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EBay settles suit with Skype founders that threatened to hamper sale to investor group

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc. says a group of investors who are buying the majority of its telecommunications service, Skype, agreed to settle a legal skirmish with Skype's founders.

Amazon Defense Coalition: Kerry Kennedy Accuses Chevron of Cultural Genocide in Ecuador Rainforest

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:57:34 GMT

Business Wire - The massive oil contamination for which Chevron faces a potential $27 billion liability in Ecuador’s courts is a “clear violation” of the rights of indigenous peoples to life, security, and self-determination, said Kerry Kennedy, a human rights advocate and daughter of the late Robert F.

Critical Alerts for eBay, Oracle, ADP, Sunoco, and Skyworks Released by Seven Summits Research

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:06 GMT

PRNewswire - Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for EBAY, ORCL, ADP, SUN, and SWKS.

eBay Inc. and Silver Lake Investor Group Settle Skype Litigation with Joltid Limited

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:01:18 GMT

Business Wire - eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) today announced that the investor group led by Silver Lake, which had previously entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Skype from the company, has reached a settlement agreement with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and ends all litigation currently pending against the investor group and eBay at the closing of the acquisition.

Akamai and iStreamPlanet to Power Live and on-Demand Video for NBCs Coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:09:30 GMT

Business Wire - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online and iStreamPlanet, a leading provider of digital media strategy, services and software applications, today announced they have been selected to work with Microsoft Corp. to provide an integrated, end-to-end solution to deliver live and on-demand video online for NBC during the network’s coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, February 12-28.

Biosciences Firm Goes Live With CloudCraze Framework for eCommerce LI-COR and EDL Consulting make global orders of biotechnology and environmental re

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:03:14 GMT

PRNewswire - EDL Consulting, a leading technology services firm today announced that LI-COR Bioscience's biotech reagents and consumables and environmental products are now available online in the Cloud via EDL's CloudCraze eCommerce application.

Resource Interactive Unveils Facebook Ecommerce Experience

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:36:19 GMT

Business Wire - Independent digital agency Resource Interactive introduces Off the Wall, an ecommerce experience for brands and their fans on Facebook.

Shopster e-Commerce Introduces New Listing Manager for eBay

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:01:26 GMT

PRNewswire - Shopster Inc., the leader in e-Commerce software for small and medium sized business announced today it has launched the new Shopster Listing Manager for eBay.

eBay Launches The Inside Source

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:18:01 GMT

Business Wire - eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, today announced the launch of The Inside Source (theinsidesource.com), a new digital magazine for inspired shoppers featuring insights and stories based on what more than 89 million active users are searching for, buying and selling on eBay.

The Amazon Wish List 10th Anniversary Celebration Continues

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:07:05 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) continues to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Wish List feature with November sweepstakes that offer customers amazing cash and prizes.

Akamai Strengthens Rakutens eCommerce Business

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:30 GMT

Business Wire - Akamai Japan K.K., a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that its Dynamic Site Solution has been adopted by Rakuten Ichiba, one of the largest Internet shopping portals operated by Rakuten Inc. in Japan, to accelerate the performance of its eCommerce site.

AERS introduces two ecommerce data applications for PayPal merchants at PayPal Innovate 2009 Developer Conference

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:28 GMT

PRNewswire - Advanced Ecommerce Research Systems Inc. is proud to announce today its unveiling of two Terapeak-branded PayPal merchant applications at the PayPal Innovate 2009 Developer Conference in San Francisco.

Ecommerce Product Search for Any Content Publisher ShopWiki Teams with DigiPowers to Launch White-Label Shopping Tool for Vertical Web Sites

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:54:03 GMT

PRNewswire - ShopWiki (http ://www.ShopWiki.com) and DigiPowers (www.digipowers.com) today announced a partnership to provide a new vertical product search tool for web publishers of consumer interest content sites.

The Walt Disney Company Makes Significant Commitment to Protect Threatened Forests in the Amazon, Congo and United States

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:02:46 GMT

Business Wire - The Walt Disney Company announced today a $7 million investment in forest projects that will build on its long history of conservation and environmental stewardship.

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion On: Human Genome Science Inc., General Electric Company, eBay Inc., NovaDel Pharma Inc., and Amylin Pha

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:30:15 GMT

Business Wire - PicksThatMove is pleased to bring investors special situation stocks which have a high potential for price appreciation.

Amazon.com Unveils Best Books of 2009, Including Editors Top 100 Books of the Year

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:23:14 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced its picks for Best Books of 2009. This annual...

Amazon.com Acquires Zappos.com

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:18:36 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Zappos.com.

Amazon.ca Launches Home & Garden Store

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:30 GMT

CNW Group - Amazon.ca today announced the launch of its new Home & Garden Store (www.ama zon.ca/home) - a single online shopping destination for thousands of products for around the home.

