Posted on 01/01/2015 7:05:39 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
Amazon.com AMZN 0.00% turned in its worst year on the market since 2008, taking a big bite out of founder Jeff Bezos’ personal net worth.
Chief Executive Bezos saw his Amazon holdings lose about $7.4 billion in value over the course of the year as the e-commerce giant’s shares fell more than 22%. Still, Bezos’ 84 million shares, equal to 18.3% of the company, will ring in the New Year with a value of roughly $26.1 billion.
Shareholders punished Amazon for its free spending on projects such as the Fire smartphone and other gadgets and a widening network of warehouses close to urban centers. The company has admitted it botched the phone’s rollout, mainly blaming its price for slow sales.
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Just saw a commecial, from time warner, they are trying to get on board with streaming along with roku.
Bezoa has them hopping!
Here you go.
| Contributor | Occupation | Date | Amount | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM INC | 4/4/01 | $1,000 | Cantwell, Maria (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 10/16/00 | $1,000 | Abraham, Spencer (R) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM INC | 4/4/01 | $1,000 | Cantwell, Maria (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 3/17/14 | $2,600 | Murray, Patty (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON | 3/31/03 | $1,000 | Murray, Patty (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 6/19/09 | $-2,400 | Murray, Patty (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 6/19/09 | $4,800 | Murray, Patty (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 2/18/14 | $5,000 | Blue Origin |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON | 3/31/03 | $1,000 | Murray, Patty (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY SEATTLE, WA 98109 |
AMAZON CORPORATE LLC | 12/18/13 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 6/19/09 | $2,400 | Murray, Patty (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 3/17/14 | $2,600 | Murray, Patty (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY MR BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM, INC. | 6/14/05 | $2,100 | Cantwell, Maria (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY MR BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM, INC. | 6/14/05 | $2,100 | Cantwell, Maria (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 12/24/12 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 10/29/03 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC./CEO | 12/27/02 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 11/10/06 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 11/15/05 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 12/2/04 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P SEATTLE, WA 98121 |
AMAZON.COM | 1/18/98 | $1,000 | Leahy, Patrick (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P SEATTLE, WA 98121 |
AMAZON.COM | 1/18/98 | $1,000 | Leahy, Patrick (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 11/18/08 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 11/30/10 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 8/31/09 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 3/12/07 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC. | 11/17/11 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 10/18/00 | $1,000 | Conyers, John Jr (D) |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC | 9/29/00 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM HOLDINGS INC./CEO | 12/21/01 | $5,000 | Amazon.com |
| BEZOS, JEFFREY P BELLEVUE, WA 98009 |
AMAZON.COM | 10/8/00 | $1,000 | Gorton, Slade (R) |
Two words - “Sales Tax”. They charge it in Tennessee now, making them a less-desirable alternative.
Mega mea culpa! You are quite right.
Since my health is not all that great, I went to Kroger’s and got Amazon gift cards, took 10 minutes for 7 grands, 5 great grands and hubby. And got 4 times the gas points, and 1% off Discover. Spent about 30 minutes addressing cards. And I was done. Having never set foot in a mall. With that many I can’t keep track of what they wear or want, so gift cards are a great answer for me. Even meal cards would have worked. They all eat out except the baby.
I like that you can read the reviews. Saved me from choosing badly quite a few times.
I’d like to find a mail box alarm. Since Tricare Life DOD MANDATED us to use Express Scripts our daily meds comes in a plastic bag in the mail UN PHOTO ID SIGNED FOR. It will take a act of congress to change that procedure. When the drug dealers catch on to it, there will be more thefts. Then you have children to worry about in the neighborhood getting into dangerous drugs. Look for Medicare to go that route too.
Actually the technical books were not free at Amazon and I did not need to buy every book I wanted to read at Safari Books. Amazon while it does have free books it originally started out only being free to those who had a Kindle device, that may have changed by now. One of the things you look for is what can you get out of a service in order to purchase that service from it’s provider. If I were to go the Amazon route at the time I purchased Safari books, I would have had to pay 9.99 or more to even browse through over a dozen books to get what I wanted. I would venture to guess even now you choose ten books at Amazon Kindle that I use and ten books at Safari Books and you will end up paying to read them. With Safari, I can do a search and the results will turn up the pages in which the subject is on. I click on the link and begin reading about what I was looking for immediately. You cannot do this on Amazon. This makes troubleshooting and research much faster and easier. Another topic, take for example someone learning Java and using Deitl (famous textbook author on programming languages) Sure you can buy the book at Amazon, but can you also watch the instructional videos that accompany the book? Or do you need to buy the book first and then have access to it. Safari Books does not require you to shuffle your books on your device to manage memory. There are so many reasons why I prefer Safari over Amazon when it comes to books related to Business than Amazon. If I need a good sci-fi-fantasy book to read, sure I will take a look at Amazon. Safari is a niche market for technical and business people who need access to a whole or part of a book/video without having to purchase it to read it. A year for Safari is $299 which equates to just under 25 a month. Sure if you pay monthly the cost rises.
As far as 2 day free shipping, you need to get away from Amazon a little more. If you purchase a certain amount from a vendor it is usually the norm.
Hulu Plus allows you to watch new episodes the day after they air. Amazon you have to wait until the entire season is available before you can view the episode.
One other thing, if you are paying for a subscription to get music, books shipping, tv shows and movies, limited storage etc... it ain’t free.
Really, you can get Wrox publishing books free? You can get the How to Program series free? If you are getting these free, it isn’t legal. Amazon is about selling books and such you more than likely won’t be able to search through the pages of over 40K books to find a paragraph about a certain subject. Good Luck finding the proverbial needle in the hay stack at Amazon.
I have never paid more than 25 a month at Safari. Take the annual plan it’s cheaper.
The Masters is on CBS which most folks can get OTA.
The problem I have would be how to get the ESPNs, NBCSN, and FoxSports for football and auto racing. That’s 90% of what I watch on tv.
You are paying too much.
And no, it is not true that you get 2 day free shipping for certain amounts on the internet. You may get free shipping, but it is not 2 day guaranteed, it is ground. Now maybe you are lucky and live near all of the major distribution centers, so it seems like 2nd day, but it is ground.
I can search my Amazon books. And for most everything else I need, I can “google” search the internet and find my answer, no $25 a month subscription needed. And youtube, baby. It is all on there, it is so amazing. I have done more repairs in the last year at my house using youtube videos to find out where and how to replace parts on appliances and on my cars.
And don’t get me started on the tech videos on youtube. Absolutely outstanding information out there.
UPDATE: It was my LG tv trying to help using TruMotion and Motion Eye Care. I turned both off and adjusted the brightness. All looks normal now.
I am using the HDMI2 port for the devive and the settings were the default that came with the tv. For my everyday use for the tv shows I use HDMI1 port.
It dawned on me to check the settings.....
Now the picture looks good.
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