Amazon.Com Inc (AMZN) 355.90 $AMZN
Why Amazon's Fire Phone is Destined to be a Flop
Nihar Sheth, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 7:00PM CDT
A few weeks ago, Amazon announced its new Fire Phone. The Fire Phone will run on a modified version of Google's Android OS known as Fire OS. The Fire Phone is likely to be a commercial flop because it is entering a market with too many...
Amazon
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jul 16, 5:51PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) may offer an e-book subscription service, dubbed Kindle Unlimited, similar to the Netflix (NFLX) all-you-can-watch model but for reading. Amazon shares rose 0.4% to 355.90. Netflix fell 1% to 444.44.
Google Internet Ad Assault Still Hurting Yahoo!, Bing and Content Publishers
at The Street - Wed Jul 16, 5:51PM CDT
Google has a steady 78% of the U.S. Internet ad market, according to an Adobe analysis, while other ad networks are becoming less profitable.
The Key to Best Buy's Future
Andrew Marder, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 5:00PM CDT
At the end of 2012, Best Buy revealed its big plan to get back in the game. Titled "Renew Blue," the strategy focused on the core of Best Buy's business with guidance for the future of customer service, leadership, and sourcing. For a year...
What Better Tenant Can a REIT Have Than Amazon?
Chris Walczak, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 4:13PM CDT
Chambers Street Properties (NYSE: CSG) IPO'd just over a year ago smack dab in the middle of a great year for IPOs. Unfortunately, Chambers Street's stock didn't get the memo. But don't let the lackluster stock performance since the IPO...
BlackBerry to Cease Operations at Germany's Scoreloop Unit - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 16, 3:35PM CDT
Beleaguered Canadian smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry Limited (BBRY), is reportedly shutting down Scoreloop AG ??? a German unit.
Should the Dow Jones Get Rid of International Business Machines Corp?
Alex Planes, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 3:32PM CDT
International Business Machines might be the most iconic company in the entire multitrillion-dollar tech industry. For decades, its name was synonymous with technology, to the point where "IBM" was all but shorthand for computing hardware. Its...
Apple may refund $400M in digital book settlement
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed Jul 16, 3:10PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple will refund up to $400 million to consumers ensnared in a plot to raise the prices of digital books unless the company gets a court to overturn a decision affirming its pivotal role in the collusion.
Amazon Mulls Netflix-like E-Book Streaming Service?
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jul 16, 3:09PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) is reportedly mulling the launch of a video streaming-based e-book subscription service that will be called "Kindle Unlimited." A story by tech blog Gigaom and reports by other online news outlets said Wednesday that Amazon briefly put...
Why Is Amazon.com Launching Zocalo?
Alvaro Campos, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 2:00PM CDT
In its aim to expand in the cloud service industry, Amazon.com is launching Zocalo, a data storage and sharing service for enterprises. This feature will form part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the largest public cloud in the market. Besides...
How Amazon Is Becoming the New Retail Showroom
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 12:20PM CDT
In May, I dropped my Prime membership for Amazon.com when the company decided to raise its price to $100 per year. But that didn't deter me from using the site regularly, particularly on my mobile devices. However, today, my Amazon experience...
Can Cracker Barrel's Red-Hot Dividend Growth Continue?
Gunnar Peterson, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 12:00PM CDT
Not many retail operations are Amazon -proof. However, Amazon does not yet have a way to get you a hot meal by the side of a highway during a road trip, and this is where Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores thrives. The company has an excellent...
An Indication Amazon.com May Beat Wall St. Estimates
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 11:26AM CDT
Amazon.com Inc may be warming up for the All Star game as an industry report shows it may have hit June's sales targets over the center field fence. A recent ChannelAdvisor report indicates that revenue growth may be ahead of estimates in the...
3 Reasons Amazon's Fire Phone Isn’t That Hot
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 9:30AM CDT
Amazon.com introducing the Fire Phone was supposed to be a huge win for the company and another industry for the company to disrupt. Unfortunately, the device and pricing doesn't match the way Amazon has disrupted other industries before. In fact,...
Stock Market News for July 16, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 16, 9:10AM CDT
Benchmarks finished on a mixed note on Tuesday after a Fed monetary policy report sparked concerns about “substantially stretched valuations” in Internet and bio-tech stocks
Amazon Marketplace Grows, Taking Small Businesses Along
at The Street - Wed Jul 16, 9:06AM CDT
Amazon Marketplace is great for small businesses and even better for Amazon's sales.
The Container Store Presents a Dilemma for Investors
Brian Shaw, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 8:00AM CDT
The Container Store CEO Kip Tindell received a lot of attention following his comment that America is in a "retail funk." Tindell made this statement in the context of explaining that The Container Store's weak first-quarter results, highlighted by...
Why Amazon's Fire Phone is Already a Home Run
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 8:00AM CDT
Why would Amazon.com , with no experience in the industry whatsoever, jump into a crowded pool like cell phones? The answer is simple: it doesn't need to take meaningful share because Amazon has a much bigger opportunity than the $600 it gets by...
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: High Hopes and Low-Expectation Stocks
at The Street - Tue Jul 15, 7:00PM CDT
Stick with companies where any good news will be met with big gains, Cramer says.
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: AAPL AMZN NFLX TTWO
at The Street - Wed Jul 16, 5:00AM CDT
Cramer is still bullish on Apple and says Take-Two is a cheap stock with a strong schedule of releases.
