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Amazon seeks a California referendum to overturn a law requiring e-tailers to collect sales tax. If successful, the bid could have national impact.

With online competitors like Amazon, college bookstores are moving towards being just stores. Along with their course reading list, students at some universities can pick up a new phone and lunch at their campus stores.

How Amazon Prime and other forms of instant gratification make it harder to control our spending.

American Express Membership Rewards points can now be used at Amazon.com but they're worth less than a penny each there.

As e-book readers continue to improve in quality and come down in price, it's inevitable that Amazon.com will dominate the book market.   

Amazon adds Facebook features, advice for picking a nursing home and other consumer-focused items from Wednesday's Times.

With its new iPad, Apple is taking aim at Amazon's core business and its Kindle book reader. Can the 'e-tail' pioneer keep up as books, music and movies go all-download?

The discount-store chain is leveraging its brick-and-mortar operations as it takes aim at Amazon in the battle for online shoppers -- and says the strategy is working.

As the price battle rages between Amazon.com and Wal-Mart, here's one idea for how consumers can determine which retailer has the best price at any given moment.

The South American country is seeking $3 billion in carbon credits in exchange for leaving some of its Amazon oil reserves untapped.

Sam Eaton reports.