Amazon.com Compendium
The Amazon.com Compendium is designed to link you to news and information about Amazon.com - founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, and launched in 1995, Amazon.com began as an online bookstore, though it soon diversified its product lines, adding DVDs, music CDs, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys and more



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Indigo joins growing boycott of books published by Amazon.com - Globe and Mail 3 Feb 2012

Globe and Mail

Indigo joins growing boycott of books published by Amazon.com
Globe and Mail
Canada's Indigo Books and Music has joined forces with US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble in refusing to stock or sell any books published by online rival Amazon.com – including upcoming titles by James Franco, Deepak Chopra and Ian McEwan – with both ...
B&N Escalates Amazon RiftWall Street Journal
Barnes & Noble says it won't stock Amazon titlesBusinessWeek
Crocodile Tears From Barnes & Noble in Amazon Exclusive-Distribution TiffHuffington Post (blog)
Los Angeles Times -Seattle Weekly (blog)
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Amazon.com Launches Sports Collectibles Store - Hartford Courant 3 Feb 2012

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Amazon.com Launches Sports Collectibles Store
Hartford Courant
By KORKY VANN, kvann@courant.com The Hartford Courant Amazon.com has a new Sports Collectibles Store (www.amazon.com/sportscollectibles) featuring more than two million collectibles from major sports leagues and sporting events.
Amazon.com Gets More Active in Sports Collectibles, Going After eBay (AMZN ...24/7 Wall St.
Amazon Faces Challenge in Dealing in CollectiblesAuctionbytes
New sports collectibles store offers sought-after memorabiliaDubai Chronicle
MarketWatch (press release)
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Tax Doomsday Is Coming for Amazon - DailyFinance 3 Feb 2012

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Tax Doomsday Is Coming for Amazon
DailyFinance
On Tuesday, Amazon.com (AMZN) shocked and dismayed its shareholders. Reporting earnings for the final quarter of 2011, Amazon admitted that despite 35% sales growth, profitability had headed in the entirely wrong direction. Operating profit margins got ...
Amazon Stock Still Good For $205 With Kindle Firing UpForbes
Why No One Can Compete with AmazonYahoo! Contributors Network
29% of Kindle Fire users spend moreBlack Friday Magazine
ZDNet UK (blog) -ebookmagazine.co.uk -Billboard.biz
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Arizona to Amazon: About That Sales Tax… - Wall Street Journal (blog) 3 Feb 2012

Arizona to Amazon: About That Sales Tax…
Wall Street Journal (blog)
But filing W2s isn't what the State of Arizona had in mind when they hit Amazon.com with a $53 million bill for uncollected sales taxes, the latest attempt from a state to get revenue from the online retailer, Dow Jones Newswires reported.
Arizona bills Amazon $53 million for uncollected sales taxesTucson Citizen
Arizona eyes online retailers as tax collectorsCBS News
Arizona bills Amazon $53M for back taxesPhoenix Business Journal
KTAR.com -The Republic -Arizona Daily Star
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Amazon.com starts online shopping service in India - San Francisco Chronicle 2 Feb 2012

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Amazon.com starts online shopping service in India
San Francisco Chronicle
Amazon.com, the world's largest Internet retailer, started an online shopping service in India to profit from the world's second most populous nation as it waits for the country's retail regulations to loosen. The website named Junglee, ...
Amazon.com launches online shopping service Junglee.comMoneycontrol.com
Amazon.com launches India specific online shopping service, Junglee.comMoneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
Junglee.com a watered-down version of Amazon.comTimes of India
afaqs (press release) -Business Standard
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Singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus has deal with Amazon.com for memoir, 'Hillbilly ... - Washington Post 2 Feb 2012

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Singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus has deal with Amazon.com for memoir, 'Hillbilly ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Billy Ray Cyrus is the latest celebrity to sign up with Amazon.com The singer of “Achy Breaky Heart” and father and former co-star of Miley Cyrus has a memoir, “Hillbilly Heart,” coming in spring 2013. Amazon.com, which has been ...
Billy Ray Cyrus signs with AmazonPalm Beach Post

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Arizona Seeks $53 Million In Unpaid Taxes From Amazon.com - Wall Street Journal 2 Feb 2012

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Arizona Seeks $53 Million In Unpaid Taxes From Amazon.com
Wall Street Journal
The state of Arizona is seeking to collect about $53 million from Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) in unpaid transaction taxes similar to a sales tax, the e-commerce giant disclosed in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Amazon.com sales tax bill begins moving in Tennessee HouseChattanooga Times Free Press
Arizona bills Amazon $53 millionAZ Central.com
Florida considers adding internet sales taxSarasota Herald-Tribune
Greenville News -MiamiHerald.com -Orlando Sentinel
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Amazon.com Says LivingSocial Lost $558 Million Last Year - BusinessWeek 1 Feb 2012

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Amazon.com Says LivingSocial Lost $558 Million Last Year
BusinessWeek
1 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc., a backer of LivingSocial, said the daily-deal startup had more than $500 million in losses last year and pegged its stake at $208 million, implying the company's book value is $671 million.
LivingSocial lost $558 million in 2011Washington Post
LivingSocial Had $558M Loss In 2011, Says Amazon FilingForbes
Groupon shares benefit from LivingSocial's lossesITworld.com
Reuters UK -Wall Street Journal
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Amazon.com Beats Estimates but Has a Big Earnings Drop - DailyFinance 1 Feb 2012

Amazon.com Beats Estimates but Has a Big Earnings Drop
DailyFinance
By Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool Posted 9:44AM 02/01/12 Investing Amazon.com (NAS: AMZN) reported earnings on Jan. 31. Here are the numbers you need to know. For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Amazon.com missed estimates on revenue and beat ...

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Amazon.com reports lower 4th-quarter net income, stock falls sharply after hours - Washington Post 31 Jan 2012

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Amazon.com reports lower 4th-quarter net income, stock falls sharply after hours
Washington Post
Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. said that its net income was $177 million, or 38 cents per share, in the three months that ended Dec. 31. That's down 57 percent from $416 million, or 91 cents per share, a year earlier. Earnings dropped, the company said, ...
Deja Vu for Amazon.comDailyFinance
Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 35% to $17.43 Billion; Kindle ...MarketWatch (press release)
Amazon.com earnings: Sales up, income downSan Francisco Chronicle
Zacks.com
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