Google and Amazon: Competitors With a Common (Drone) Goal
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 59 mins ago
Amazon.com has been testing unmanned drones for use in same-day delivery, but faces significant legal hurdles if the company actually wants to use them in the United States. Now, Google has begun testing its own drones for exactly the same...
Amazon Announces KDP Kids and Launches Kindle Kids' Book Creator
Business Wire - 2 hrs 43 mins ago
--Kindle Kids' Book Creator for illustrated children's books available for download today
Netflix New Feature Lets Users Be More Selective - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 03, 2:43PM CDT
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) will allow its subscribers to be selective about their movie and show recommendations that they will like to share with friends on Facebook (FB).
Nokia's HERE Maps to Be Available on Samsung Devices - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 03, 2:15PM CDT
Nokia Corporation (NOK) is set to collaborate with the world's leading smartphone developer, Samsung Corp.
Amazon to Stream 4K Ultra HD Content Starting October - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 03, 1:00PM CDT
Reportedly, all of Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) 2014 original series, both comedies and dramas, that were filmed using 4K Ultra HD (UHD), will be available for streaming on Samsung 4K TVs starting this October.
Will a Soft Sector Compel Staples to Choose Consolidation? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 03, 12:00PM CDT
Staples turnaround strategies are likely to prove time consuming affair as the sector remains soft causing the market to speculate a possible merger with Office Depot to speed up the process.
Video: YouTube Market Valuation Seen Rivaling Netflix
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Sep 03, 11:08AM CDT
Hey Google (GOOGL), how about breaking out some financials for your fast-growing YouTube video site? That's the message from Jefferies analyst Brian Pitz in a new research report that pegs YouTube's valuation at around the same range as that of...
The Important Lesson of Staples’ Fall is Technology Destruction
at The Street - Wed Sep 03, 9:28AM CDT
Technology destroys whole industries. Rather than fighting it, or grieving it, investors need to accept it.
Amazon CFO to retire
AP - Wed Sep 03, 8:34AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com says its chief financial officer, Thomas Szkutak, will retire after 12 years on the job in June 2015.
Amazon.com Celebrates First Anniversary of Home Automation Store - Now Offers the Largest Selection of Connected Products
Business Wire - Wed Sep 03, 8:01AM CDT
--Customers can easily discover, research and buy the latest connected products including home monitoring and security, energy management and entertainment systems
5 Things VF Corp's Management Wants You to Know
Brian Stoffel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Sep 03, 7:35AM CDT
VF Corp might not be a familiar name to most people. But I would guess that its Big Three brands are: Timberland, The North Face, and Vans. Investors in this company -- and its popular brands -- have had a great run as of late: the stock has...
Amazon's Chief Financial Officer to Retire in Summer of 2015
Business Wire - Wed Sep 03, 7:30AM CDT
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Thomas J. Szkutak, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company in June 2015. Mr. Szkutak has been Amazon's CFO since joining the company in October 2002 and oversees the controller, treasury, investor relations, tax, internal audit and facilities functions as well as financial management of the company's business units. Brian T. Olsavsky, Vice President of Finance for the company's global consumer business, will succeed Mr. Szkutak as CFO, reporting to Jeffrey P. Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. Messrs. Szkutak and Olsavsky will work together to conduct a seamless transition of CFO responsibilities over the next 10 months.
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst: We're Ready to Dominate the Cloud
at The Street - Wed Sep 03, 5:00AM CDT
With Red Hat's long history of open source expertise, the company is in position to dominate its market for years to come.
'Fast Money' Recap: When to Cash in Your Chip Stocks
at The Street - Wed Sep 03, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel looked at semiconductor companies, cyber breaches and which stocks will underperform in September.
Amazon
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Sep 02, 5:39PM CDT
Amazon (AMZN) CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos named Fred Ryan as publisher and chief executive of the newspaper. Ryan replaces current publisher Katharine Weymouth on Oct. 1.
Select Income, Cole in deal
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Sep 02, 5:39PM CDT
Spending about $2.7 bil in cash and stock, Select Income REIT (SIR) will buy Cole Corporate Income Trust in a deal that will add 64 office and industrial properties to its portfolio. Strategic distribution centers for Amazon (AMZN), as well as...
Venture Capitalists, Check Out Coal, Gold and Shipping Stocks
at The Street - Tue Sep 02, 1:50PM CDT
Sir John Templeton profited by investing in sectors in disfavor in the Great Depression and when they rebounded, wow! Choose a company or fund and see how well you do.
Can Alibaba IPO Give eBay & Amazon a Run for Their Money? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 02, 1:44PM CDT
Alibaba reported strong results in its fiscal first quarter ending in June, which is likely to support stronger pricing as the company heads for its IPO.
Technology Stock Roundup: Amazon Buys Twitch, Cisco Grows Server Share - Analyst Blog
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 02, 12:57PM CDT
Amazon's Twitch acquisition and Cisco's strong growth in servers helped share prices last week.
1 Reason To Keep Believing In Amazon.com, Inc.
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 02, 12:37PM CDT
If appearances were everything, Amazon.com would be a company down on its luck in more ways than one. Amid, what I've argued is little more than a perception problem, investors have fled Amazon's shares en masse so far this year, even as...