Tech Week in Review: Amazon Seeks Control of Deliveries

The transcript discusses Amazon's strategic investments in air transport and its ambition to become a vertically integrated company. It highlights Amazon's impact on FedEx and UPS, emphasizing its improved negotiating power. The Amazon Echo is praised as a revolutionary product. Keith from San Francisco talks about market changes, the rising cost of capital, and how companies must adapt their strategies to thrive in the new economic environment.

What investments did Amazon make in the air transport sector?

In what ways is Amazon described as a vertically integrated company?

How does the Amazon Echo represent the future of computing according to the speaker?

What challenges are companies facing in the current economic environment according to the discussion?

What impact does the rising price of capital have on different companies?