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Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is in the Retail Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $14.8B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $476.0M
- Market Cap
- Jul 22 2008
- $28.3B
Latest News and Analysis
Wednesday Outlook: No Rhyme or Reason
David Fry ETF Digest submits: After watching horrible earnings results Monday night and Tuesday morning, it was logical to think we’d be plunging back into the bear abyss. But no! Oil prices fell sharply again as many worried that poor...
Amazon for Gamblers
Trader Mark submits: Thanks to a reader for pointing this chart out - it will an interesting report in Seattle tomorrow for sure. On the pro side for this company - we have the thesis that pooring Americans, when not walking the aisles of Walmart WMT, will save money...
TiVo Teams With Amazon On 'Watch It, Buy It Now' Option
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) is expanding its relationship with Amazon on a promise to deliver what marketers have long hoped for: allowing TV viewers to make purchases of products displayed within a show or an commercial. NYT says that the two will announce the "product purchase" feature on Tuesday. It...
Earnings Preview: Amazon.com
Amazon.com AMZN is expected to report Q2 earnings after market close Wednesday, July 23, with a conference call scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 26c on revenue of $3.96B. The consensus range is 22c to 30c for EPS, and revenue of $3.84B to...
TiVo partners Amazon for sales pitch
TiVo is teaming up with Amazon.com to allow owners of its digital TV recorder to purchase products advertised on programmes in the US, according to the New York Times. The company will offer links to buy products such as books...
Earnings Preview: Amazon
eChristian Investing submits: Amazon.com is scheduled to report Q208 results after the market closes on July 23. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting AMZN to report better than expected results that beat Wall Street’s consensus expectations. Analyst Expectations by eChristian Investing
Amazon.com Earnings Preview: Weak Guidance Likely to Pressure Shares Further
eChristian Investing submits: Amazon.com AMZN is scheduled to report Q208 results after the market closes on July 23. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting AMZN to report better than expected results that beat Wall Street’s consensus expectations. Analyst Expectations by eChristian Investing
Amazon Joins Crowded Online Video On-Demand Market
Seth Gilbert submits: Everyone’s doing it. It’s the new, old thing. There’s Apple AAPL and Microsoft MSFT, Netflix NFLX and Amazon AMZN, there’s TiVo TIVO, Roku, Sony SNE, Sezmi formerly Building B, Vudu and more. They’re all bringing some form of video on-demand services over the Internet; rentals and...
Unsurprisingly, Amazon's Cloud Not Being Used for New Video On Demand Service
Dan Rayburn submits: Last week, numerous sites were reporting that Amazon AMZN would be storing and delivering the movies for its newly announced video on demand service from the Amazon cloud computing infrastructure. As of now, Amazon is not storing or using any of its cloud computing infrastructure to...
TiVo Now Puts YouTube on Your Tube
Julia Boorstin submits: No more squinting at your laptop screen or crowding around the family desktop. On Thursday, TiVo TIVO announced users can access YouTube GOOG videos, streaming them on their living room TV, rolling out over the next few weeks. by Julia Boorstin
This Week's Key Earnings Reports
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: This week is another busy earnings week. Below we highlight key companies expected to report from July 21st through the 25th. For each company, we provide the current earnings per share estimate and change in that estimate over the last month. We also...
Amazon's AWS Won't Compete With CDNs
Dan Rayburn submits: Over the past few months, there has been a lot of speculation on what Amazon AMZN might be working on in regards to its EC2 and S3 service and whether or not its AWS offering is going to compete with content delivery networks. Adding to the...
Amazon: New Kindle To Tap $5.5 Billion Textbook Market?
Michael Arrington submits: Earlier this week Crunchgear broke the news on two new upcoming Kindle models: a smaller form factor Kindle to be released this year ahead of the holidays, and a large screen (probably 8.5×11) to come sometime next year. A couple of commenters in that post have...
Amazon Ups the Stakes in Streaming Video
Amazon unveiled its new "video on demand" service today, just three days after Netflix and Microsoft announced that they'd make 10,000 movies available for streaming via the Xbox 360, confirming that an all-out war is underway for the next big shift in movie/TV viewing habits. Amazon's program...
Amazon to launch new online VoD store with Sony
Amazon is set for a beta launch of its new video on demand service, separate from its existing Unbox download service, reports the New York Times. Amazon Video on Demand will allow online users to watch any of 40,000 film and TV titles instantly without download. The launch comes...
EBay Outlook Hammers Shares, Profit Rises
By Alexandria Sage SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc EBAY on Wednesday provided a cautious near-term outlook that reflected concern over a weak U.S. economy and changes it has been making to its auction business, sending its shares down 7 percent. Investors have...
Engine Yard raises USD15m
US start up Engine Yard has raised USD15m in a second round of funding from Benchmark Capital and new investors New Enterprise Associates and Amazon. Engine Yard has now raised USD15m in total when added to the USD3.5m from a previous round. ...
Monday Options Outlook: XLF, WM, AMZN, CCE, PGB, CBG, VIX
Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. Financial Select Sector SPDR XLF ? Despite opening higher on news of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lifeline, the financial sector ETF quickly turned tail to show a downtick of 1.5% to $18.38. Implied volatility on all XLF options remains extremely...
Who Says Amazon's Margins Are Rising?
Louie Junior submits: Here's what investors can expect to hear during Amazon's AMZN 2nd quarter conference call next week: Low prices caused margins to be low.Q&A will have 793 occurrences of "you know" from Szkutak.Increased product mix caused margins to be low.No comment about tax litigation.Low prices caused margins to be...
Yahoo to Offer Its Search Services to Outside Firms
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc YHOO will let customers, academics and even rivals build customized Web search services on top of its own technology, introducing a resale model into a major Internet market where it ranks a ...
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- Incorporated: 1994
- CEO: Mr. Jeffrey P. Bezos
Amazon.com is engaged in operating retail websites. Co. sources and sell a range of products worldwide across various product categories, including digital media. Co. serves its consumer customers through www.amazon.com, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.co.uk, www.shopbop.com, www.endless.com and the Joyo Amazon websites at www.joyo.cn and www.amazon.cn. Co. also serves seller customers through programs and services designed to enable them to sell products on its websites; and serves developer customers by offering a suite of web services that provide access to Co.'s technology platform for them to build their own applications.
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Amazon.com Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Jeffrey P. Bezos
Chairman
Mr. Tom A. Alberg
Mr. John Seely Brown
Mr. L. John Doerr
Mr. William B. Gordon
Ms. Myrtle S. Potter
Mr. Thomas O. Ryder
Ms. Patricia Q. Stonesifer
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1200 12th Avenue South
Suite 1200
Seattle, WA
206 266-1000
NAICS Code
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