Business

Uber-Style 'Surge' Pricing Could Be Coming To A Theatre Near You

October 27, 2017 | Sammy Caiola

Regal Entertainment Group will try pricing movie tickets based on the pace of business.

Amazon Says It Will Buy Whole Foods In $13.7 Billion Deal

June 16, 2017

Whole Foods, which opened its first store in Austin, Texas, back in 1980, now has 465 stores in North America and the U.K.

Amazon And The $150 Million Typo

March 3, 2017

Amazon said a mistyped command caused part of the company's cloud computing service to go down for hours on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported the outage caused millions of dollars in losses.

Business

Amazon To Open Sacramento Distribution Center

July 15, 2016 | Bob Moffitt

Amazon says there will be 1,000 new, full-time jobs at its new 855,000-square-foot north Sacramento facility by the end of 2017.

Amazon May Be Eyeing Sacramento For New Warehouse

June 10, 2016 | Steve Milne

Multiple sources with first-hand knowledge have confirmed that Amazon is getting ready to build a huge warehouse between Natomas and Sacramento International Airport.

State Government

Amazon, California Move Past Online Sales Tax Battle

January 21, 2015 | Ben Adler

Four years after Amazon struck a deal with Gov. Jerry Brown and California lawmakers, the internet retailing giant now has five fulfillment centers open across the state. It also collects online sales tax from Californians.