Hawaii joins list of Amazon's affiliate closures - InternetNews.com

Amazon.com has closed its third Internet associates program in a week, in Hawaii, as the online retailer steps up an effort to skirt new sales taxes in several U.S. states.

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) move follows the cancellation of associates programs in North Carolina and Rhode Island, under which the world's top online retailer pays Web sites -- its associates -- a portion of sales that are channeled to Amazon.com...