Why Amazon's Fire Phone is Destined to be a Flop
Nihar Sheth, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 7:00PM CDT
A few weeks ago, Amazon announced its new Fire Phone. The Fire Phone will run on a modified version of Google's Android OS known as Fire OS. The Fire Phone is likely to be a commercial flop because it is entering a market with too many...
Amazon
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jul 16, 5:51PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) may offer an e-book subscription service, dubbed Kindle Unlimited, similar to the Netflix (NFLX) all-you-can-watch model but for reading. Amazon shares rose 0.4% to 355.90. Netflix fell 1% to 444.44.
Google Internet Ad Assault Still Hurting Yahoo!, Bing and Content Publishers
at The Street - Wed Jul 16, 5:51PM CDT
Google has a steady 78% of the U.S. Internet ad market, according to an Adobe analysis, while other ad networks are becoming less profitable.
The Key to Best Buy's Future
Andrew Marder, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 5:00PM CDT
At the end of 2012, Best Buy revealed its big plan to get back in the game. Titled "Renew Blue," the strategy focused on the core of Best Buy's business with guidance for the future of customer service, leadership, and sourcing. For a year...
What Better Tenant Can a REIT Have Than Amazon?
Chris Walczak, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 4:13PM CDT
Chambers Street Properties (NYSE: CSG) IPO'd just over a year ago smack dab in the middle of a great year for IPOs. Unfortunately, Chambers Street's stock didn't get the memo. But don't let the lackluster stock performance since the IPO...
BlackBerry to Cease Operations at Germany's Scoreloop Unit - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 16, 3:35PM CDT
Beleaguered Canadian smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry Limited (BBRY), is reportedly shutting down Scoreloop AG ??? a German unit.
Should the Dow Jones Get Rid of International Business Machines Corp?
Alex Planes, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 3:32PM CDT
International Business Machines might be the most iconic company in the entire multitrillion-dollar tech industry. For decades, its name was synonymous with technology, to the point where "IBM" was all but shorthand for computing hardware. Its...
Apple may refund $400M in digital book settlement
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed Jul 16, 3:10PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple will refund up to $400 million to consumers ensnared in a plot to raise the prices of digital books unless the company gets a court to overturn a decision affirming its pivotal role in the collusion.
Amazon Mulls Netflix-like E-Book Streaming Service?
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jul 16, 3:09PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) is reportedly mulling the launch of a video streaming-based e-book subscription service that will be called "Kindle Unlimited." A story by tech blog Gigaom and reports by other online news outlets said Wednesday that Amazon briefly put...
Why Is Amazon.com Launching Zocalo?
Alvaro Campos, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 2:00PM CDT
In its aim to expand in the cloud service industry, Amazon.com is launching Zocalo, a data storage and sharing service for enterprises. This feature will form part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the largest public cloud in the market. Besides...
How Amazon Is Becoming the New Retail Showroom
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 12:20PM CDT
In May, I dropped my Prime membership for Amazon.com when the company decided to raise its price to $100 per year. But that didn't deter me from using the site regularly, particularly on my mobile devices. However, today, my Amazon experience...
Can Cracker Barrel's Red-Hot Dividend Growth Continue?
Gunnar Peterson, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 12:00PM CDT
Not many retail operations are Amazon -proof. However, Amazon does not yet have a way to get you a hot meal by the side of a highway during a road trip, and this is where Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores thrives. The company has an excellent...
An Indication Amazon.com May Beat Wall St. Estimates
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 11:26AM CDT
Amazon.com Inc may be warming up for the All Star game as an industry report shows it may have hit June's sales targets over the center field fence. A recent ChannelAdvisor report indicates that revenue growth may be ahead of estimates in the...
3 Reasons Amazon's Fire Phone Isn’t That Hot
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 9:30AM CDT
Amazon.com introducing the Fire Phone was supposed to be a huge win for the company and another industry for the company to disrupt. Unfortunately, the device and pricing doesn't match the way Amazon has disrupted other industries before. In fact,...
Stock Market News for July 16, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 16, 9:10AM CDT
Benchmarks finished on a mixed note on Tuesday after a Fed monetary policy report sparked concerns about “substantially stretched valuations” in Internet and bio-tech stocks
Amazon Marketplace Grows, Taking Small Businesses Along
at The Street - Wed Jul 16, 9:06AM CDT
Amazon Marketplace is great for small businesses and even better for Amazon's sales.
The Container Store Presents a Dilemma for Investors
Brian Shaw, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 8:00AM CDT
The Container Store CEO Kip Tindell received a lot of attention following his comment that America is in a "retail funk." Tindell made this statement in the context of explaining that The Container Store's weak first-quarter results, highlighted by...
Why Amazon's Fire Phone is Already a Home Run
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 16, 8:00AM CDT
Why would Amazon.com , with no experience in the industry whatsoever, jump into a crowded pool like cell phones? The answer is simple: it doesn't need to take meaningful share because Amazon has a much bigger opportunity than the $600 it gets by...
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: High Hopes and Low-Expectation Stocks
at The Street - Tue Jul 15, 7:00PM CDT
Stick with companies where any good news will be met with big gains, Cramer says.
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: AAPL AMZN NFLX TTWO
at The Street - Wed Jul 16, 5:00AM CDT
Cramer is still bullish on Apple and says Take-Two is a cheap stock with a strong schedule of releases.
