VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Venture capitalists mourned the death of colleague Joy Covey, first CFO of Amazon.

Amazon clarified a blog report that the ecommerce firm was preparing its own phone.

European retailers had been looking to get more profit through online food businesses as the grocery segment make up around 40% of retail sales.

In a town hall meeting, Jeff Bezos reassured the editorial staff of his recently purchased Washington Post of optimism in the digital age and continued independent journalism.

Japanese E-commerce giant Rakuten acquired video streaming site Viki for a reported USD200 million.

It has been a week after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced acquisition of Washington Post, a deal said to be the convergence of old and new media.

The Washington Post announced that Jeff Bezos had acquired the newspaper for US$250 million in cash.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD will be launching this coming fall.

Amazon's hiring spree aimed to fill up more than 5,000 full-time jobs before Obama's visit on Tuesday.

Amazon seemed like it was becoming a search engine for jobs in America.

Amazon redeemed itself and rode high on top of the mobile internet shift.

Chromecast quickly sold out in a matter of hours after its announcement.

Amazon was expected to release a report that would signify growth ranging from US$14.5 billion to US$16.2 billion.

Amazon took over Webvan, an online grocery firm, twelve years after being shut down.

German book retailers join forces to capture larger share in German ebook market.