Also known as
  • Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American electronic commerce (e-commerce) company in Seattle, Washington. Amazon was one of the first major companies to sell goods by Internet, and was an iconic "stock in which to invest" of the late 1990s dot-com bubble. After the collapse, the public became skeptical about Amazon's business model, although it has since remained profitable. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994, and launched it online in 1995. Amazon.com started as an on-line bookstore, but... full article at wikipedia

  Business

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  • 1200 12TH AVENUE S SUITE 1200
  • 98144
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  • 10,711,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2006
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  • 594,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2006
Market capitalization
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  • 39,000,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2007
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  • AMZN
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  • May 2007
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