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.
A Denver-based private real estate investment trust paid $90.28 million in cash last week to acquire the enormous Amazon.com distribution center in southwest Phoenix, according to Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona Inc., which brokered the deal.