ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has struck an agreement with the state of Massachusetts to begin collecting the state’s 6.25% sales tax in the fall of 2013. As of September, the online behemoth…
Paul Ausick courtesy GameStop Corp.Just as the holiday retail shopping season gets down to its last two weeks, GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) said today that it would begin selling two models of the Kindle…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.A buyout of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is looking less and less likely. The process of founder Richard Schulze has just gone on for too long…
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia , from Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) claims today will be its busiest day of the year. The rise of e-commerce has fueled that. As in-store sales fall…
Turmoil in Italy The very modest hope that government actions in Italy might stabilize its economy probably has ended. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti will resign, which leaves the national political situation…
thinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a $2 billion pile of cash in Luxembourg to help fund its operations. (Reuters) HSBC Holding PLC (NYSE: HBC) may have to pay a $1.6 billion fine…
Wikimedia CommonsThe market has held a number of things against Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) management. Among them are the e-commerce company’s penchant for offering free shipping that damages margins. Another is that…
Yesterday’s announcement that Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) would get exclusive rights from The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) for studio films beginning in 2016 sent Netflix shares sharply higher in the afternoon.…
We are seeing larger insider selling transactions ahead of year-end by many corporate insiders. With higher taxes on capital gains an almost certainty now, insiders are faced with a choice of selling…
Jeff Bezos, founder, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is taking some extra cash out of the company. This may just be spending change for billionaires but this is empire-making…
Jon C. Ogg No matter how sad the forecast, the year’s results for a few large America companies, the conditions of competition in their markets and the malaise that has draped much of economy makes…
The proliferation of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has made life a bit trickier for advertisers to figure out just what they are receiving for their ad dollars. comScore Inc. (NASDAQ:…
In a subcommittee hearing today at the U.S. House of Representatives, Joe Kennedy, CEO of Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) will testify in support of the Internet Radio Fairness Act, which has…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Holiday retailers fall into at least two groups so far this year. One group includes companies that face low expectations. Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and JCPenney…
ThinkstockAs hard as retailers, both online and in the real world, compete for sales over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, so to do online and research firms compete to see which can…
