Amazon Net Income Dropped In Fourth Quarter, Stock Down

Amazon released their fourth quarter results today and, well, it's easy to see why they waited to announce the news until the day was about over. The e-commerce company's net income dropped despite revenue increasing. The company has ... continue

Amazon Merchant Caught Refunding Buyers In Exchange For Great Reviews

Amazon is the World's largest e-commerce site with thousands and thousands of sellers from all across the globe. What makes the site such a great place to shop is, for one, they have really great customer service ... continue

You Can Now Borrow Kindle Books in Over 11,000 U.S. Libraries

Amazon.com announced that Kindle and Kindle app customers can now borrow Kindle books from more than 11,000 local libraries in the U.S.. Jay Marine, Director for Amazon Kindle, said: "Starting today, millions of Kindle customers can borrow Kindle books ... continue

Watch out Amazon Marketplace, Amazon Basics launches

Saturday, Amazon took on a small segment of the third-party market with a new line of electronics called "Amazon Basics." Gadget fans don't need to get all a-twitter yet- the line is mostly cables, blank CDs and blank ... continue

Amazon Reports Record Sales, Including Lots of Nose Hair Trimmers

Amazon's 2008 holiday season was its largest ever for sales, the retailer reports -- and among its hottest items was a nose and ear hair trimmer. Overall, Amazon.com sold more than 6.3 million items on December 15, which ... continue

Amazon.com Goes Down (Now Up)

Amazon.com was down this afternoon for about two hours until 3:20pm ET. Reports had it that the outage was due to an upgrade of the company's website but no further details were provided. During the midst ... continue