How Prime Makes Amazon Profitable
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 25, 6:11PM CDT
Image source: Amazon. For all the money Amazon.com funnels into Prime -- a growing Instant Video library, the addition of music streaming, exclusive products, and, of course, shipping costs -- it may be the only thing enabling Amazon's retail...
AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), COST: 151.43 (-2.08)
As It Eyes the Skies, Amazon.com, Inc Just Deepened Its Relationship with Air Transport Services Gro
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 25, 2:40PM CDT
Source: Amazon Up in the sky, look: It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Amazon.com . Generating ample attention in recent weeks, e-commerce powerhouse Amazon plans to create its own air freight service, a move that spells bad news for...
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McDonald's Will Soon Let You Order A Big Mac With Your Smartphone
at The Street - Fri Mar 25, 12:48PM CDT
McDonald's will begin piloting mobile ordering in several markets very soon, says the company's chief digital officer.
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3D Printing, Driverless Cars, and Drone Delivery Are Solving the Same Problem
Motley Fool Staff and Rex Moore - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 25, 11:23AM CDT
Amid the hectic South by Southwest schedule, one session, " Get Your Goods: Unmanned Systems and 3D Printing " really caught our eye. It had everything: A star studded panel: Featuring Gur Kimchi, VP of Amazon.com Prime Air; Ping Fu,...
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EBay Has a Turnaround Plan, but Will It Succeed?
at The Street - Fri Mar 25, 7:00AM CDT
EBay embarked last summer on a two-year journey to revitalize the company, but results have been slow to appear.
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5 Companies on Google's Shopping List
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 25, 6:20AM CDT
Google parent Alphabet finished last quarter with $18 billion in cash and equivalents, $46 billion in marketable securities, and $73 billion in overseas cash and securities. With that massive cash hoard,...
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Staples, Office Depot soar on hopes merger may go ahead
By MARCY GORDON - AP - Thu Mar 24, 6:41PM CDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Staples and Office Depot soared Thursday after a federal judge accused the government of trying to bend a witness's testimony in its case against a merger of the last two major U.S. office-supply chains.
SPLS: 10.76 (+0.71), AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), ODP: 6.91 (+0.57)
Equinix CEO on Exploding Cloud Computing and Internet of Things Industries
at The Street - Thu Mar 24, 3:36PM CDT
Equinix is smack in the middle of two burgeoning areas: cloud computing and the Internet of Things.
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Amazon (AMZN) Sues Former Vice President of Operations
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 24, 3:20PM CDT
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) sued its former logistics and supply chain executive Arthur Valdez nearly a month after he joined Target Corp. (TGT).
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Can Amazon.com Inc. Lend Its Magic Touch to Comcast Corporation?
Vincent Shen and Sean O'Reilly, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 24, 3:15PM CDT
Earlier this week, Amazon.com unveiled its cable store, the latest expansion of products and services offered by the e-commerce leader. While streaming services like Prime Video contribute to cord-cutting and slimming for the cable industry,...
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Amazon to Open Fulfillment Center near Kansas City
Business Wire - Thu Mar 24, 3:15PM CDT
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open a state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Edgerton, Kansas. This facility will create approximately 1,000 full-time hourly positions, plus many managerial and support roles to support customer fulfillment. In Kansas, Amazon currently operates facilities in Lenexa.
AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32)
Is Sony Going to Lead the Virtual Reality Revolution? — Tech Roundup
at The Street - Thu Mar 24, 3:07PM CDT
Sony impresses the VR community at the GCP NEXT conference, Google's still fighting for more market share in the cloud and Tivo is reportedly in merger talks with Rovi.
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Facebook to Withdraw Support for BlackBerry 10 Smartphones
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 24, 2:25PM CDT
Facebook, Inc. (FB) has affirmed that its application programming interfaces (APIs) will no longer be supporting BlackBerry's (BBRY) latest operating system, BlackBerry 10.
AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), FB: 113.05 (+0.51), BBRY: 7.59 (-0.10), TWTR: 15.91 (-0.10)
Why Office Depot, Inc. Stock Jumped Today
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 24, 12:47PM CDT
Office Depot. Image source: Office Depot. What: After some criticism from U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan on Thursday about the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's methods used to attempt to block a merger between Staples and Office Depot ...
SPLS: 10.76 (+0.71), AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), ODP: 6.91 (+0.57)
Trending Tickers: ODP, FINL, SPLS, AMZN
at The Street - Thu Mar 24, 12:22PM CDT
U.S. indices are being hurt by falling crude prices and the prospect of the Fed raising interest rates soon.
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Apple Plans to Expand Apple Pay: Is Mobile Web Next?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 24, 12:10PM CDT
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is reportedly gearing up to expand its mobile payment service, Apple Pay, beyond the app.
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Stressed Out: FTC Riles Judge in Office Depot-Staples Case
at The Street - Thu Mar 24, 11:47AM CDT
Agency wanted Amazon executive to lie to bolster FTC's case to block merger, judge claims.
SPLS: 10.76 (+0.71), AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), ODP: 6.91 (+0.57)
What FedEx Corp.'s Results Mean for United Parcel Service's Prospects
Lee Samaha, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 24, 11:15AM CDT
The market gave a warm welcome to 's recent estimate-busting quarterly results, but does that imply that is also set to deliver strong numbers when it reports next month? It's always interesting to compare the rivals --...
FDX: 162.65 (+0.02), AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), UPS: 105.43 (+0.55)
Why Is Amazon Teaming Up With Comcast?
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 24, 10:30AM CDT
Learning that Amazon has decided to team up with Comcast feels a bit like discovering that Superman has made a decision to work with Darth Vader. One party has a reputation for doing good (even if something occasionally gets destroyed...
AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), CMCSA: 60.01 (+0.76)
This Congresswoman Is on a Mission to Get More Women Into the Boardroom
at The Street - Thu Mar 24, 9:31AM CDT
Gender parity in the boardroom will get here eventually, but one congresswoman is taking action to speed up the process.
AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32)