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Amazon Chief: We'll Make $1bn A Quarter
News Amazon chief exective Jeff Bezos believes the company he founded eight years ago is on the verge of becoming a profit-making business with $4bn in annual revenues - and says that selling second-hand goods of all kinds will play a key role in that...
[October 8, 2002, 8:37]
Amazon Settles Case With Former Executive
News Web retailer Amazon.com, which sued to prevent a former executive from jumping to eBay, has settled the case, the company said on Tuesday. Attorneys for Amazon and Christopher Zyda, the e-tailer's former international chief financial officer...
[November 14, 2001, 9:33]
A9 Searches For Purpose
News Internet search giant Google has snatched Udi Manber, the chief executive of Amazon.com's A9 subsidiary, causing some experts to question the future of the e-commerce company's search efforts. Amazon hired Manber away from Yahoo in 2002 to be chief...
[February 10, 2006, 11:30]
Amazon's Galli Jumps Ship For VerticalNet
News Amazon.com shares tumbled 4 1/8, or 11 percent, to 34 5/8 Tuesday after it confirmed that president and chief operating officer Joe Galli has resigned from the online retailer to join VerticalNet as its new chief executive officer
[July 26, 2000, 9:19]
Amazon Appoints New Finance Executive
News Tom's considerable talent and experience will help Amazon.com continue to drive down costs so that we can even further lower prices for customers," chief executive Jeff Bezos said in a release. Amazon.com has appointed a new chief financial officer...
[August 30, 2002, 14:59]
Segway Bids Rocket On Amazon
News The attention grew when Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos were said to be impressed by the device. Online retailer Amazon.com and Segway kicked off an auction Tuesday for three Human Transporters.
[February 20, 2002, 9:23]
Amazon Slides On Management Shift
News Amazon has yet to come anywhere near reporting a net profit, and chief executive Jeff Bezos said as recently as last month that the company's focus right now is on "growing the business". Shares of Amazon.com continued their downward slide...
[July 26, 2000, 17:00]
The Day Ahead: Let's Hope Amazon's PR Staff Is Paid Well
News STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The chief executive of the world's biggest Internet retailer Amazon.com rejected on Monday criticism of the group's expansion strategy amid a sagging share price, saying it would diversify further.
[October 10, 2000, 11:50]
The Day Ahead: Mulling Amazon's Sales, VerticalNet Questions
News Amazon was expected to put up fourth quarter sales of $1.5bn or so in 2001, according to First Call. That's what a lot of folks will be asking as they dissect Amazon.com's sales forecast today. After the bell Monday, Amazon.com said its fourth...
[January 9, 2001, 13:27]
Amateur Web Content 'difficult To Monetise'
News On Myspace.com it is the aggregator monetising it, the reviews on Amazon.com are monetised by Amazon. Chris Rhoads, the chief executive of consulting firm Enterprise Technology Management Associates and an associate professor at Kutztown University...
[February 28, 2006, 16:30]
Net And Wireless: Will They Click?
News If you look five to 10 years out, almost all of e-commerce will be on wireless devices," said Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, which counts 17 million customers. Amazon has inked deals with wireless operators, including Bell...
[March 6, 2000, 11:14]
Open Source: 'it's All About Collaboration'
News The value of collaboration goes beyond bashing out code, added Allan Vermuelen, chief technical officer of Amazon.com. Amazon.com is really an application where a lot of people collaborate to make it better," he said.
[November 21, 2003, 9:35]
Amazon Blames Outage On Complicated Systems
News Mashery.com chief executive Oren Michels, who uses Amazon Web Services for several functions and who has several customers who use Amazon Web Services, reported no problems on Friday. Amazon.com appears to be blaming its complicated infrastructure...
[June 9, 2008, 15:41]
Google's Results Are No Cause For Concern
News Nor are eBay, Amazon.com or even Yahoo, for all its well-documented problems. Other internet stocks, including Yahoo, eBay and Amazon.com, were pulled down in after-hours trading as well. Specifically, it appears the culprits were payroll and data...
[July 20, 2007, 11:12]
The Day Ahead: Compaq Sheds 'show Me' Status
News This is the tale of two stocks -- Nortel Networks and Amazon.com . Now let's look at Amazon.com. Watch out for those Amazon bulls. Amazon also moved to ease cash fears. Amazon also expects to generate "significant positive cash flow from operations...
[October 25, 2000, 13:21]
The Day Ahead: Can Things Get Even Better For Cisco?
News Amazon is trying to win back investor confidence. There's a big difference between the departure of Amazon.com's Joe Galli to VerticalNet and Listwin's exit. Chief executive John Chambers rattled off strong sales growth in all geographies and...
[August 9, 2000, 13:28]
Bezos Calls For Patent Reform
News Amazon.com's chief executive, Jeff Bezos, under fire for his company's patent policies, urged on Thursday that the United States overhaul the patent process to reflect the different nature of software innovation.
[March 10, 2000, 14:34]
The Day Ahead: Amazon's Number Games
News Commentary: Amazon.com appears to be having a bit of an identity crisis. Theres nothing wrong with Amazon comparing itself to online stores. Wal-Marts revenue per share ratio is $40.51, compared with $6.14 for Amazon.
[September 20, 2000, 11:33]
Amazon Invests In Social Networking Site
News Josh Peterson, the chief executive of Robot Co-op, the parent company of 43 Things, said: "We don't spend our time thinking about Amazon; we spend our time thinking about what we're building at 43 Things.
[February 10, 2005, 14:15]
The Day Ahead: Dot-coms Grow Up, Chief Execs Step Out
News Tops on our list is VerticalNet's move to give Joe Galli, former operating chief at Amazon.com, the chief executive position. Being a chief executive is overrated anyway. Doug McCormick, president of iVillage, will become chief executive 1 August.
[July 31, 2000, 12:35]
