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    February 16, 2019
    Photo courtesy of Amazon.
    Analysis: Amazon paid no federal taxes on $11.2 billion in profits last year
    Amazon, the e-commerce giant helmed by the world's richest man, paid no federal taxes on the profit of $11.2 billion last year, according to...
    businessFebruary 16, 2019 - 2:22pm
    February 10, 2019
    File photo of Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, in Seattle, Aug. 25, 2017. (Kyle Johnson/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
    Attorney claims National Enquirer threat to publish Bezos photos was 'journalism,' not blackmail
    Jeffrey Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com and the world's richest man, has been a constant in headlines over the past few weeks - although...
    news/nationFebruary 10, 2019 - 2:40pm
    February 9, 2019
    File photo of Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, in Seattle, Aug. 25, 2017. (Kyle Johnson/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
    Federal prosecutors reviewing Bezos' extortion claim against National Enquirer, sources say
    Federal prosecutors are reviewing accusations made by Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos to determine if the National Enquirer's parent company...
    news/nationFebruary 9, 2019 - 10:20am
    December 26, 2018
    Packages move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey on June 7. Bloomberg photo by Bess Adler.
    Amazon's record holiday shows consumers still have appetite for spending
    Amazon.com reported a record-breaking holiday season as shoppers loaded their online baskets with items from Echo speakers to Calvin Klein clothes,...
    businessDecember 26, 2018 - 1:02pm
    December 20, 2018
    Amazon Alexa user receives 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger through 'human error'
    When a person using Amazon.com's voice assistant in Germany requested to listen to his archive of recordings, he got much more than he was expecting....
    businessDecember 20, 2018 - 12:37pm
    December 4, 2018
    A letter carrier holds Amazon.com Inc. packages while preparing a vehicle for deliveries at the United States Postal Service Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr. processing and distribution center in Washington. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer.
    Treasury suggests review of postal rates but not just for Amazon
    A task force commissioned by President Donald Trump to evaluate the Postal Service's business model is recommending a slew of options to stabilize...
    businessDecember 4, 2018 - 3:34pm
    November 12, 2018
    Packages move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey on June 7. Bloomberg photo by Bess Adler.
    Amazon borrows holiday tips from retailers it crushed
    With Black Friday just around the corner, retailers are revealing their tactics for vacuuming up consumers' holiday gift dollars. And with this...
    business/retailNovember 12, 2018 - 4:29pm
    November 5, 2018
    Signage is displayed in front of Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California on April 25, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Amazon, Facebook and Google are all being looked at for antitrust violations, Trump says
    The federal government is continuing to study Silicon Valley giants for potential violations of antitrust law, according to President Donald...
    business/technologyNovember 5, 2018 - 8:37am
    October 19, 2018
    Troy Becker / Forum News Service
    A brave new world of work
    FARGO — We're a long way from the science fiction realms of Westworld, Blade Runner or Star Wars, where robots, androids and artificial...
    business/technologyOctober 19, 2018 - 4:29pm
    October 6, 2018
    Amazon wages
    Amazon workers split as company raises minimum wage
    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Almost no workers clapped this week at the all-hands meeting after lunch at this Amazon fulfillment center outside Nashville...
    newsOctober 6, 2018 - 11:00am
    October 2, 2018
    Packages move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey on June 7. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Bess Adler.
    Amazon boosts minimum wage to $15 for all workers following criticism
    Amazon.com announced Tuesday that it will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all employees, a move that comes after the tech giant faced...
    business/retailOctober 2, 2018 - 5:00pm
    September 23, 2018
    Packages move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Bloomberg photo by Bess Adler.
    Commentary: Why we're choking on Amazon cardboard
    In the courtyard of my apartment building in Berlin, one of the eight containers for various kinds of garbage (Germans are fanatical about trash...
    business/retailSeptember 23, 2018 - 8:30am
    September 18, 2018
    The Netflix Inc. app is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPad mini tablet computer. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    Netflix sets record with 23 Emmys, tying HBO for TV awards
    Netflix won the most Emmy awards of any TV network Monday night, capping a sudden and dramatic rise to the top of the entertainment industry...
    entertainment/televisionSeptember 18, 2018 - 1:00pm
    September 13, 2018
    Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com and founder of Blue Origin. at the unveiling of the Blue Origin New Shepard system during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 5, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Matthew Staver.
    Bezos pledges $2 billion to help homeless families and launch a network of preschools
    Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, on Thursday announced he was starting up philanthropic organizations focused on providing help to homeless...
    news/nationSeptember 13, 2018 - 5:36pm
    September 10, 2018
    McDonald's now offers curbside pickup for customers who place their order using a mobile order app. Parking spaces are designated for those orders. Renee Richardson / Forum News Service
    Review: McDonald's mobile app makes ordering easy
    BRAINERD, Minn.—It happens—you're overworked, short on time and spread too thin to cobble together a proper meal, or maybe you've...
    business/restaurants-and-barsSeptember 10, 2018 - 9:32am
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