Amazon - The Everything Everything
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"The Everything Store" no longer comes close to describing the totality of Amazon. The company's web services drive enterprise cloud computing. Its video and music services compete with the nation's top media companies. Now Amazon is spending $13.7 billion to own Whole Foods. What won't this company do? And why do shareholders seemingly cheer every move? Bloomberg Gadfly columnists Shira Ovide and Shelly Banjo try to get their hands around all that is Amazon and explain what motivated founder and CEO Jeff Bezos's biggest acquisition bet ever.
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