JEFF BEZOS

The New York Times is reinstating its dividends after five years of cash hoarding.

The booming Nigerian start-up Jumia has established itself as one of Africa's leading online retail portals in just 1.5 years.

Amazon seems to have accidentally leaked the specifications and release date of the next Kindle Paperwhite e-reader.

Speculation has begun to swirl around whether the Sulzberger family will sell The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT).

Arthur Sulzberger Jr.'s sale of company stock churned the rumor mill following the sale of the Boston Globe and Washington Post.

China's state media published a slideshow of images from a pornographic film and claimed the photos were of an "actual execution."

Forbes estimates Bezos’ personal wealth at $25 billion, some of which he has put into his personal investment fund, Bezos Expeditions.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' acquisition of the Washington Post could affect its traditionally liberal political slant.

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will reportedly pay $250M for the newspaper & publications, in a bizarre sale few people knew was in the works.

Some companies have a employee turnover rate of as little as 9 months, and others as high as 20 years.

A group of Latin American countries may have thwarted Amazon Inc.’s request to control the .amazon domain suffix.

The White House has called for "sweeping reforms" directed at patent trolls, which have been accused of stifling American innovation.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), the No. 1 e-retailer, demonstrated it's creating a 21st-century hybrid of technology and retailing.

When Amazon.com reports fourth-quarter results later Tuesday, investors expect the company will return to profitable operations.

Amazon announced it will create six comedy pilots courtesy of its new Amazon Studios. Is this the beginning of Hollywood Northwest?

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) sold $3 billion in bonds at very low rates for what it termed “general corporate purposes.”

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), is expected to report a loss, in large part due to its effort to build momentum for its line of Kindle Fire tablets.

Felix Baumgartner took one giant leap for space tourism.

Amazon.com Inc. is reversing its decision announced just last week with the unveiling of its new HD line of Kindle Fires to supplement the devices' low cost with ad-based support. In a statement emailed to the press, Amazon said that it will now give customers the option to opt out of advertisements for a premium price of $15. The decision reflects a growing need to slash hardware prices and monetize users in other, more creative ways in what is becoming a fiercely competitive tablet marketpl...

Chances are there few personalities as creative, disruptive and rich in the technology sector as Jeff Bezos, the founding CEO of Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), the No. 1 e-retailer. He's put Borders Books out of business and could even put Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) in its place.

Amazon officially announced its next-generation Kindle Fire release on Thursday, unveiling a brand new tablet with improved specs and battery, HD visuals and 4G LTE connectivity. However, there is one characteristic no critic or analyst had predicted: the tablet’s name.