Marks & Spencer accused of Amazonian tax-dodging acrobatics
British retailer hopes to grow its business in a difficult economic climate.
Opinion: A search engine, coming to a mall near you
Google is rumoured to be opening retail stores later this year. Alistair Fairweather looks at why the search engine business needs retail presence.
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Tax concerns smother Amazon's festive joy
Record Christmas takings have swollen Amazon's cash pile to as much as $9-billion, the online retailer is expected to declare.
Mini tablet war under Christmas trees this year
A sales war could determine whether Apple, Google or Amazon will dominate the fastest-growing area of personal computing.
Random House and Penguin merging to take on Amazon
Britain's Pearson and Germany's Bertelsmann are to merge their publishing units, Penguin and Random House, to recover ground lost to Amazon and Apple.
Tribal trepidation over Amazon highway
A fierce row has broken out over a plan to drive a road through the Amazon, imperilling the future of some of the world's last uncontacted tribes.
Alarm bells ring over activist death toll
A new Global Witness report has revealed that environmental activists were killed at the rate of more than two a week in 2011.
Is this the end of the bookshop, or just a new chapter?
Bookstores around the world have been shutting their doors in the face of what looks a lot like publishing Armageddon. What's a bibliophile to do?
Amazon, Google lead rush for new web real estate
An unprecedented land grab for new web addresses has begun with fierce competition for new internet real estate including .app, .blog and .web.
'UK grocery shoppers are killing Amazon rainforest'
Greenpeace says British consumers are unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the Amazon rainforest by buying meat products from Tesco.
World holds its breath as Brazil faces Amazon threat
All eyes are fixed on Brazil's president as she considers a forest code that could spell the end of vital parts of the Amazon and other forests.
Amazon spoof reviews bring art of satire to website
It was started by a handful of isolated enthusiasts, gradually became a cult craze, and is now threatening to become a commercial enterprise.
Get your money for nothing and your goodies for free
Every year millions of books, games, TV shows and other items are given away for free.
Consumers win in the techie war
Things can only get better for users as the major players battle over market share and innovation.
Amazon kindles its own fire
At $199, the wireless media player/book reader/web browser/geegaw will be the cheapest of its kind when it is released.
Internet takes "distance-learning" to the Amazon
The internet is letting a school sprout in the Amazon where teachers tend not to linger due to harsh living conditions and a scarcity of students.
Virtual Amazon creates real South African jobs
Online retail giant and Fortune 500 company Amazon is expanding its customer services and development team in Cape Town.
Oxi: The catastrophe is lurking
A highly addictive new drug has the potential to become a 'weapon of mass destruction,' writes Tom Phillips.
The last stand of the Amazon
In the forest, there are no horizons and so the dawn does not break but is instead born in the trees -- a wan and smoky blue.
Amazon vs the world
Few realise that Amazon doesn't consider other retailers its big rivals anymore. No, Amazon is competing directly with the likes of Apple and Google.
