out pricing battle with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Donna Tartt’s ‘The Goldfinch’ might be the silver lining in dark cloud looming over the publisher. Trouble has been brewing in the book world since this May as Amazon and Hachette could not agree how to split the revenues from sales of ebooks. Though many new titles from Hachette … Continue reading “The Goldfinch” Helps Hachette Defy Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Attack

Viraj Shah
AMZN NASDAQ AMZN Amazon Inc
Finance, Internet

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) And The Anticipatory Shopping Business

Ever wonder how Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has the uncanny knack to recommend the product that you were about to look for, as if it had read your mind? Say hello to Big Data. It is the next big thing and it is here to stay. Big Data is the process of finding patterns in huge and complex volumes of data and using this information to … Continue reading Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) And The Anticipatory Shopping Business

Viraj Shah
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Big Movers: Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICON), Ametek Inc. (NYSE:AME)

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) defended its decision to slow data downloads for some customers using older unlimited data plans, telling U.S. regulators it was a “widely accepted” and lawful part of network management. In a letter dated Aug. 1, Verizon responded to U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, who last week wrote Verizon Wireless Chief Executive Dan Mead to say he was “deeply troubled” … Continue reading Big Movers: Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICON), Ametek Inc. (NYSE:AME)

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Investors Watch List : Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE), ORBCOMM (NASDAQ:ORBC), CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CTT), Constant Contact (NASDAQ:CTCT)

Wal-Mart, in its latest bid to compete with nemesis Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), is rebuilding its website to further personalize the online shopping experience of each customer. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 0.20% and weekly performance is -2.11%. On last trading day company shares ended up $313.65. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -4.76%. … Continue reading Investors Watch List : Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE), ORBCOMM (NASDAQ:ORBC), CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CTT), Constant Contact (NASDAQ:CTCT)

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