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Harry Potter novels available for loan via Kindle
Harry Potter novels will be available through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, Amazon said today, in announcing a deal with J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore website. announced today. Of course, there's a catch. To get access to the library, you'll need...
Tags: Libraries, Amazon Kindle, J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Protesters disrupt Amazon shareholders meeting
Jacket CopyProtesters were both outside and inside an Amazon shareholders meeting in Seattle Thursday.... -
Amazon says it will improve warehouse conditions
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc., addressing issues that have drawn heavy criticism of the company, told shareholders that it planned to improve warehouse conditions and drop its membership in a conservative public-policy organization.
More than 100...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Waterstones makes deal to sell the Amazon Kindle, dismaying many
Jacket CopyBritish bookseller Waterstones' decision to carry Amazon's Kindles in its stores has been compared to Neville Chamberlain's pact with Nazi Germany.... -
Facebook shareholders are wedded to the whims of Mark Zuckerberg
So, against all odds, you managed to get your hands on a few shares of Facebook stock via one of the most hyped initial public offerings of all time and managed to survive its messy first day of trading.
Congratulations. You're now married to Mark...Tags: Google Inc., Manufacturing and Engineering, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Advertising, Stock Market
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Facebook Plunges Below IPO Price
ReutersMark May 21 (TheWrap.com) - Zuckerberg may have tied the knot with girlfriend of nine years, Priscilla Chan, over the weekend, but Wall Street isn't allowing his newly public company much of a honeymoon. Facebook shares plunged below their initial...Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, S&P 500, Social Media, Stock Market, Media Industry
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REFILE-U.S. test flight seen as giant leap for commercial space
Reuters* SpaceX rocket to launch at 4:55 am EDT Saturday * Flight would be first to space station by private firm * U.S. wants to buy rides on commercial space taxis By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 18 (Reuters) - An Obama administration plan to...Tags: Space Programs, Business Enterprises, NASA, U.S. House of Representatives, Boeing Co.
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Prueba en EEUU, gigantesco paso en vuelos comerciales al espacio
ReutersPor Irene Klotz CABO CAÑAVERAL, EEUU, 18 mayo (Reuters) - Un plan del Gobierno de Estados Unidos para reducir los costos de los servicios por vuelos espaciales encara el sábado una prueba clave con el despegue de cohetes privados en dirección a la...Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Satellite Technology, Boeing Co., Orbital Sciences Corporation
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Influential investor attacks Amazon, calls CEO 'Batman'
CNN MoneyNoted short-seller David Einhorn targeted Amazon and Martin Marietta Materials on Wednesday but was curiously silent on Herbalife. The hedge fund manager's opinion on a given company can send the shares plunging -- or soaring. Shares of Herbalife surged...Tags: Martin Marietta Materials Incorporated, Mutual Funds, Herbalife Limited, Amazon.com Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Shuttle rocket-builder vying for NASA space taxi work
Reuters* ATK pairs shuttle boosters with NASA-developed capsule * Partners include Astrium, Lockheed Martin * NASA plans to award new design contracts this summer By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 9 (Reuters) - Two of NASA's prime contractors are...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Space Programs, Manufacturing and Engineering, NASA, Rocketry
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INTERVIEW-Amazon aims for top three in China market
ReutersBy Melanie Lee BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc, the world's largest online retailer, is prepared to run losses in China to secure a position among the top three players by sales in the country's cut-throat but booming e-commerce market, its...Tags: Book, Consumer Goods Industries, Online Advertising, Amazon.com Inc., China
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Amazon says Kindle owners can lend Harry Potter e-books
ReutersBy Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Thursday that owners of its Kindle e-readers and tablets will be able to lend Harry Potter e-books to each other in a move aimed at encouraging more people to use the devices and...Tags: Fiction, Amazon Kindle, J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter (fictional character)
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