The Traderszone Network

Chief Financial Officer Thomas Szkutak, 53, will retire in June 2015 and be succeeded by Brian Olsavsky, vice president of finance for global consumer business, Amazon said. The transition comes at a delicate time for Amazon.

The fast-food industry is underpinned by an often tense relationship between companies like McDonald’s and Burger King and the franchisees who run their restaurants.

Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFM) , working to shed its “Whole Paycheck” image, has become one of the cheaper chains for grocery shopping in Manhattan, according to a report by Bloomberg Intelligence. …

Samsung unveiled a suite of new devices today at the IFA technology show in Germany, including a virtual reality headset and a smart watch that doesn’t need to be paired with a phone.

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Andrew Madoff, the son of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff, died on Wednesday from cancer, his lawyer said. “Andrew Madoff has lost his courageous battle against mantle cell lymphoma,” lawyer Martin Flumenbaum said in a statement. “He died peacefully at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on September 3, 2014, surrounded by his loving family.” Bernard Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to operating a massive Ponzi scheme estimated to have cost investors $17 billion in lost principal.

Some hedge funders are finding that the index is of little help, even prompting some to suggest that it has been artificially low.

New orders for U.S. factory goods jumped in July and automobile sales in August were unexpectedly strong, offering further signs of strength in the manufacturing sector. The Commerce Department said on …