Amazon.com News Archives

“It's another tremendous economic victory for the state”

The Whitestown Town Council voted unanimously Friday to grant two different 10-year tax abatements to bring Amazon.com to town. via Lebanon Reporter

“What we're looking to do is have a print-on-demand business that better serves our customers and authors. When we work with some other publishers, it's not truly a print-on-demand business.”

Amazon.com , which has brushes with monopolistic tendencies before, is doing just that, this time in the print-on-demand business, where it is asking such publishers that they will have to use its on-demand ... via PaidContent.org

The Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records, saying the record label has illegally used their name and music in promotional deals that hurt the band's credibility with fans. via Redlands Daily Facts

Are your kids rockin' out to Recess Monkey? Join the crowd - in the past few months, the band has been featured on local television news and radio, a local parenting mag and NPR. via The Seattle Times

“We like to say that you can not only come to us for products -- we also want to make your experience better.”

In the highly competitive online retail category, Newegg.com ranked No. 2 behind Amazon.com, demonstrating the company's ability to foster brand loyalty. via E-Commerce Times

“Our 'Guitar Hero' retailing partners have done nothing wrong”

Activision contends Gibson's patent assertions have no merit. Gibson has said it wants Activision to stop selling "Guitar Hero" until it gets a license under the patent. via E-Commerce Times

“You have our sincere thanks for your patience”

Puget Sound Business Journal Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos is thanking customers for their patience regarding the online retailer's lack of Kindle reading devices. via Seattle Business Journal

“We hope to be able to announce to you within the next few weeks that we're back in stock”

Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, apologized to buyers for having to wait as long as six weeks to receive the Kindle electronic reading device after the company ran out. via New York Post

“I simply go to 'Health, Mind & Body”

What is better than reading a good book that offers men and women the best in love, dating, and relationship advice? Visit BlogTalkRadio and find out. via PR-inside.com

The retailer is selling copies of Vista without the service pack and advising customers that they can download the free SP1 upgrade starting Tuesday. via SF Gate

Amazon.com, Inc. today announced the completion of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of Audible, Inc. via Earth Times

As part of National Nutrition Month, Askville.com, an Amazon.com website, today announced it will be hosting a Virtual Town Square panel where users - 03/10/2008 - 04:00 PM COSTA MESA, Calif.-- --Ceradyne, Inc. via Business Wire

New Amazon Giver and Amazon Grapevine applications for social networking website Facebook have been launched by online retailer Amazon.com Inc , enabling Facebook users to see and purchase what their friends ... via M2.com

“It needs more distribution space because it has been broadening its customer base.'”

WHITESTOWN, Ind. -- Nearly four years after Duke Realty began to move ahead on its massive Anson project, the largely uncompleted development stands on the verge of landing a second big warehouse operation, ... via The Indianapolis Star

RDATE:07032008 AUSTIN, TX -- Are you looking to speak with other investors about your favorite stock in real-time? Stockwire.com, ranked in the top 5,000 websites in the United States by Alexa.com/Amazon.com, ... via TMCnet

We reported on some of these issues from Audible's filing earlier this year, and now one of the shareholders of Audible has come out in the open about its opposition of the deal, though it only owns about 1.4 ... via Paid Content

In August, I asked in a post found here , "When is Amazon.com going to tilt the wine industry? It might only be a matter of time." Sure enough, according to an article today found at Ft.com the answer is "now." ... via Good Grape

“It took years to put this stuff on their books - it's not going to come off quickly.”

Specialist John Falvey, right, directs trading is shares of Northrop Grumman Corp. via Fresno Bee

WPRI 12 announced today the results of an exclusive poll conducted in preparation for the March 4 Rhode Island Democratic Primary where a contentious race - 02/29/2008 - 04:04 PM THE WOODLANDS, Texas-- --TETRA ... via Business Wire

“With a great product and a great entrepreneur, this investment is a no (out)brainer.”

Posted Feb 26th 2008 6:47PM by Tom Taulli Filed under: Amazon.com , Small business The concept of "collaborative filtering" has been around for a long time. via Blogging Stocks