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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), like most tech companies, is staffed and run mostly by white males. The Seattle company disclosed on Friday in a lengthy page on its website titled “Diversity at Amazon” that its global work force is 63 percent male and 37 percent female. Its managers are 75 percent male and 25 percent female….

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Big Movers : Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC), EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG), CVR Refining, LP (NYSE:CVRR), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Amazon.com, (NASDAQ:AMZN)

On Oct 21, Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC) has agreed to sell its mothballed gold project in Ecuador for $240-million (U.S.) to Fortress Minerals Corp., a company controlled by the Lundin family. Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is -18.00% and weekly performance is -8.81%. On last trading day…

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Hot Stocks : ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN), 2U, Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

On Oct 10, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has filed for arbitration against Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, escalating a dispute resulting from the South American nation’s expropriation of oil and gas assets in 2007. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is 16.00% and weekly performance is 4.59%. On last trading day company shares…

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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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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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