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    May 7, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  1. Chan Lowe: The Internet sales tax

    This is going to be interesting. Republican dogma unequivocally asserts that taxes stifle free enterprise. But here we have a situation where the imposition of a tax will benefit a segment of the retail universe that is a mainstay of traditional hometown values, and as we all know, hometown folks make themselves heard at Congressional town hall meetings. They also vote in their local district elections, while Jeff Bezos does not.
    This is going to be interesting. Republican dogma unequivocally asserts that taxes stifle free enterprise. But here we have a situation where the imposition of a tax will benefit a segment of the retail universe that is a mainstay of traditional...

    Tags: Politics, Republican Party, E-Commerce Industry, Elections

    2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Amazon reports 22% increase in Q1 revenue, 37% decline in profit

    Amazon.com reported a 22% increase in revenue in the first quarter but a hefty decline in profit.
    Amazon.com reported a 22% increase in revenue in the first quarter but a hefty decline in profit. For the three months ended March 31, the e-commerce behemoth said profit fell 37% to $82 million, or 18 cents a share, from $130 million, or 28 cents, a...

    Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Global Expansion

    3. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Amazon 'TV pilots' are set to fly (Part 1)

    Amazon, the online bookseller turned online department store, turned e-book-reader manufacturer, turned publisher, turned video streaming service, turning movie-and-TV studio, has <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1001155581&amp;ref=lpc_1">posted its first 14 "TV pilots"</a> -- six kids' shows and eight grown-up comedies -- online for your ratings and comments. (That is the Amazon way.)
    Los Angeles Times Television Critic
    Amazon, the online bookseller turned online department store, turned e-book-reader manufacturer, turned publisher, turned video streaming service, turning movie-and-TV studio, has posted its first 14 "TV pilots" -- six kids' shows and eight grown-up...

    Tags: Portlandia (tv program), Workaholics (tv program), Hulu, Entertainment, Satellite and Cable Service

    4. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Biblioracle: Tom Sawyer economy

    Amazon has purchased the book-oriented social networking site Goodreads for an undisclosed sum. Speculation from Bloomberg Businessweek based on other social media properties (like Instagram and LinkedIn) puts the market price close to $1 billion. Other...

    Tags: Authors, Book, LinkedIn Corp., Social Media, Jane Austen

    5. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Millennial Media looking past market swings to chart growth

    Millennial Media's stock has lost three-fourths of its value since the Canton company went public a year ago as an established force in the mobile advertising market. Ask CEO Paul Palmieri about that, and he'll repeat what he deems wise words from a prominent contemporary.
    Millennial Media's stock has lost three-fourths of its value since the Canton company went public a year ago as an established force in the mobile advertising market. Ask CEO Paul Palmieri about that, and he'll repeat what he deems wise words from a...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Social Media, Google Inc., CNBC (tv network), Stock Market

    6. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Amazon's Jeff Bezos backs Henry Blodget with $5 million

    The Securities and Exchange Commission may have booted Henry Blodget off Wall Street, but the former Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. Internet analyst has attracted some big fans for Business Insider Inc., which he co-founded in 2007.&nbsp;
    The Securities and Exchange Commission may have booted Henry Blodget off Wall Street, but the former Merrill Lynch & Co. Internet analyst has attracted some big fans for Business Insider Inc., which he co-founded in 2007.  A major endorsement for the...

    Tags: Walmart, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Amazon.com Inc.

    7. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Amazon announces it will buy book-recommendations site Goodreads

    Amazon.com Inc., which started as an online bookseller before becoming the e-commerce behemoth it is today, is buying book-recommendations site Goodreads.
    Amazon.com Inc., which started as an online bookseller before becoming the e-commerce behemoth it is today, is buying book-recommendations site Goodreads. Amazon announced the deal Thursday. The purchase price was not disclosed. Goodreads, a San...

    Tags: Amazon Kindle, Book, Apple iPhone, Amazon.com Inc., Otis Chandler

    8. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Amazon to buy book-focused social network Goodreads

    Amazon.com Inc., which got its start as an online bookseller, went on to create the Kindle e-reader and has gotten into book publishing, is now pushing into the social side of reading. The world's largest online retailer said Thursday that it had agreed...

    Tags: Books, Authors, Amazon Kindle, Apple Inc., Book

    9. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines

    Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer.
    Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...

    Tags: Amazon Kindle, Oceans, Human Interest, Petroleum Industry, Atlantic Ocean

    10. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Google launches Keep, a note-taking app for Android devices

    Google has released Keep, a convenient note-taking app for Android smartphone and tablet users.
    Google has released Keep, a convenient note-taking app for Android smartphone and tablet users. The app, which is available now on Google Play, is designed to make it easy for users to take notes and sync them across their mobile devices and on the...

    Tags: Amazon Kindle, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Car Safety Tips and Advice, Amazon.com Inc.

    11. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Daniel Pink says we're all salesmen in 'To Sell Is Human'

    One in nine of us works in sales, according to the U.S. government. The other eight in nine of us work in... sales, according to Daniel Pink. We just don't sell it as such. "They're not stalking customers in a furniture showroom, but they &mdash; make that we &mdash; are engaged in what I call &lsquo; non-sales selling,'" writes Pink in his newly released book, "To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others." "We're persuading, convincing and influencing others to give up something they've got in exchange for what we've got."
    One in nine of us works in sales, according to the U.S. government. The other eight in nine of us work in... sales, according to Daniel Pink. We just don't sell it as such. "They're not stalking customers in a furniture showroom, but they — make...

    Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, The New York Times, Education, University of Iowa, Chicago Tribune

    12. Dec 31, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Organizers set to release letter from corporate backers of gay marriage

    A coalition of gay marriage advocates plans to release a letter this week signed by top Illinois executives and companies endorsing same-sex marriage as an economic imperative, giving a powerful push to a bill that state lawmakers could take up as early as Thursday.
    A coalition of gay marriage advocates plans to release a letter this week signed by top Illinois executives and companies endorsing same-sex marriage as an economic imperative, giving a powerful push to a bill that state lawmakers could take up as early...

    Tags: Morningstar Incorporated, Motorola Mobility, Inc., David Axelrod, The New York Times, Google Inc.

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