NFE/1.0 AMZN - StoxRox.com http://www.stoxrox.com/ en webmaster@stoxrox.com ©2008 StoxRox.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:38:57 EST Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:38:57 EST http://www.stoxrox.com/static/tpl/hlogo.png http://www.stoxrox.com/ http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6aX1JmUkZQ=/Amazon To Make Site More Accessible To Blind Persons be833ac74302fdbee4f073122c360dd4 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:30:48 EDT 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. http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6aX1JidmZs=/Amazon Spokesman: No New Kindle In 2008 6da2d998505d3267d0960d7b28729f9c Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:27:53 EDT 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. http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6aSxJWZmJk=/Media Alert: Amazon.com Kennewick, Wash., Customer Service Center to Host Hiring Event for the 2008 Holiday Season 8bc226dcc2186b35c8a82a50c3c7acc5 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:04 EDT 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. http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6aR1JabmJI=/Target Settles With National Federation Of Blind 481b040d27c38f028d59dbc34723db7f Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:53:05 EDT 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) http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6WZxJqblpQ=/Amazon.com Announces Release-Date Delivery for Hot New Video Games 5f4d2645e0a400c721f1d8d3cc7cb091 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:00:01 EDT 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. http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6WZxJqblpU=/MTV Networks to Use CreateSpace DVD on Demand Technology to Offer Exclusive Content on Amazon.com 720da0cf7ff273b79452f54cec2d37ba Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:00:01 EDT 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. http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6WVxJmYkZM=/Amazon Web Services Launches the Amazon Elastic Block Store for Amazon EC2 837da3b3a2989d981d7cc690d2825e03 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:01:01 EDT 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. http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6WU1JOUlZo=/EBay Changes Listing Fees 530384d80916d2eb62326afadb959fc7 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:07:11 EDT 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.). http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6WSxJWYl5Q=/Amazon.com Announces Redemption of Remaining 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes b13739f025c426020e942cfdaf8a8e5a Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:00:05 EDT 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. http://www.stoxrox.com/i/h/AMZN/k6WSxJSdmJU=/AudibleKids.com and Parenting Magazine Announce Strategic Alliance to Promote Kids' Literacy Through Digital Audiobooks dd23f20178dee6f9f95dfddab5a79c6a Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:00:02 EDT 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.