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NY top court OKs tax on online sellers like Amazon

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court ruled Thursday the state can collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers, rejecting claims by Amazon.com and Overstock.com that the tax law violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause.

2013/03/28

Sandberg book scores big sales for its first week

NEW YORK (AP) — Sheryl Sandberg has the ear, and the eyes, of the country’s book buyers. Her “Lean In” sold 140,000 copies its first week of publication, has gone back to press seven times for additional printings and now has 400,000 copies in print.

2013/03/20

The online resume of Philippe Dubost, which he created to simulate an Amazon.com page.

‘An Amaz-ing Resume’ goes viral

Philippe Dubost, a web product manager, has built a webpage that is a near-perfect ringer for an Amazon.com product page, with himself as the product.

2013/01/28

Target announces year-round price match

The growing popularity of online shopping continues to put pressure on traditional retailers. Target today announced it will match prices customers find on identical products at select online rivals year-round.

2013/01/08

Netflix streaming service back online after outage

Those hoping to spend the holiday watching streaming video from Netflix can now get back in front of their TVs, tablets and PCs after a Christmas Eve outage.

2012/12/25

Got Sauvignon? Amazon.com starts selling wine

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com has added wine to the long list of products it sells through its online marketplace. Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that it will ship wine to 12 states and Washington DC […]

2012/11/08

DC offering monthly titles via Apple, Amazon, B&N

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – DC Comics is expanding its digital storefront, putting all its monthly titles – from Batman to Superman – on sale at iTunes, Amazon’s Kindle store and Barnes & Noble’s Nook shop. The […]

2012/11/07

New iPad, including smaller model, plus new Macs

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Apple introduced a smaller iPad, as expected, but also updated its full-sized one. It also unveiled new Mac computers, including a 13-inch version of a MacBook Pro with sharper, “Retina” […]

2012/10/23

Kindle customers may get credit via settlements

NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon has alerted its Kindle customers that they are entitled to a credit on prior electronic book purchases as part of settlements between some major e-book publishers and the government. In […]

2012/10/15

Tax on Amazon purchases in Calif. begins Saturday

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Online retailer Amazon.com has tried to become all things to all consumers, but in California, it is about to take on a role it fought against for years: tax collector. The […]

2012/09/13

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