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Amazon.com Inc

Type: Company

Name: Amazon.com Inc (Amazon Com Inc)

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.amazon.com/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Amazon Com Inc

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 15 reports

Starbucks Corporation

FACTBOX | Apple, Amazon, Google and tax avoidance schemes

InterAksyon.com means BUSINESSBRUSSELSFollowing is a summary of several recent cases and links to the Reuters stories on each one.Apple Inc.An investigation by the U.S. Senate showed this week that the maker of iPads and iPhones had paid just 2 percent ... [Published Interaksyon - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Tax Avoidance, Starbucks Corporation, Amazon.com Inc, Taxes

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 20 reports

Amazon.com Inc

Freaks and geeks

“If you’re a freak, globally, there’s a niche for you.”I looked up from my computer when I heard Wesley Lynch (of Snapplify fame) saying these words yesterday at ITWeb’s Mobility Summit. He was speaking about niche communities online, how in publishing ... [Published IT Web - 24 mins ago]

Entities: Amazon.com Inc, Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 5 reports

Kindle

Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets to go on sale in 170 countries on June 13

Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries. The Kindle Fire HD has been the best-selling ... [Published PC World: Techlog - 32 mins ago]

Entities: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle, Amazon.com Inc, AppStore

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 reports

Google Android

Amazon Appstore now available in nearly 200 countries including India

Inline with last month's announcement, Amazon has expanded its Appstore for Android to about 200 countries including India, Australia, Brazil and Mexico.This international expansion is the latest in a series of Amazon Appstore for Android launches, which ... [Published NDTV - 1 hour ago]

Entities: AppStore, Amazon.com Inc, Google Android, India

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 reports

Amazon to create 500 tech-related jobs in Fairfax County

Amazon.com plans to add 500 employees to its Fairfax County Web Services business, further cementing the Dulles Corridor as a major center for information technology and big data storage.Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) made the announcement, highlighting ... [Published Washington Post - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Fairfax County, Amazon.com Inc, Amazon Web Services LLC, Cloud Computing, Big Data

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 4 reports

‘Visually reminiscent of a greenhouse’ – Amazon unveils latest plans for ‘whimsical’ Seattle campus

It’s a design that looks more botanical-garden than space-for-office-workers, but according to plans [pdf] released by Amazon for a new Seattle-based campus, there will be desks, meeting rooms and water coolers among all the foliage.Designed by architecture ... [Published Digital Trends - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Amazon.com Inc, Seattle, Trevor Mogg, Architecture, Frank Gehry

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 3 reports

Amazon Is Planning a Massive Biodome HQ So No One Ever Has to Leave

If you work for Amazon, you might soon have the option to feel like you're working outside every day.See more: http://blodic.us/technology/amazon-is-planning-a-massive-biodome-hq-so-no-one-ever-has-to-leave-96-0.htmProposed earlier this week at Seattle ... [Published Blodic.us - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Amazon.com Inc, Seattle, Gossip Girl

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 7 reports

LIVE: Is VMware Eating its Own Lunch with vCloud Hybrid Service?

On today’s SiliconANGLE Live NewsDesk Show, (see embed feed below or visit youtube.com/siliconangle to watch on-demand), we learn about VMware’s first public infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud product, dubbed the vCloud Hybrid Service . ... [Published SiliconANGLE - 20 hours ago]

Entities: VMware Inc, Hybrid Service Co Ltd, VMware vCloud

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 5 reports

Amazon Reveals Plans for Massive Futuristic Biosphere Office

The domes will contain green spaces with mature treesMay 22, 2013, 10:58 am EDT | By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace WriterAmazon (AMZN) has taken the wraps off design plans for a new office complex in Seattle, showing off a sleek vertical building ... [Published InvestorPlace.com - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Amazon.com Inc, Biosphere, Apple Inc, Seattle, Zoning

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 8 reports

Apple, Amazon, Google and tax avoidance schemes

European leaders meet on Wednesday to discuss tax policy and specifically their concerns over how a number of high-profile international companies have managed to pay next to no tax on their vast sales revenue generated in Europe.Following is a summary ... [Published 4 Traders - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Amazon.com Inc, Tax Avoidance, Taxes, Google Inc

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 14 reports

AWS bags US federal government certification

Amazon's Web Services offering has received an official seal of approval by United States authorities, in a move that is likely to significantly boost the company's public sector business.The cloud provider said it was now certified as compliant under ... [Published IT News Australia - May 21 2013]

Entities: FedRAMP, United States Government, Certification

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 4 reports

Amazon brings Cloud Drive online storage service to Canada

Hoping to compete with the likes of Dropbox, Google Inc. and Box, Amazon.com Inc. announced on Tuesday its cloud storage service is now available Canada. Amazon Cloud Drive offers users 5 GB of free storage for digital files such as photos, videos ... [Published Financial Post | Business » FP Tech Desk - May 21 2013]

Entities: Amazon.com Inc, Canada, Amazon Cloud Drive

Quotes

...Jean-Jacques Rommes, chief executive of the Luxembourg Bankers Association, complained that banks are being turned into "the long arm of tax authorities. Many customers don't like that. The more money they have, the less they like it."

Europe Pushes To Shed Stigma Of a Tax Haven [Published CNBC - 26 mins ago]

Amazon has announced Kindle Worlds, which it calls a "place for you to publish fan fiction inspired by popular books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games"

Amazon Is Selling Licensed Fan-Fiction, Let's Hope Games Follow [Published Blodic.us - 44 mins ago]

...''Tell me a chief financial officer that you would hire if he didn’t try to minimise your taxes legally. "Tell me what Apple has done that is illegal.’"

Bravo, Apple! Now show me a politician who doesn't minimise his taxes [Published Mail Online - Euroseptic: Mary Ellen Synon in B... - 1 hour ago]

...are thrilled to be expanding the reach of our global app distribution to nearly 200 countries," said Mike George, VP of Apps and Games at Amazon. "By further expanding the distribution of apps to millions of customers around the world, we are continuing to make it easy for customers to enjoy their Amazon apps on Kindle Fire and any Android device."

Amazon Appstore now available in nearly 200 countries including India [Published NDTV - 1 hour ago]

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Blogs

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets to go on sale in ... [Published PC World: Techlog - 32 mins ago] Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries. The Kindle Fire HD has been the best-selling ...
Bravo, Apple! Now show me a politician who does... [Published Mail Online - Euroseptic: Mary Ellen Synon in B ... - 1 hour ago] Here is my op-ed piece from Thursday's Irish Daily Mail --Can we just get this straight? Apple has broken no tax laws, not in Ireland, not in America, not, as far as anyone can tell, anywhere. It is one of the most successful companies in the history ...
Four short links: 23 May 2013 [Published O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and researc ... - 1 hour ago] Kindle Worlds Fine Print — Amazon’s fanfic publishing system has a few flaws: no pr0n, no slash (crossovers), and Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright. I can’t ...
Kindle Fire HD and HD 8.9 Now Available for Pre... [Published Mashable! - 1 hour ago] Amazon has made its Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9'' tablets available for pre-order in more than 170 countries So far, these devices were only available in the U.S., the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Japan. Now, they're available ...

Audio/Video

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Techquity: Taxing time for tech, Amazon aims fo... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - 16 hours ago]
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Amazon Is a Monster in Product Search: Jordan [Published Bloomberg - YouTube - May 15 2013]

Press Releases

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