Amazon and Google are to face questioning from MPs over corporation tax in the UK today (12th November).

The US-based companies are due to give evidence to the Public Accounts Committee which is investigating taxing multinationals, at 3.15pm this afternoon. Andrew Cecil, director of public policy, will be giving evidence for Amazon,...

Waterstones has reported encouraging sales of Kindle devices in their first weekend on sale.

The chain began selling Amazon’s e-readers and tablets last Thursday (25th October), with wi-fi still being rolled out across the estate to allow customers to download Kindle e-books instore.

Steve Monaghan, e-commerce and IT...

Amazon reported a loss of $274million (£170m) in its third quarter, blaming an unfavourable impact on foreign exchange rates and losses on LivingSocial, the company’s investment daily deal company.

Analysts have also blamed the losses, down from earnings of $63 million a year earlier,  on the company’s...

In the week when Waterstones lets what its m.d. James Daunt once called the "ruthless money-making devil" through its open doors, the level of general hostility directed towards Amazon has reached new heights.

The Guardian claimed that the behemoth was hoodwinking UK publishers into overpaying VAT, while many media outlets...