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The economics of Woody Allen and Amazon

Jan 13, 2015
The film giant says he doesn't know what to make. The retail giant isn’t worried.

FedEx and UPS do better this year, but Amazon lurks

Dec 22, 2014
If UPS and FedEx are going to continue to be competitive with Amazon, they need a long-term strategy.

Super-fast delivery is the new game in town

Dec 19, 2014
Amazon and start-ups compete for the instantaneous delivery dollar.

Coffee engineered to put you to sleep. Seriously.

Dec 16, 2014
Counting Sheep Coffee comes in two varieties: Bedtime Blend/40 Winks and Lights Out.

Book publisher experiments with Twitter sales

Dec 12, 2014
Hachette Book Group tries out a buy button on its Twitter account.

Robots invade holidays ... but don't take over

Dec 3, 2014
Robots go more mainstream, shipping packages and vacuuming. But they're not smart enough to stage a coup.

Netflix is king of bandwidth in North America

Nov 20, 2014
The latest in "how-many-caveats-can-fit-in-one-statistic" news.

For public good, not for profit.

The numbers for November 4, 2014

Nov 4, 2014
As Americans head to the polls, their view of the economy could decide races.

The numbers for October 24, 2014

Oct 24, 2014
Amazon is taking a $170 million hit on the Fire phone. Let's do the numbers.

Amazon earnings: the experiment (and losses) continue

Oct 23, 2014
The everything store with everything but profits.