Amazon Defense Coalition: American Who Shot Secret Videos for Chevron in Ecuador Is Convicted Drug Trafficker

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:28 GMT

Business Wire - Wayne Hansen, the American businessman who helped make the secret videos being used by Chevron in an attempt to taint an environmental trial where the company faces a $27 billion liability, is a convicted felon who was charged with conspiring to import more than 275,000 pounds of marijuana from Colombia to the United States, according to a search of public records.

Are You Knick Knack, Fiction Vixen, or Relentless Dentist? Introducing Amazon PayPhrase the Easy-to-Remember Shortcut to Paying Quickly across the We

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:09:29 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon Payments, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today introduced Amazon PayPhrase, the easy-to-remember shortcut for paying on Amazon.com and other websites.

Amazon Defense Coalition: Chevron Admits Its Lawyers Present at Key Meeting with Ecuador Man Who Taped Video Scandal

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:26 GMT

Business Wire - In a stunning admission, Chevron’s top outside counsel on the Ecuador environmental case has publicly conceded that the company’s own lawyers met with a Chevron contractor regarding his secret video recordings just days before he taped a critical meeting in Ecuador about a purported bribe that the company is trying to use to taint a trial where it faces a $27.3 billion environmental liability.

BizAuctions eBay Business Model Surpasses 40,000 in Positive Customer Feedbacks

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:13:28 GMT

PRNewswire - BizAuctions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: BZCN), a prime provider of commercial eBay liquidation services for excess inventories, returns, and overstocks, announced today the Company has achieved a new milestone in positive feedbacks from its customers.

Orchard Artist Mojo Nixon Surpasses One Million Free Downloads on Amazon MP3

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:59:13 GMT

Business Wire - On October 6th, in support and celebration of the release of Mojo Nixon’s latest album “Whiskey Rebellion,” The Orchard, a full service media company specializing in the distribution of music and video entertainment, announced that Mojo’s entire catalog would be available to download at no cost, exclusively from Amazon MP3.

Amazon.com Unveils the 2009 Holiday Toy List

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:41:22 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today revealed the Holiday Toy List (www.amazon.com/holidaytoylist), where customers can find this season’s hottest toys, video games, sporting goods, electronics, movies and more.

HUGHES Distance Learning Project in Amazon Wins WISE Award Brazilian initiative wins as best project in innovation category

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:00:54 GMT

PRNewswire - Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that its Brazilian operating unit, Hughes do Brasil, will receive the WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education) Award for the distance learning project developed for the Education Department of the State of Amazonas (SEDUC-AM).

Amazon Web Services Announces Amazon Relational Database Service a Relational Database in the Cloud

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:12:23 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today introduced Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), a new web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud.

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Schering-Plough, Merck & Co., Sanofi-Aventis, Google and eBay

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:02:32 GMT

Business Wire - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.

Puddle Of Mudd Announces Release of VOLUME 4: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LOVE & HATE on December 8 NEW SINGLE, 'SPACESHIP' AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM & ITUNES

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:42 GMT

PRNewswire - Multi-platinum Flawless/Geffen recording artist, Puddle Of Mudd, releases their fourth studio set, VOLUME 4: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LOVE & HATE, on December 8.

Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet Book Cracks the Amazon Top 500

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:54:22 GMT

CNW Group - South Florida weight-loss expert Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., has scored a hit with his latest book, Dr.

Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet Book Cracks the Amazon Top 500 Latest book by Miami obesity expert Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., reached a peak position of 42

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:53:29 GMT

PRNewswire - South Florida weight-loss expert Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., has scored a hit with his latest book, Dr.

Hidden-in-the-Vault Jackson 5 Songs Debut on Amazon.com Hear 4 full length tracks exclusively on www.jackson5.com/amazonStunning Vocals By A Young M

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:05:14 GMT

PRNewswire - I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters (Motown/UMe), issued Nov. 10, 2009, brings to the public for the first time 12 unreleased recordings that include unique alternate versions of well-known hits as well as near classics and should-have-been-hits by one of the most popular groups of all time.

Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales up 28% to $5.45 Billion; Newest Kindle Now Shipping and Lowering Price to $259 from $279

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:11:39 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Amazon.com shares surge on profit news

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:27:15 GMT

CBC - Shares of Amazon.com Inc. surged Thursday after the company said its third-quarter profit soared 62 per cent, showing that consumers are comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer despite the still-shaky economy.

Research and Markets: The 2010 Report on Domestic Retail Ecommerce: World Market Segmentation by City

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:14:30 GMT

Business Wire - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/resea rch/02147a/the_2010_report_on) has announced the addition of the "The 2010 Report on Domestic Retail Ecommerce: World Market Segmentation by City" report to their offering.

Revenue Canada steps up hunt for eBay tax dodgers

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:13:31 GMT

CBC - The Canada Revenue Agency is stepping up efforts to track down eBay merchants who haven't paid taxes on profits made from selling goods on the popular auction website.

