Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) hired roughly 500,000 new employees last year as the coronavirus pandemic led to a major surge in online shopping. But if you thought 1.3 million employees would be enough to handle the kind of volume Amazon expects in 2021, you'd be mistaken. The online ret
Aside from action star Dwayne Johnson's hit movies, Hollywood's most popular films have rarely featured Asians or Pacific Islanders in leading roles on the big screen, according to an academic study released on Tuesday.
Electric aircraft company Beta Technologies said on Tuesday it had raised $368 million in a private funding round, led by Fidelity Management and backed by Amazon's climate-focused venture capital fund.
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Amazon (AMZN) Music has announced that Amazon Music HD, the company’s highest quality streaming audio, will now be available to all eligible Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers without any additional cost.
Amazon Music VP Steve Boom said, “When we first launched Amazon Music HD, our goal was to lead the industry by enabling music fans around the world to stream the best quality recording, the way artists intended their music to be heard.” (See Amazon stock analysis on TipRanks)
Boom added, “We are thrilled now to make Amazon Music HD available to everyone at no extra cost. All music fans should have access to this quality of music, and now they do!”
The music streaming service offers over 70 million songs in high definition audio, over 7 million songs in Ultra HD, and an ever-increasing catalog of 3D audio.
Yesterday, Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $4,500 price target (37.6% upside potential).
Nowak believes that AMZN holds promise. He predicted that the stock could rise to $5,000-$6,000 per share in the next year, if it were valued using a price-to-earnings multiple on GAAP earnings.
Based on 31 unanimous Buys, consensus among analysts is that Amazon is a Strong Buy. The average analyst price target of $4,298.55 implies 31.4% upside potential. Shares have gained about 34.8% over the past year.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is in talks to acquire MGM, according to various media reports. The movie studio has produced or distributed a library of popular franchises, including James Bond, Shark Tank, Vikings, The Handmaid's Tale, Rocky, and many others. MGM also owns premium cable
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Germany's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it has launched a new investigation into whether U.S. ecommerce giant Amazon is exploiting its market dominance.
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As we entered 2020, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) had built a substantial lead in online grocery service, offering order pickup at 3,200 locations in the U.S. and delivery from 1,600 of those stores. When the pandemic hit and consumers restricted their in-store shopping, Walmart was well p
Germany's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it has launched a new investigation into whether U.S. ecommerce giant Amazon is exploiting its market dominance.
(RTTNews) - Amazon.com Inc. is in discussions to acquire the MGM movie studio for about $9 billion, according to the several media reports citing people familiar with the matter.The reports noted that MGM will help bolster Amazon's Prime streaming service. Amazon is weeks into ne
A subscription to Twitch, the durably popular video gaming chat and broadcast service operated by Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), is about to get cheaper -- but there's a catch.On its official company blog Monday, Twitch announced that it is reducing those costs, however only in certa
If a new analysis of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) proves accurate, the already-popular retail stock is poised to nearly double very soon. Brian Nowak, an analyst at ever-influential investment bank Morgan Stanley, issued a research note Monday in which he said that in a best-case sc
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai discussed a range of trade issues with Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng on Monday and emphasized the need for Canada to implement new North American trade deal commitments on dairy and e-commerce shipments, her office said in a statement.
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Parler, a social media app popular with U.S. conservatives, returned to Apple Inc's App Store on Monday, after the iPhone maker dropped it following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.