Amazon's heavy investment in new content and technology to fight off deep-pocketed rivals is proving expensive and analysts fear this will hurt operating earnings for some time. Shares of the company traded down 12 percent at $315 in premarket trading, as at least 11 brokerages cut their price targets on the stock by as much as $60 to $340-$460.

Google’s X division wants to know what’s up with human health. The company’s research arm is planning an initial study of 175 people to collect anonymous health data from biological samples, including blood and saliva. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google’s Baseline Study will compile a database of full genomes for each participant. The goal, says lead researcher Andrew Conrad, is to build a healthy human standard for comparison — a baseline.



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Hershey Co, one of the world's best known names in chocolate, expects its first price hike in three years to crimp short term sales, but over the long haul, the company's chief executive said on Thursday, the popularity of chocolate will prevail. President and CEO John Bilbrey said the 120-year-old maker of Hershey Kisses and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups will be particularly alert to any reduction in sales caused by the increase, which averaged 8 percent, among low income consumers.

Apple has flipped the switch on the OS X Yosemite Beta today as promised, and if you’ve already signed up and been accepted to the Beta program, you can head to the Apple site for the preview to get a Mac App Store redemption code for the new build now. If you haven’t yet signed up, you can try now, but remember that Apple has a ceiling of one million members for this all-new public beta testing program.



A monitor of the deal said in a report released on Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase & Co has begun to provide the debt forgiveness and other help to struggling homeowners under last year's $13 billion accord with federal and state authorities, though it has only turned over a handful of details. Joseph Smith, who was appointed by the bank and governments to monitor a settlement over mortgage securities, said he determined that the largest U.S. bank had so far earned $6.3 million in so-called "credits" from either cutting borrowers' principal or agreeing to defer some payments on 100 loans in a test pool. The bank receives extra credit for certain types of help and less for others, so the total is not a dollar-for-dollar accounting of the assistance provided. In an interview, Smith said he didn't yet have enough information to assess whether the bank is on track to fulfill its obligations, which it has until 2017 to accomplish, but he expected to put a more comprehensive report out later this year.



Marlboro maker Altria Group posted flat second-quarter earnings Tuesday as higher prices helped to offset decline in the number of cigarettes it sold. The owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, also announced a new $1 billion share buyback program to be completed by the end of 2015 and narrowed its full-year earnings guidance.

Local leaders say it took some work, but the 115 year relationship between Chattanooga and the Coca Cola company will continue. A ground breaking took place today for a new distribution facility near Highway 153. WDEF News 12's Bill Mitchell tells us it'll bring in new jobs, but also help the Sheppard community.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has declared a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2014 of $0.70 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on September 9, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 26, 2014.

This afternoon following the bell, Netflix announced the financial results of its second quarter, including revenue of $1.34 billion and earnings per share of $1.15. Analysts had expected Netflix to report $1.33 billion in revenue and $1.16 per share in earnings. The company, which traded up around 1.7% during regular trading in a down market, is up around 1% after-hours following its mixed earnings report. In its most recent three quarter period Netflix saw its total subscriber base grow by 1.69 million to 50.05 million.



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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the first time, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), brings Skylanders®, the world’s leading Toys-to-Life™ video game franchise¹, to Comic-Con International: San Diego. Starting Thursday, July 24, fans descending upon San Diego Comic-Con will be among the first in the world to get a look into the Skylanders universe, including new toys, and hands-on Skylanders Trap Team gameplay, with more

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Facebook has a new app that will tell you when someone mentions your name, but only if you're a celebrity. A company has made it possible for you to toast your fact into your bread.

Google is the best placed of any company to benefit from the shift to mobile, increased local advertising and wearables, analysts said after the search giant posted its 18th straight quarter of 20 percent-plus revenue growth. At least seven brokerages raised their target price on the stock on Friday by as much as $75, to a high of $700.

A U.S. consumer lawsuit accusing Google of monopolizing prime real estate on Android smartphones will help mobile rivals like Microsoft make their antitrust case with European regulators should damaging secrets emerge in court. The suit, filed in California federal court in May by two smartphone consumers, said Google requires handset manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics to restrict competing apps like Microsoft's Bing search on Android phones, partly by making Google's own apps the default. Google argued last week the proposed class action should be dismissed because consumers still are free to use the other apps.



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