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    Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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

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

  2. 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.)
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    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: Ed Begley Jr., John Goodman, Bill Murray, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Workaholics (tv program)

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

  3. 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.

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

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

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

  5. 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.
    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, E-Commerce Industry, Culture, Otis Chandler, Apple iTunes

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

  6. 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: Human Interest, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Petroleum Industry, Bodies of Water

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

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

    8. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Apple CEO Tim Cook runner-up for Time's Person of the Year

    Time magazine <a href="http://poy.time.com/">announced Wednesday</a> that President Obama has been anointed its "Person of the Year" for 2012. But there among the four runners-up was <a href="http://poy.time.com/2012/12/19/runner-up-tim-cook-the-technologist/">Apple CEO Tim Cook</a>.&nbsp;
    Time magazine announced Wednesday that President Obama has been anointed its "Person of the Year" for 2012. But there among the four runners-up was Apple CEO Tim Cook.  The folks at Apple may not like to finish second to anyone, but coming in just...

    Tags: Media Industry, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, Barack Obama, Corporate Officers

    9. Sep 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Rich get richer: Bill Gates tops Forbes list, Zuckerberg plunges

    Bill Gates has been the richest person in the country for an entire generation, cinching the top spot on Forbes&rsquo; list of the 400 wealthiest Americans for the 19th consecutive year.
    Bill Gates has been the richest person in the country for an entire generation, cinching the top spot on Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans for the 19th consecutive year. That’s what a net worth of $66 billion will do for a guy....

    Tags: Steve Jobs, Sergey Brin, Warren Buffett, Eric Lefkofsky, Dustin Moskovitz

    10. Jul 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Amazon.com announces Career Choice tuition reimbursement program

    Want to work in one of Amazon's warehouses? What if the company paid for the cost of your higher education?
    Want to work in one of Amazon's warehouses? What if the company paid for the cost of your higher education? The e-commerce giant on Monday announced its new Career Choice Program in a lengthy letter that was posted on Amazon's homepage. To reward its...

    Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Companies and Corporations, Employment Opportunities, Economy, Business and Finance

    11. May 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Waterstones makes deal to sell the Amazon Kindle, dismaying many

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    British bookseller Waterstones' decision to carry Amazon's Kindles in its stores has been compared to Neville Chamberlain's pact with Nazi Germany....
    12. May 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Protesters disrupt Amazon shareholders meeting

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    Protesters were both outside and inside an Amazon shareholders meeting in Seattle Thursday....
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