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2. List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon - Wikipedia

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   Amazon.com, Inc., is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. 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 ...

3. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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   Jeff Bezos's home in Bellevue, Washington, where the company was founded in 1994. Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos after he relocated from New York City to Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, to operate an online bookstore. Bezos chose the Seattle area for its abundance of technical talent from Microsoft and the University of ...

4. Criticism of Amazon - Wikipedia

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   Amazon.com offers the option to add an item to a user's cart or purchase it immediately with 1-Click. The company has been criticized for its alleged use of patents as a competitive hindrance; its " 1-Click patent" [ 2 ] may be the best-known example. Amazon's use of the 1-click patent against competitor Barnes & Noble 's website led the Free ...

5. Zappos - Wikipedia

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   US$2 billion (2015) Number of employees. 1,500+. Parent. Amazon. Website. zappos.com. Zappos.com is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. [ 1 ] The company was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn and launched under the domain name Shoesite.com.

6. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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   Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests. The Amazon region includes the territories of ...

7. Amazon tax - Wikipedia

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   According to a report released by Fair Tax Mark in 2019, Amazon is the best actor of tax avoidance, having paid a 12% effective tax rate between 2010 and 2018, in contrast with 35% corporate tax rate in the US during the same period. Amazon countered that it had an 24% effective tax rate during the same period.