aggregated from: Slog

It looks like in the U.K., Amazon is thinking about opening Click and Connect stores:The online retailer is reportedly planning to open stores in the UK where customers can pick up purchases they make on the website, rather than wait at home for de...

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amazon.comWowWee Wrex the Dawg: The three moods and three desires are expressed in lucky crazy slot machine eye. PETA's got its panties in a bunch over the University of Georgia using a real bulldog as their mascot. PETA considers the breeding of bu...

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

Quick note on the potential impact of a long-term departure of Boeing from the Puget Sound.The Seattle-area economy is definitely more diverse than it was in the 70s, but Boeing still dominates the employment base by the numbers.A 2003 table from th...

topics: housing, housing-market

aggregated from: Discovery Blog

There is much to be grateful for tonight here in Washington. Our senior fellow John Wohlstetter, who is writing on nuclear proliferation, a public policy topic so old it is new again (or going to be), just held an exquisite book party to celebrate hi...

topics: amazon, employment, government, health-care

aggregated from: Slog

Not only is The Lost Symbol number one on Amazon's regular and Kindle bestseller lists, but Slog tipper Brian informs me that the Kindle version of the Lost Symbol was at least briefly beating the physical version of the book in sales, as in: More pe...

topics: amazon, book, books

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The New York Times says that Dan Brown's book has become Barnes & Noble's best-selling single-day adult title, which means that it has not toppled the mighty Rowling from her throne. The Lost Symbol is now at the top of Amazon's print and Kindle best...

topics: amazon, book

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Just got this press release:SEATTLE 826 Seattle announced today a gift from Amazon.com of $25,000 to support their youth writing programs.826 Seattle is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to helping youth, ages six to 18, improve t...

aggregated from: Discovery Blog

The New Scientist may sound like a scholarly science publication, but in covering news it often revels in uninformed and unprofessional attacks on critics of Darwinian evolution. So it is somewhat of a surprise to see the publication produce a not-so...

topics: amazon, entrepreneur

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Bit # 1: The New York Times has a look at the preposterous buildup to the new Dan Brown book, which will be released on September 15th. Last week Amazon's chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, posted a breathless memo to customers on the Amazon.com home...

topics: amazon, book

aggregated from: crosscut.com : Mossback

One of the attractions of urban density is the ability for everyone to walk to the store, to have one's commercial needs met within a few busy blocks. We all like the idea of living near a great cafe, a small grocer stocked with locally grown produce...

topics: amazon, business, economy, microsoft, nordstrom