Amazon.com’s little cloud-computing skunkworks project isn’t so little anymore. In fact, if you pull apart Amazon Web Services (AWS) from its e-commerce parent, the seven-year-old cloud division is worth more than two-thirds of the companies in the Standard & Poor’s...
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Amazon's outside investments contributed more to the bottom line than its e-commerce operations.
Amazon Was More Investor than Retailer in the First Quarter
Amazon.com is the world’s largest online retailer, but its outside investments contributed more money to the company’s bottom line in the first quarter than its e-commerce operations. In the three months ended March 31, Amazon made more than half...
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Kiva Systems Inc. robots sit at an Acumen Brands Inc. warehouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Bain Capital’s Kiva Investment Lifts Venture Profile in Silicon Valley
The best way for a venture capital firm to make a splash in Silicon Valley is to turn a signature investment into a big time profit. It looks like Bain Capital Ventures has arrived, thanks to Amazon.com’s $775 million acquisition...
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