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• Chinese Banks Venture Into Ecommerce

  

  Banks are not normally the floggers of kettles and smartphones, duvets and leather shoes. But China Construction Bank, the world's second-largest lender by market value, is undeterred by convention. The Financial Times reports.

• Amazon shares hit record high after 4Q report

  NEW YORK-- Shares of Amazon.com Inc. briefly hit their highest level ever on Wednesday after the world's biggest online retailer impressed investors with strengthening profit margins in its fourth-quarter earnings report.

• US STOCKS SNAPSHOT - Wall St edges lower at open after GDP data

  NEW YORK, Jan 30- U.S. stocks edged lower at the open on Wednesday following an unexpected contraction in fourth-quarter economic activity, but losses were curbed by gains in Internet retailer Amazon.com. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 11.13 points, or 0.08 percent, to 13,943.29.

• Ahead of the Bell: Amazon climbs in early trading

  NEW YORK-- Shares of Amazon.com Inc. rose sharply in premarket trading Wednesday after the worlds' biggest online retailer showed improving profit margins when it posted fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday. Amazon's net income dropped 45 percent and the results fell below Wall Street's expectations on most counts.

• Amazon Investors Focus on Profit Margins 

  

  Anthony DiClemente, Barclays analyst, explains why shares of the Internet retailer soared despite missing on the top and bottom line last quarter.

• Analysts Raise Amazon Price Targets as Margins Surprise

  

  Amazon.com's better-than-expected profit margins surprised Wall Street, prompting at least five brokerages to raise their price targets on the world's largest Internet retailer's stock on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 3-Amazon shares hit record after quarterly results

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29- Amazon.com Inc shares hit a new record on Tuesday after the world's largest Internet retailer reported better-than-expected quarterly profit, fueled by growth of higher-margin businesses. This supports the bull case that Amazon can monetize its growth over the longer term. "

• UPDATE 1-Amazon shares jump after quarterly results

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29- Amazon.com Inc shares jumped almost 7 percent on Tuesday after the world's largest Internet retailer reported quarterly results.

• Amazon quarterly revenue rose 22 pct to $21.27 bln

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29- Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter revenue jumped 22 percent to $21.27 billion as the world's largest Internet retailer grabbed a big share of online spending during the crucial holiday period.

• INTERVIEW-Flash sales pioneer Vente-Privee trims US ambition

  *Sees 20 mln customers in Europe this year. PARIS, Jan 29- Vente-Privee, the French firm that pioneered online sales events, plans to slow down expansion in the United States to become profitable as soon as possible in the highly competitive market.

• PetSmart shares fall on Nomura downgrade

  NEW YORK-- Shares of PetSmart Inc., the pet food and supplies seller, fell after a Nomura analyst downgraded the company's shares, citing increased competition from Internet retailer Amazon.com. THE SPARK: Nomura analyst Aram Rubinson downgraded PetSmart shares to "Reduce" from "Neutral."

• Barnes & Noble Plans to Reduce Outlets Over the Decade: Report

  

  Barnes & Noble expects to shut down as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade, the chief executive of its retail group told The Wall Street Journal.

• Cramer’s Game Plan: CAT, YHOO and 10 Other Hot Stocks

  

  Here's Jim Cramer's Gameplan for the week ahead. What's on his radar?

• France seeking back tax from big Web firms -minister

  PARIS, Jan 24- France, which is studying ways of curbing legal tax avoidance by big Internet firms, has decided to go after all of them to seek payment of back taxes, Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg said on Thursday.

• UPDATE 2-Amazon buys text-to-speech software company Ivona

  *Ivona deal may help Amazon expand Kindle reader base- analyst. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it acquired text-to-speech technology company Ivona Software, a sign that the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voice-based search product.

• UPDATE 1-Amazon buys speech-recognition company Ivona

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that it acquired speech-recognition company Ivona Software, a sign the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voice-based search product.

• Amazon buys speech-recognition company Ivona

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that it acquired speech-recognition company Ivona Software, a sign the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voice-based search product.

• PetMed 3rd-qtr net income rises 17 percent

  POMPANO BEACH, Fla.-- PetMed Express Inc., which runs the online pet pharmacy 1-800- PetMeds, said Tuesday that its net income jumped 17 percent as it continued to cut costs. The Pompano Beach, Fla.- based company said it earned $4.6 million, or 23 cents per share, for the quarter ending Dec. 31. That's up from the $3.9 million, or 19 cents per share, in the 2011 quarter.

• UPDATE 1-Wall Street keeps an eye on Amazon's sales tax hit

  *Best Buy, research data underscore hit to Amazon. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17- Amazon.com Inc's unfamiliar role as tax collector may have dented its crucial holiday quarter by reducing the online retail giant's longstanding price advantage over its rivals in several major markets.

• Gilt Glitters Despite Sluggish Economy 

  

  Susan Lyne, Gilt chairman, discusses how e-shoppers are hitting luxury gold at bargain prices on the Internet.