Market Movers : Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ), Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Centene Corp. (NYSE:CNC), WSI Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:WSCI)

Independent grocers generate $131 billion in annual sales, accounting for 25% of overall grocery sales and close to 1% of the total U.S. economy. But for years, the National Grocers Association, which comprises the independent sector of the food distribution industry, had no reliable way to gauge these stats. That is, until Mondelez International, Inc….

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Morning Buzz: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ:JDSU), The Female Health Company (NASDAQ:FHCO), Energous Corporation (NASDAQ:WATT), Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVBD)

Riverbed Technology (RVBD) announced a new Amazon (AMZN) Machine Image of the Riverbed SteelApp Web App Firewall. Co also announced the availability of a free version of Riverbed SteelStore virtual edition for Amazon Web Services and 6 months of Amazon Simple Storage Service (at up to 8TB per month capacity, for select customers who sign…

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Market Movers : 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR), Denny’s (NASDAQ:DENN), Forward Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:FORD), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

3M Company (NYSE:MMM) recently completed the acquisition of its Japanese joint venture Sumitomo 3M Ltd. to be the sole owner of the entity. 3M purchased Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd’s 25% stake in the joint venture for approximately $865 million. Post acquisition, the business will be known as 3M Japan Ltd, with 3M having full control…

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Five Things Which You Didn’t Know About Twitch, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Recent Acquisition

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced on Monday that it had acquired Twitch for $970 million. What is it about the video game streaming platform that had major companies like Amazon and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) vying for its hand? Twitch is an exponentially growing video game live streaming website The operative word here is ‘exponentially growing’. Twitch…

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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…

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