Top Stories: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN), AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently introduced new cheaper server instances, named T2, for its EC2 cloud computing service. The prices of these instances start at only $0.013 per hour ($9.50 per month), making them the most affordable Amazon EC2 instance option. They are available in the majority of AWS regions, apart from Northern California, China and the AWS GoveCloud regions. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) net profit margin is 0.40% and weekly performance is 1.65%. On last trading day company shares ended up $332.85. Analysts mean target price for the company is $414.72. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 5.96%.

Goldman Sachs began coverage on shares of National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG) in a report issued on Tuesday. The firm issued a buy rating on the stock. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) shares ended at $3.82 in last trading session. NBG return on assets is 0.50%. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) quarterly performance is -33.68%.

Online travel giant Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) recently made a surprise acquisition of Seattle hospitality-industry startup buuteeq for an undisclosed number of megabucks. Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) shares moved down -0.72% in last trading session and was closed at $1,237.84, while trading in range of $1,233.35 – $1,252.61. Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) year to date (YTD) performance is 6.49%.

AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) CEO Pascal Soriot bought 46.2K shares of the pharmaceutical company for $3.40M, marking a vote of confidence in the drug-maker’s future after the fall-out of a $118B takeover offer from Pfizer (PFE), according to Reuters, citing the company. AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) ended the last trading day at $76.31. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 0.97% and price to cash ratio as 18.76. AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) showed a positive weekly performance of 2.69%.