What young Jeff Bezos wanted to be when he grew up—it had nothing to do with e-commerce

Bezos also remembers going through a phase in first grade when he was 6, where he wanted to be an archaeologist — because he had learned how to spell the word, according to a 2001 Guardian article. Later, Bezos was his high school’s valedictorian, and then...

Amazon has a secret health tech team called 1492 working on medical records, virtual doc visits

Amazon has started a secret skunkworks lab dedicated to opportunities in health care, including new areas such as electronic medical records and telemedicine. Amazon has dubbed this stealth team 1492, which appears to be a reference to the year Columbus first landed...

Jefferies raises S&P 500 forecast: ‘Bull markets don’t die of old age’

Strong second-quarter earnings, along with falling rates and a weak dollar, will continue to drive stocks higher, according to Jefferies, which raised its year-end price forecast for the S&P 500 on Thursday. “The bottom line is that equity bull markets...