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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been one of the hottest mega-cap stocks on the market. Its shares have soared nearly 20% year to date and are up more than 70% over the last 12 months. The company revealed in its first-quarter update on Tuesday that it plans to increase capital expenditures in the coming quarters. Does this increased spending diminish Amazon's prospects?
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Sycamore Partners is one of the buyout equity firms that have expressed interest in taking U.S. department store Nordstrom private, according to people familiar with the matter. Nordstrom said last month that CEO Erik Nordstrom and his brother Pete, the company’s president, were exploring options to take the retailer private, confirming a Reuters report that had been published in March.
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