EBay Q3 earnings drop 29 per cent despite higher revenue

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:23:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc. reported Wednesday that its third-quarter earnings dipped 29 per cent despite a big increase in revenue in its payments business as more people and merchants began using PayPal to pay for things online.

eBay net profit slides for fourth quarter in a row

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:06:00 GMT

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - Online auction giant eBay reported a slide in net profit for the fourth quarter in a row on Wednesday and a cautious outlook for the holiday season.

Amazon Defense Coalition: Acclaimed Film About Chevrons Eco-Disaster in Ecuador to Open in Nations Capital

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:37:16 GMT

Business Wire - The award-winning documentary Crude, which chronicles the compelling 16-year struggle of indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest to hold Chevron accountable for the world’s largest oil-related contamination, opens in the nation’s Capitol Friday during a time of intense scrutiny of a trial where the oil giant faces a $27 billion liability that could eat up one-fifth of its market value.

eBay Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:25:01 GMT

Business Wire - eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

CORRECTING and REPLACING Amazon.com Customers Can Now Donate to Major Non-Profit Organizations Using Their Amazon Accounts

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:48:34 GMT

Business Wire - Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

Susan Boyles I Dreamed a Dream is Amazon.com Musics Largest CD Pre-Order

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:27:16 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Susan Boyle’s upcoming album, “I Dreamed a Dream,” has become the largest CD pre-order in the history of the Amazon.com Music Store.

Saba People Management Cloud to Be Available on Amazon Web Services Platform

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:19:13 GMT

Business Wire - Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced Saba People Management Cloud™, an edition of Saba's people management solutions to be delivered on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Amazon.com Customers Can Now Donate to Major Non-Profit Organizations Using Their Amazon Accounts

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:02:39 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon Payments, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that leading nonprofit organizations are accepting Amazon Payments just in time for holiday giving, making it just as easy to donate to your favorite charity as it is to shop on Amazon. Organizations such as American Red Cross, UNICEF, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy, Feeding America, Heifer International, Autism Society of America, International Federation for Animal Welfare, Children’s Miracle Network and United Way of King County now allow Amazon customers to make donations quickly and securely using information from their Amazon.com account.

SeeWhy Goes Grinch Busting with Live in Five Website Conversion Program to Save Companies from a Potentially Rough eCommerce Holiday Season

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:12:32 GMT

Business Wire - SeeWhy, Inc., the website conversion company, today announced Live in Five, its Grinch-busting, website conversion program for the holidays.

Elastra Announces Free Edition of Elastra Cloud Server for Amazon Web Services

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:38:42 GMT

Business Wire - Elastra Corporation, the leading provider of application infrastructure automation software, today announced the immediate availability of Elastra Cloud Server for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Akamai Helps Retailers Reach in-Market Consumers and Drive Transactions with Ease and Efficiency

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:31:29 GMT

Business Wire - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, advertising, dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online, today announced the availability of ADS predictive segments, part of Akamai’s Advertising Decision Solutions (ADS) line, a unique solution that provides multi-channel retailers, product manufacturers, travel, and telecommunication websites with a way to drive incremental transactions online.

Schaeffers Options Update: Put Action Pops on Amazon.com

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:25:19 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) popped up on my radar this afternoon as the shares saw a surge in put trading in their January 2010 options.

eBay and PayPal Now Offer Bill Me Later

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:01:15 GMT

Business Wire - Giving customers even more choice in how they pay online, eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) and PayPal (Nasdaq:EBAY) now offer Bill Me Later as a payment option during checkout.

Seven Summits Research Releases Comments on Microsoft, Amazon.com, Celgene, Starwood Hotels and Gilead Sciences

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:31:13 GMT

PRNewswire - Seven Summits Strategic Investments releases its Stocks To Watch Guide.

Team Grill Patio Grills Now Available on Amazon.com

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:18:18 GMT

Business Wire - Team Grill™ today announced that select teams from its Patio Series MVP grill product line are now available for purchase through Amazon.com. Now in-stock are the professional-grade barbeque grills featuring the logos of the Kentucky Wildcats, Kansas Jayhawks, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Auburn Tigers.

It's Storytelling At Its Finest With The World Television Premiere Of 'Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat...I'm Fluffy' One-Hour Stand-Up Special Debuting

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:08:31 GMT

PRNewswire - Gabriel Iglesias is the gregarious and affable comedian who adopted the title "fluffy," years ago by describing it as one of the "levels of fatness." This all-new stand-up special features the comedian's perfect blend of impeccable voice skills and an uncanny knack for hilarious storytelling.

Amazon Launches Same Day Delivery in Seven Major Cities and Expands Saturday Delivery Options

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:06:06 GMT

Business Wire - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the launch of “Local Express Delivery,” a new shipping option giving customers same-day delivery in seven major cities including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Seattle and Washington D.C.