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Adding to the iPad threat is a dispute over e-book pricing. Apple signed deals that allow publishers to set the prices in Apple's iBooks store, and new e-book best sellers are expected to be priced at $12.99 to $14.99 - which is considerably higher than Amazon's $9.99 price. Publisher Macmillan is already pressuring Amazon to offer similar pricing. It demanded the right to set prices on Amazon, causing an angry Amazon to pull all of Macmillan's books from its site. However, two days later, amid a firestorm of debate, Amazon indicated that it would agree...
...Analysts worry that higher e-book pricing could eat into demand for Amazon's Kindle. "They're trying to build the iTunes for books with their Kindle, so they're particularly sensitive about market share for books," says Sebastian. (See the 25 best back-to-school gadgets...
...That said, the higher e-book price could actually benefit Amazon's bottom line. "At $9.99, Amazon wasn't making any money," says Hamed Khorsand, an analyst at BWS Financial. "So for Amazon to be forced to sell a product at $12.99, they're basically being allowed to make a profit." If prices continue to escalate higher though, it could be a problem, analysts...
...financial crisis was caused by the juxtaposition of regulators who really didn't believe in regulation, and excess leverage," says Jon Corzine, the former governor of New Jersey and a former chief executive of Goldman Sachs. "We need stricter, higher capital rules for the banks. That's a much better solution than trying to limit a type of business that is hard to define...
...among the proposals was the creation of HIG, a mobile team of experienced interrogators, linguists, al-Qaeda experts and others would swing into action to question captured suspects. Intended for deployment overseas, according to Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, HIG's purpose is to help higher-ups decide whether or not a detainee should be treated as a case for prosecution in federal courts, as well as to extract useful intelligence. (See how America should try terror suspects...