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Netflix Inc's star darkened briefly this week after a rare stumble on pricing incensed investors and triggered an unusually dim growth projection.

The much-awaited tablet from Amazon, possibly an Android-powered Kindle, is expected to challenge iPad's rule in the tablet market and that's good because competition is good.

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed opening on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.1 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.13 percent at 0940 GMT.

Amazon.com Inc will use its surging revenue to boost growth and drive expansion into areas such as Web content and cloud computing rather than boost its margins.

Amazon.com Inc reported a dip in earnings but its revenue forecast raced past Wall Street's expectations, propelling its shares higher in after-hours trade.

Amazon.com Inc reported a surge in quarterly revenue and said revenue for the current quarter would be better than expected, sending its shares up more than 6 percent.

Amazon.com Inc reported a surge in quarterly revenue on sales of its kindle electronic reader and other electronics and forecast far better-than-expected revenue for the current quarter, sending its shares up more than 6 percent.

Amazon reported a fall in profit, but a surge in sales on Tuesday. The surge was mainly attributed to strong sales of Kindle e-reader, subsidized by advertising.

The largest Internet retailer benefited from growth in e-commerce, though margins continued to be pressured by heavy spending on distribution, technology and digital content.

Amazon posted second quarter revenue and profits that beat Wall Street's estimates. The company's stock advanced in after-hours trading.

Amazon.com Inc reported a surge in quarterly revenue while profit slipped as the largest Internet retailer benefited from growth in e-commerce but kept spending heavily on distribution, technology and digital content.

Google has signed a pact with author J.K. Rowling, which will let Google launch the series of Harry Potter e-books on Google's platform, Google announced on Wednesday in its official blog post.

Amazon.com Inc has licensed thousands of television shows from CBS Corp to help the largest Internet retailer compete with DVD rental and video streaming company Netflix Inc.

With Borders bookstores closing, all eyes in publishing are now upon Barnes and Noble, America's largest bookseller, to see if the company can avoid the same fate. Here's five things Barnes and Noble must do to survive.

Renting may be a cheaper option for college students and parents in a time of tight finances, with college tuition and expenses a burden for many families. Amazon.com launched Kindle textbook rentals, promising tens of thousands of textbooks at discounts of as much as 80 percent less than purchase price on Monday.

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Amazon promises college students 80 percent savings with its textbook rental service.

Renting may be a cheaper option for college students and parents in a time of tight finances, with college tuition and expenses a burden for many families. Amazon.com launched Kindle textbook rentals, promising tens of thousands of textbooks at discounts of as much as 80 percent less than purchase price on Monday.

Amazon's new Kindle Textbook Rental program will save students up to 80 percent off the retail price of new textbooks.

This October the tablet market will have one more important member: Amazon’s own tablet. According to analysts and investors, Amazon plans to release a tablet computer by October. It will solidify Amazon’s position as the world’s largest Internet retailer.

The Amazon-made tablets are expected to run on Android 2.1 and will be powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor.

'A Stolen Life,' a memoir written by Jaycee Dugard, a 31-year-old woman who was kidnapped by a paroled sex offender and held captive for 18 years during which time she was raped continuously, has become No.1 on Amazon's list of best-selling books.

Amazon will release an Android-powered device with a 9-inch display but no camera by October, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Users would be able to watch videos, listen to music or read books bought from Amazon. But will it kill the Kindle sales?

The tablet war is on, as Amazon plans to release a tablet in October. Apple's iPad is the tablet leader by far, but Google's forthcoming Android operating system and Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating system will threaten to take marketshare, according to a new report.

Sony Corp. announced on Wednesday plans to release two new digital e-readers in hopes of taking a share of a lucrative, yet highly competitive market.

The award-winning music service Spotify that's taken Europe by storm has now come to U.S. shores.

Borders is nearing liquidation after its takeover bid has been rejected, but that's no surprise to those in traditional publishing circles. For them, Borders has been long gone.

After launching its own Android Appstore and cloud-based music locker, Cloud Drive, Amazon is ready to shake Apple's core iPad market as it prepares to launch a 9-inch Android tablet.

Netflix, the popular entertainment service with hefty price increase is in the receiving end of customer ire.