International Business News - Amazon http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Shares in Amazon.com Inc and American Express rose in Frankfurt trading on Friday, after both companies released quarterly results that came in above expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091023/amazon-american-express-shares-rise-frankfurt.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:33:44 EDT Sony Corp will begin selling this month the cheapest digital book reader for the United States, heating up the competition with Amazon.com Inc in the small but fast-growing market for electronic readers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218047-sonys-pocket-reader.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/sony-plans-199reader-in-amazon-challenge.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/sony-plans-199reader-in-amazon-challenge.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:48:02 EDT Amazon.com Inc. acquired Palo Alto, California based company SnapTell Inc. prior to Amazon plans to beef-up its mobile capabilities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090617/amazon-beefing-mobile-capabilities-acquires-software-maker-snaptell.htm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:07:58 EDT Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the high price of the company's new widescreen Kindle DX e-book reader. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090615/amazon-jeff-bezos-kindle-dx-ebook-reader.htm Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:59:09 EDT Amazon.com just got company in the e-book market online. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215117-scribd.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090613/scribd-ebooks-dan-brown-simon-schuster.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090613/scribd-ebooks-dan-brown-simon-schuster.htm Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:32:27 EDT Amazon announced the Kindle DX in early May and began accepting pre-orders which they should would be delivered sometime in the "summer" but now Amazon.com sites today on its website that the shipping date will be June 17. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215015-kindle-dx.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090611/amazon-com-start-shipping-kindle-dx-on-june-17.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090611/amazon-com-start-shipping-kindle-dx-on-june-17.htm Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:56:36 EDT Amazon on Wednesday launched a next generation Kindle, an e-reader with a large, textbook, magazine and newspaper-friendly screen called the DX. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/213175-kindle-dx.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090506/amazon-rolls-kindle-dx-announcesnewspaper-deals.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090506/amazon-rolls-kindle-dx-announcesnewspaper-deals.htm Wed, 06 May 2009 12:04:46 EDT Amazon.com is expected to unveil later this week a version of its Kindle digital eBook reader that has a larger display screen that is better fitted for presentation the presentation newspapers, magazines and textbooks in a more traditional format, according to reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090504/amazon-unveil-big-screenkindle-week.htm Mon, 04 May 2009 18:08:22 EDT Amazon.com on Thursday posted higher quarterly net income, with revenue rising 18 percent in the sluggish global economy, beating Wall Street expectations and its shares rose 1 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/212601-amazon-com-chairman-jeff-bezos-speaks-to.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090423/amazon-beats-estimates-in-first-quarter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090423/amazon-beats-estimates-in-first-quarter.htm Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:08:04 EDT Ahead of Amazon's earning report after Thursday's bell, analysts believe the company's earnings report will show some strain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090423/analysts-predict-earnings-decline-amazon.htm Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:29:31 EDT Amazon has always been very secretive on anything related to cost and sales figures surrounding its Kindle 2 e-reader, however, a new report by market research firm iSuppli may answer speculation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/212538-kindle-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090422/what-does-it-cost-build-amazon-039kindle-2.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090422/what-does-it-cost-build-amazon-039kindle-2.htm Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:20:23 EDT Amazon.com apologized Monday for an "embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error" that led to the sales ranking being removed from tens of thousands of books after being flooded with angry online comments, particularly on Twitter.com. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/212026-amazon-com.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090413/amazon-says039-glitch-quot-removed-sales-listing-from-site.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090413/amazon-says039-glitch-quot-removed-sales-listing-from-site.htm Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:15:33 EDT Amazon was cuts on valuation basis Thursday to Equal Weight from Overweight as Barclays Capital analyst Douglas Anmuth said the outlook remains negative. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/barclay-cuts-amazon-on-valuation-basis.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:01:00 EDT Sony Electronics Inc. is joining forces with Google Inc. to battle Amazon.com Inc. in the growing electronic books market which is projected to more than double this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210974-sony-ebook-reader.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090319/sony-reader-gets-500-000-google-ebooks-ups-competition-against-kindle.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090319/sony-reader-gets-500-000-google-ebooks-ups-competition-against-kindle.htm Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:29:48 EDT Amazon's share of the electronic book reader market just got smaller with new e-readers from the Netherlands, China, Korea and also from the U.S. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210084-bebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090301/kindle-just-got-company-newreaders-enter-market-from-around-world.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090301/kindle-just-got-company-newreaders-enter-market-from-around-world.htm Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:12:11 EST Amazon.com Inc. rolled out a new, slimmer and "talking" version of the Kindle, its electronic reading device that will begin shipping February 24, the company's chief executive said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209352-kindle-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090209/kindletalks-readers-out-feb-24.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090209/kindletalks-readers-out-feb-24.htm Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:48:55 EST Amazon is widely expected to release the latest version of its Kindle electronic book reader today, and one of the highlights could be an exclusive deal for the Kindle with horror story master Stephen King. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209350-kindle.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090209/kindle-feature-exclusive-stephen-king-work-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090209/kindle-feature-exclusive-stephen-king-work-report.htm Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:39:41 EST Google announced the launch of a mobile version of Google Book Search, opening up over 1.5 million mobile public domain books in the US, and over half a million abroad, in a bid to compete against Amazon's Kindle eBook reader. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209325-google.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090206/google-beefs-competition-against-amazons-kindle.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090206/google-beefs-competition-against-amazons-kindle.htm Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:07:01 EST