The Greek term  cacoethes , used as such in Latin by Celsus to refer to early-stage tumours, means pernicious, malignant when it is used as an adjective in medical French and tumour that is hard to distinguish from carcinoma when used as a noun.
In 2014, 37% of Amazon's sales come from international markets, but the year-over-year growth rate has been decelerating. Amazon's North American net sales increased 22%, while its international sales increased only 3% in the third quarter. In all of 2014, North American sales increased 25% while international sales only increased 12%. International revenue growth continues to be a mystery and is a confusing part of the Amazon story, analysts at investment firm Stifel write in a post-earnings note.
Founded in 1994 and incorporated in Delaware, Amazon.com Inc. primarily operates in the Information Retrieval Services industry. The stock is listed as Amazon.com on the NASDAQ. The company did not officially go public until May 15, 1997, when it offered 3M shares at $18 USD per share. With a total offer amount of $54M, Amazon.com Inc.'s IPO was slightly smaller than the average IPO.