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Digital textbook company Inkling announced Wednesday that is has scored $17 million in second-round funding from Tenaya Capital to compete with major competitors entering the space.

Amazon.com Inc shares, just below their all-time high, could rise 10 percent to 25 percent if its capital spending translates to fast growth in its retailing, Kindle e-readers and cloud-computing businesses, Barron's said in its August 1 edition.

Amazon.com Inc shares, just below their all-time high, could rise 10 percent to 25 percent if its capital spending translates to fast growth in its retailing, Kindle e-readers and cloud-computing businesses, Barron's said in its August 1 edition.

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Saying that Netflix users were upset by the company's price hike would be an understatement.

Amazon has added 1,000 more streaming movies to its lineup for Prime customers. With another deal or two like the one Amazon announced Thursday with Universal Pictures and Amazon could have a streaming video library as big as Netflix's.

Amazon has struck a deal with NBCUniversal to add 1,000 movies to its streaming video services offered to its Prime customers.

Amazon.com unveiled its latest video streaming deal on Thursday as the world's largest Internet retailer adds more digital content ahead of the expected launch of a new tablet computer later this year.

Jeff Bezos and Amazon have unique competitive advantage, some analysts say. They suggest Amazon is succeeding bigger, and faster, than Wal-Mart did, becoming the world's largest retailer. That begs the question: Has Amazon built the most competitive business ever?

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 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's stock is trading near a 52-week high, up more than five percent Wednesday after the company posted strong second quarter earnings and profits. But Amazon will go higher, say some analysts, because the company has a decided competitive advantage.

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.