As another holiday season reaches its peak, so too do visits to the mall and people jumping online to snap up last minute deals. A growing number of us...

Amazon has disclosed in its quarterly filing with the SEC that it has reached a settlement with the Texas comptroller and resolved the state’s claims that the company owned about $269 million in charge in unpaid sales taxes from 2005 to 2009. The company will start collecting taxes on online sales in the state on July 1. The company also committed to create at least...