Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 69 percent in the past 12 months as high commodity prices have driven forest conversion for ranches and cropland, according to preliminary figures ...

The area of rainforest in the process of being deforested — razed but not yet cleared — surged in the Brazilian Amazon during 2008, according to new figures released by Brazil’s National Institute for ...

Amazon.com posted higher first-quarter net profit on Wednesday that beat analysts' estimates and raised its 2008 sales outlook, but said operating income and profit margins, would be lower than ...

Good day, everyone and welcome to the Amazon.com third quarter 2008 financial results teleconference. (Operator Instructions) For opening remarks, I will be turning the call over to the Vice President ...