Amazon is expanding its direct publishing business, setting up a dedicated publishing division in the UK to acquire titles. Apple, at least so far as we know, isn't doing anything of the sort, ...

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Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Successful businesses are always looking for ways to expand and increase their power in the marketplace, and one strategy that will help you get there is vertical integration. When a company is ...