Joy Covey, chief financial officer of Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc., gets pointers on trading using a hand-held market maker terminal at the Chicago Board Options Exchange on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1997, by Thomas Ascher, left, vice chairman, and William Brodsky, chief executive officer of the exchange. It was the first day of trading options Wednesday for Amazon, an Internet bookstore retailer that offers more than 2.5 million in-print and ouit-of-print titles. (AP Photo/Chicago Board Options Exchange, John Zich)

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Joy Covey, CFO of Amazon.com, dies at 50

Ms. Covey, who died in a bicycling accident, helped take the Internet retailer public.

Stephen E. Malawista, who discovered Lyme disease, dies

Stephen E. Malawista, who discovered Lyme disease, dies

Dr. Malawista led the team that identified Lyme disease and showed it could be treated by antibiotics.

Philip Berg, controversial rabbi with celebrity followers, dies

Madonna and other celebrities studied kabbalah, a strain of Jewish mysticism, with Rabbi Berg.

Thomas E. Hutchinson, U-Va. professor, dies at 77

Thomas E. Hutchinson, U-Va. professor, dies at 77

Dr. Hutchinson invented an eye-gaze technology that helped paralyzed people communicate by computer.

Ken Norton, boxer who broke Ali’s jaw, dies at 70

Ken Norton, boxer who broke Ali’s jaw, dies at 70

Mr. Norton fought Muhammad Ali three times in the 1970s and briefly held the heavyweight title.

Ari S. Zymelman, business lawyer, dies

Ari S. Zymelman, business lawyer, dies

Ari S. Zymelman, 50, won rulings important to defense contractors accused of abuses in the Iraq war.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, longtime Nintendo chief, dies at 85

Hiroshi Yamauchi, longtime Nintendo chief, dies at 85

Mr. Yamauchi also owned the Seattle Mariners before selling the team to Nintendo’s U.S. unit in 2004.

Terri Hall dies; was in ads showing smoking’s dangers

Terri Hall dies; was in ads showing smoking’s dangers

North Carolina woman was “a public health hero,” the head of the CDC said. She died at 53.

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