September 2, 2008 (FinancialWire) -- Internet retailer Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Current Market Cap: US$34.42 Bil.) will make its website more accessible for blind people following a settlement by Target (NYSE: TGT) with the National Federation of the Blind.

August 29, 2008 (FinancialWire) -- An Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Current Market Cap: US$35.53 Bil.) spokesman has tried to quell rumors of an imminent new version of the company's Kindle ebook reader by saying that another version of the device will not be available until 2009.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a hiring event for more than 250 full-time and part-time seasonal customer service positions for its Kennewick, Wash., customer service center, which is operated by AMZN wacs, Inc.

August 28, 2008 (FinancialWire) Retailer Target (NYSE: TGT) has agreed to pay $6 million in damages to blind plaintiffs who were unable to use the company's online site, in a suit that could potentially cause trouble for retailers such as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Current Market Cap: US$34.81 Bil.) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY)

Gamers have been asking for it and Amazon has answered the call. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it will offer release-date delivery for "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09," "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed," "Fable 2" and "Gears of War 2." For $5.98, Amazon customers can upgrade their shipping option for guaranteed delivery of these titles on the first day of availability to all addresses within the continental United States. Additionally, Amazon Prime customers will receive release-date delivery for free.

CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) group of companies, today announced that MTV Networks will use CreateSpace DVD on Demand technology to make popular MTV, Nickelodeon, COMEDY CENTRAL and VH1 shows -- including "Newport Harbor," "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," "Drake & Josh" and "Hey Arnold!" -- available on Amazon.com.

Amazon Web Services LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), today launched the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), a new persistent storage feature for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Amazon EC2 is an infrastructure service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. With Amazon EBS, storage volumes can be programmatically created, attached to Amazon EC2 instances, and if even more durability is desired, can be backed with a snapshot to the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). To get started using Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS today, visit http://aws.amazon.com/ec2.

August 21, 2008 (FinanciaWire) Proposed changes eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) is planning to it's auction site to ecourage fixed prices may do little to dissuade buyers from competitors such as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Current Market Cap: US$34.98 Bil.).

Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN) announced that on September 17, 2008, it will redeem the remaining principal amount of approximately $399 million of its outstanding 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2009 ("Notes") with CUSIP numbers 023135AD8 and 023135AF3.

The leading provider of premium digital audio, Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Bonnier Corp.'s Parenting Group today announced a strategic alliance that taps into the rapid growth of downloadable audiobooks and the need for innovative approaches to jumpstart interest in reading among children.

BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today.

Falling oil prices yesterday morning drove the DJIA up to an intraday high of 11,867 before it retreated to close at 11,782. Boosted by an intermediate-term uptrend, the DJIA is working to make 11,700, formerly its ceiling of resistance, now a floor of support.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today unveiled the Software en Espanol Store (www.amazon.com/spanishsoftware), a new category store featuring essential Spanish-language and bilingual software products. With content primarily in English accompanied by some Spanish information, the store features an extensive selection of business and office software as well as educational offerings and software for children.

August 12, 2008 (FinancialWire) Amazon.Com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Current Market Cap: US$37.52 Bil.) gained 9.41% Monday on volume of 25,072,217, which was three times its three-month average 8,050,000, to end the day at $88.09.

Last Updated: August 11, 2008: 4:20 PM ET---The major U.S. equity indices posted moderate gains Monday, after falling off their midday high, as crude pared its losses. Financials rebounded from early losses of almost 1%, to close in the green. The sector is up more than 30% from its low, which was reached on Tuesday, July 15th. In commodity news, intensified fighting between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia had appeared to be an obstacle for the present decline in crude prices, however, crude still turned lower as investors may see overall declines in demand due to slowing economic growth as a more influential factor. Furthermore, Iran's call for renewed nuclear talks may have also played a role in curving supply fears stemming from the Georgia/Russia conflict. Light sweet crude closed down $1.88 to settle at $113.30 a barrel on the NYMEX. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Waste Management (NYSE:WMI) is prepared to sweeten their unsolicited all-cash bid for Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) to $6.73 billion, a 10% increase from its previous offer. Shares of the companies closed higher, up 0.3% to $36.11, and 0.6% to $35.05, respectively. In other deal news, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has begun efforts to acquire Holland's TNT. Shares of UPS closed down 0.3% to $65.51. According to a Bloomberg report, GATX (NYSE:GMT), which closed up 1.1% to $46.94, made a $3 billion offer for a rail services unit of General Electric (NYSE:GE). Shares of General Electric closed up 1.1% to $29.95. Shares of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) closed up 2.1% to $35.30 after the company announced it had reached a three-year agreement on wages and health care benefits with two unions that represent approximately 65,000 employees, enabling the company to avoid a potential strike. Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) rallied 9.4% to $88.09 after a number of analysts released reports saying the online retailer may net a larger-than-expected profit from its e-book reader, the kindle. Citi analyst, Mark Mahaney, forecasted sales of the product could potentially double his previous estimates. Mahaney rates Amazon.com as a "buy" with a target price of $97. Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) reported its second-quarter profit dropped 7.6%, earning $2.88 billion, or $1,859 per class A share, down from $3.12 billion, or $2,018 during the year-ago period. However, operating profit fell 10% to $2.27 billion, or $1,465 per share, topping estimates of an expected profit of $1,370 per share. Berkshire Hathaway A shares closed up 1.8% to $117,800.00. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 48 points to 11,782, the S&P 500 closed up 9 points to 1,305 and the Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 26 points to 2,440.

Shares of Amazon.com Inc. rallied Monday after Citigroup doubled its sales expectation for the company's Kindle product, calling it "the iPod of the book world."

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The leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, Audible Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ: AMZN), has announced AUDIBLE IndieFirst, a new imprint developed by Audible and the Center for Independent Publishing (CIP) to surface fresh, original works from independent publishers and deliver them in digital audio before the print edition is available.

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August 7, 2008 (FinancialWire) Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is planning Open House hiring events for several hundred full-time hourly positions at Holiday Inn Select ' North Indianapolis at the Pyramids, 3850 DePauw Blvd. in Indianapolis, Ind.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced Open House hiring events for several hundred full-time hourly positions. The fulfillment center, operated by Amazon.com.indc LLC, is located in Whitestown, Ind. Candidates should be highly motivated with drive, ambition and a passion for providing customers a first-class shopping experience. Available positions include hourly roles in Picking, Packing and Receiving/Shipping, with competitive starting wages, plus medical, dental and vision benefits.

ELASTRA Corporation, the leading provider of software for configuring, deploying and managing complete application systems in public and private compute clouds, today announced it has closed $12 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Bay Partners, with new participation from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and continued participation from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Neal Dempsey of Bay Partners will be joining ELASTRA's board. ELASTRA will use the funds to accelerate customer growth and further develop its software for public and private cloud computing.

ELASTRA Corporation, the leading provider of software for configuring, deploying and managing complete application systems in public and private compute clouds, today announced it has closed $12 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Bay Partners, with new participation from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and continued participation from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Neal Dempsey of Bay Partners will be joining ELASTRA's board. ELASTRA will use the funds to accelerate customer growth and further develop its software for public and private cloud computing.

August 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Internet retailer Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Current Market Cap: US$32.25 Bil.) plans to sell goods and digital downloads for loyalty program points rather than money.