Google (GOOG) Aims to Push Amazon (AMZN) Prime Down to Secondary

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Amazon (AMZN) Investors Cheer Improving Prime Numbers

March 12, 2013 11:17 AM EDT

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is generally tight-lipped when it comes to specific numbers on key segments. Have you ever heard Amazon talk about how many Kindle Fire units it sold, or just that it is currently Amazon's "Best Selling" item?

Well, Morningstar is taking a stab at one metric Amazon also doesn't talk about: Amazon Prime memberships. According to reports obtained by AllThingsD from... More

Investors Now Willing to Risk More with Google (GOOG) Versus Apple (AAPL)

March 6, 2013 11:24 AM EST

Gaps can generally be a good thing. You'd want your hometown sports team to win by a wide gap. A large gap between yourself and evil doers is generally more favorable.

However, sometimes a smaller gap is wanted. For example, the share price-to-profit gap between Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and rival Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is at its widest point since June 2005, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. Not good if you're an Apple investor.

Google is going for 25 times profit, while Apple is at just 10 times,... More