Amazon sets one-day sales record
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The Seattle retailer said it logged orders of 2.8 million units on its busiest day, or about 32 items per second worldwide, boosted by shoppers flocking to the site to snap up iPods and books.
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Amazon.com Inc. on Monday said sales of consumer electronics surpassed book sales for the first time and was its largest sales category over the Thanksgiving weekend, jump-starting the online retailer&#39;s busiest
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If you&#39;ve been eyeing Amazon.com (AMZN), you may wonder what got into the online heavyweight over the holidays. Shares shot up 8.5%, or $3.32, on the first trading day after Christmas, as Amazon said it logged a record 2.8 million orders in a single day.
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By JESSICA MINTZ  SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc. has taken more than a million pre-orders for the final "Harry Potter" book due out in July, but the world's largest Web retailer won't make a profit, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos told shareholders at the company's annual meeting Thursday.
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Amazon.com Inc.'s second-quarter profit more than tripled, boosted by strong sales of books, music and electronics worldwide. The Web retailer's stock soared 11.3 percent in after-hours trading.
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Amazon.com Inc. on Monday said sales of consumer electronics surpassed book sales for the first time and was its largest sales category over the Thanksgiving weekend, launching the online retailer's busiest holiday selling season in 10 years.
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Amazon.com Inc. reported net sales of $1.46 billion in its third quarter, while Google reported $805.9 million in revenue, an increase of 105% over the same quarter last year.
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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. on Monday said it set a one-day selling record this year and logged its busiest holiday shopping season in its 10 years. -Reuters
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Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. launched its much-anticipated digital music store Tuesday with nearly 2.3 million songs, none of them protected against copying
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Amazon.com Inc  reported on Wednesday a huge rise in quarterly net profit, boosted by a 42 percent rise in revenue during its important holiday season.
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Amazon.com Inc.  posted  quarterly net profit on Tuesday that more than tripled,  surprising Wall Street, as U.S. sales jumped, sending shares up  17 percent after-hours.
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Shares of online U.S. retailer Amazon.com Inc rose more than 2 percent on Wednesday after the online retailer said the 2007 holiday season was its strongest since it opened in 1994.
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The final book about boy wizard Harry  Potter broke a single-day record at Borders Group Inc. ,  selling about 1.2 million copies worldwide.
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Amazon.com Inc., the online retailing giant, on Thursday reported profits that surpassed year-ago results but came in below analyst expectations.
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Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. officially moved into the search engine market with the unveiling late Tuesday of its Internet search engine, A9.com.
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Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. AMZN.O  on Monday said it set a one-day selling record this year as it  logged its busiest holiday shopping season in its 10-year  history, news that sent shares up nearly 9 percent.
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Online retail sales from Nov. 1 through Friday were up 25% over 2005, says Internet market research firm ComScore Networks. ComScore says last Wednesday was likely the biggest online shopping day of the year and, with nearly $670 million in sales, topped last year's No. 1 day by over $100 million.