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Online retailer Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit in a federal court to block the North Carolina state government's demand it disclose all transaction details, including names and addresses, involving state residents, court documents show.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc is reducing the size of its board to seven directors from eight, opting not to replace a departing long-time member, according to a proxy statement filed on Wednesday.

Internet retailer Amazon.com won approval on Monday to build a distribution center in Canada, despite complaints from Canadian booksellers that it would damage the country's culture.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc has struck deals with two publishers on the pricing of electronic books, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it released an application to allow its Kindle e-books to be read on Apple Inc Mac computers.

Amazon.com Inc said that John Doerr, a renowned venture capitalist who, early on, funded many of the Internet's biggest names, will not run for reelection to the board at the company's next shareholder meeting.

Internet retailer Amazon.com has smashed up against Canadian pride in its efforts to open a distribution center in Canada, as booksellers grumble that it can't understand the role of Canadian culture.

Efforts to pry open the culturally sensitive Canadian media industry to more foreign ownership took a new turn Monday when Amazon.com sought federal approval to start a new business in Canada.

Google Inc was lauded as a visionary intent on spreading the world's knowledge and reviled as a copyright infringer cavalier about protecting users' privacy in a hearing on Thursday to discuss its plan to digitize millions of books.

Amazon.com said on Thursday it is launching a new free Kindle application that will give customers access to over 420,000 books on a range of BlackBerry devices.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon.

The chief executive of book publisher Macmillan said on Thursday his company is still in talks with online retailer Amazon.com Inc over the pricing of its books, even as Hachette Book Group vowed to protect its authors through a new model for prices.

The chief executive of book publisher Macmillan said on Thursday his company is still in talks with online retailer Amazon.com Inc, despite the apparent settlement last weekend of a dispute over the price of electronic books.

Amazon has reportedly purchased Touchco, a small startup focusing on multitouch technology, that could be used in developing a new line of Kindle e-readers.

A pricing battle lost by Amazon.com Inc to a top publisher may herald pressure from other publishers, compromising low e-book prices which could potentially hit sales volume growth for its Kindle e-reader.

Amazon.com Inc all but waved the white flag in a dispute with publisher Macmillan that could lead to the online retailer raising prices on some of its e-books.

Amazon.com Inc has removed all e-books published by Macmillan from its website after a dispute over pricing, according to media reports.

Apple unveiled its iPad tablet computer on Jan 27 amid much fanfare and anticipation.

Amazon.com Inc blew past analysts' profit estimates in its closely watched holiday quarter and forecast revenue for early 2010 that topped already-high Wall Street expectations.

Amazon.com Inc blew past analysts' profit estimates in its closely watched holiday quarter and forecast revenue for early 2010 that topped already-high Wall Street expectations.

After being hammered in the regular session, the tech sector is showing modest recovery in after-hours trading.

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a sleek tablet that it called the iPad, pitching the new gadget at a surprisingly low price to bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops.

Amazon.com Inc will offer higher royalties on the discount books sold for its popular Kindle electronic reader in a move to boost profitability and preempt the anticipated entry of Apple Inc and Google into the e-book market.

The amount of time youngsters are spending on the web has ballooned to proportions that exceed the average adults full working week, according to a new study.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc introduced a plan on Wednesday to offer authors and publishers a bigger cut of the discount books sold on its popular Kindle electronic reader.

Amazon.com Inc is to sell its larger Kindle electronic reader, aimed at students, businesspeople and newspaper readers, in more than 100 countries for $489, following the rollout of its original device last year.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc's testing Wall Street's patience by repeatedly touting the success of its Kindle electronic reader without providing specific sales figures.

AT&T has resumed placing orders from iPhone orders on its website, the company said on Monday according to media reports

Amazon released its annual post-Christmas statement and announced that more Kindle books were sold than real books through Amazon on Christmas day.