Amazon Instant Pickup launches 5 sites

The markets traded flat during the midday with the Dow adding 3 points to 21,997. Nasdaq edged up a fraction to 6,341.


Amazon opened Instant Pickup sites near five college campuses where shoppers can pickup items within minutes of ordering online. A limited list of several hundred items such as snacks and drinks are available at each Instant Pickup site. Instant Pickup launched in California in Berkeley and Los Angeles as well as in Atlanta, Georgia; Columbus, Ohio; and College Park, Maryland.


Mazda has recalled approximately 80,000 vehicles to replace faulty front passenger air bag inflators. The dangerous inflators deteriorate over time and can explode with so much force that passengers and drivers have been hurt. Vehicles impacted by the recall are model years 2007 through 2009 and 2012 CX-7, CX-9 and Mazda 6.


A district judge has ordered Costco to pay $19.4 million to Tiffany & Co. for selling counterfeit Tiffany engagement rings. The luxury jeweler alleged that Costco has been selling "Tiffany" rings for years that were not made by Tiffany. The membership warehouse claims that they used "Tiffany" to refer to a specific pronged setting style of a diamond ring and not a Tiffany & Co. branded ring.


In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of more than 9 to 5 on the NYSE and by nearly 2 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 held steady at 2,465. Bitcoin plunged $215 to $4070.


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