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Amazon announced that e-book sales for its Kindle reader outnumbered sales of hardcover books for the first time ever. [115] 2011: January: Acquisitions, International: Amazon acquires Lovefilm, a DVD rental service known as the Netflix of Europe. [116] 2011: February 16: Competition: Borders, outcompeted by Amazon, applies for Chapter 11 ...
Amazon.com, Inc., [1] doing business as Amazon (/ ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n / ⓘ, AM-ə-zon; UK also / ˈ æ m ə z ə n /, AM-ə-zən), is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. [5]
Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY-zohss; [2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.
The Italian Renaissance had ended due to foreign domination of the peninsula. France was embroiled in religious battles until the Edict of Nantes in 1598. Also, the English had been expelled from their last outposts on the continent. Due to these reasons, the centuries long conflict with France was largely suspended for most of Elizabeth's reign.
Founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, as an online bookstore, Amazon went public after an initial public offering on May 15, 1997, during the midst of the dot-com bubble. [1] The funds gained from the IPO allowed Amazon to grow quickly, making its first three acquisitions on April 27, 1998, less than a year after the company had gone public. [2]
Amazon most often refers to: Amazon River, in South America; Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin; Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company Amazon Prime Video, an American video streaming service; Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology; Amazon or Amazone may also refer to:
United with England and Ireland as the Commonwealth of England. 1660 Independent again but in personal union with England 1707 Political union with England to form the Kingdom of Great Britain: Treaty of Union 1706 and Acts of Union 1707: United Kingdom 1801 Formed by the union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland: 1922