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Amazon 2Q profit jumps 45 pct; misses Wall Street

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter income jumped, bolstered by shoppers who spent more with the online retailer even as consumer confidence fell overall.

Amazon.com offers new lower-priced Kindle DX

(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it is introducing a new version of its higher-end Kindle at a lower price as competition among electronic-book readers intensifies.

Amazon adds video to Kindle e-books on iPad-iPhone

Amazon.com has updated its Kindle application allowing audio and video clips to be embedded in electronic books served up on Apple's popular iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch gadgets.

Amazon cuts Kindle price to $189 after Nook move

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. has again cut the price of its Kindle e-reader, bringing it below $200 after Barnes & Noble dropped the price of its competing Nook device.

Amazon releasing Kindle software for Android

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to snag even more customers for the electronic books it sells by releasing a version of its Kindle e-reader software for phones that use Google Inc.'s increasingly popular Android operating ...

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