block of residential flats at BowQuarter to ward off any airborne terror threats during the Olympics." (sorry, that's not on the London 2012 website, that's merely gobsmacking news) (sheesh)• They've killed off the London 2012 blog. It now exists only as a partial archive, tucked away in a dark corner of the site, should any archivists of the future ever be interested in some mis-formatted words with all the pictures missing. (see, blogging's dead)entrepreneur named Jeff Bezos took the risk of quitting his super-high-paying Wall Street job, racing across the country in his Honda to Seattle, and then starting the company from scratch. And in the past 15 years, by balancing near-term profits and long-term investments, Amazon has outlived many dotcom shooting stars and become a global powerhouse with ~$50 billion of revenue that employs 50,000 people and is beloved by both investors and customers alike.

Amazon is investing (and hiring) while many other American corporations are milking incumbent businesses, under-investing in research and development, and hoarding cash. To the chagrin of some traders, Amazon is distinctly NOT "maximizing near-term profits" — it is sacrificing near-term profits. It is making less money now in the hopes of making more money and creating