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Amazon's Digital-physical Disconnect

Posted at 9:53AM Saturday 06 Mar 2010

It may just end up being a warehouse or a couple of cubicles in an office building, but Amazon.com Inc.'s attempt to start a new Canadian business has shone a light on the paradoxical nature of Canada's foreign ownership and cultural content rules.

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