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Amazon's slow burn, courtesy of the Kindle Fire

Feb 1, 2012
The massive e-retailer reports less-that-stellar earnings as it struggles to turn its Kindle Fire from a loss to a profit.

Indiana makes a deal with Amazon on sales taxes

Jan 12, 2012
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels discusses his state’s new agreement for regulating and working with Amazon over sales taxes. The online retailer has been in dispute with a few states over collecting sales taxes.

Amazon, Nokia, Microsoft all thought about buying RIM

Dec 21, 2011
The idea that a given company merely CONSIDERED buying another company isn’t really the type of item that would ordinarily make the memo. Speculative. But the Wall Street Journal and its favorite source PFWTM (People Familiar With The Matter) say that Nokia and Microsoft have discussed the idea of buying Research In Motion and running […]

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