Welcome to the Global Economy! Please choose a gigantic international corporation to ally yourself with.

Discounted books meets point-click-ship shopping. Amazon.com, the little "gigantic international corporation" that could, is my ally of choice. The company started out in a garage. It took nearly eight years to turn a profit, and several "experts" predicted its imminent demise. Now, it sells everything from diamonds to defibrillators, cheese graters to chess sets.