Amazon.com Inc
NASDAQ: AMZN
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Closing Price on October 7, 2024
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International Data Corp. (IDC) this morning released data on first quarter 2012 shipments of media tablets. These include the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and tablets that use the Android...
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Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) is almost magically trading lower this morning on a sell-the-news reaction after the auction house (and oldest listed company on the NYSE) posted a record auction price of...
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The European Central Bank will not act to help growth in the region, but it will seek solutions to Spain’s problems. (Reuters) Nokia (NYSE: NOK) promises to build new handsets to stimulate demand....
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Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced that it plans to expand its offerings of original programming to include comedy shows and kids programming, in addition to its existing...
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Retailing giant Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) will discontinue selling the Kindle family of tablets and e-readers by this summer. The Kindle devices are made by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and include...
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It is not unusual for large American public companies to be controlled by a founder, a founding family or a corporation that bought out the large majority of shareholders at some time in the past. In...
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Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The...
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Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) decision to invest in the e-commerce arm of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) will do nearly nothing for the bricks-and-mortar book company. The challenge the two companies...
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courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced this morning that the two companies were forming a “strategic partnership,”...
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Last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it sold 35.1 million iPhones worldwide in the latest quarter. The figure is large, but not extraordinary. Some consumer products and consumer...
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Philp Falcone receives extensions from creditors owed money by his high-speed wireless company LightSquared. (Reuters) Social gifting is a growing part of e-commerce. (Reuters) Barron’s says...
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Jon OggThis last week had many top analyst calls, but each week we review all of the calls looking for those which were very bold calls or that go against the grain. These make up the Top Analyst...
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Markets opened higher this morning following a lower-than-expected GDP growth estimate of 2.2%. That was weaker, but not awful (our coverage here). The consumer sentiment survey rose a couple of...
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Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy with a target price of $55 at...
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S&P downgrades Spain and presses for EU action on debt. (Reuters) The U.S. economy slows as inventories fall. (Reuters) The Bank of Japan increases yen purchases to 10 trillion. (Reuters) U.S....
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