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Amazon moves aggressively into world of book publishing

Business, Economics and Jobs

As Amazon pushes harder into the world of book publisher, and not just seller, it’s making the big publishing companies nervous at the same time it reaches out to authors.

Amazon's drone delivery program, known as Amazon Prime Air, will be doing its testing in Canada because of tight FAA airspace rules.

Blocked in the US, Amazon drones go north of the border

Technology
Employees of Snapdeal, an Indian online retailer, sort out delivery packages inside their company fulfillment center in Mumbai on October 22, 2014.

Order a phone, get a bar of soap — online shopping in India has some big growing pains

Business
The marquee of United Artists Theater during Amazon's premiere screening of the TV series "Transparent" in Los Angeles, California on September 15, 2014.

Amazon’s new show might mark a new era in how you watch TV

Technology
An Amazon warehouse in the UK. 'Pickers' are allowed a set number of seconds to locate and pick up individual orders.

For many Amazon pickers, you may have a job one day, but be out of work the next

Business, Economics and Jobs

Washington Post Sale: The End of a Family Dynasty?

Is it the end of one of America’s greatest newspaper families? The Washington Post, one of the country’s oldest newspapers and bastions of investigative journalism, announced on Monday that is selling ownership of the paper to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for $250 million. It seems that Bezos, a man whose business has conquered Washington State, […]

Will Amazon’s Bezos Transform the Newspaper Industry?

Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos purchased The Washington Post this week for $250 million. Bezos is purchasing The Post, one of the most respected English language papers in the world, during a time of declining profits and readership for the paper. There is speculation that Bezos has big plans for revamping the paper, which has suffered a […]

Brazilian chef makes authentic Amazon food more accessible

Arts, Culture & Media

Brazil’s Amazon is an ecological cornucopia — but one that many of its closest neighbors don’t get to enjoy. Restaurant chef Alex Atala has set out to change that, not just in his restaurant but at a market he’s set up as well.

VIDEO: Groupon IPO largest web offering since Google in 2004

Business, Economics and Jobs

The stock offering raised more than $700 million for the online company, which sells coupons for deeply discounted goods and services. Groupon was the first major success in that market, but competition is rapidly increasing.

The Amazon through Google’s ‘Street View’

Environment

Google brings its Street View project to the Amazon forest — images of the river and communities will be turned into 360-degree panoramas.