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    June 2, 2019
    Charles William Anderson, of New Rockford, N.D., is Amazon's No. 1 reviewer. There are more than 62 million reviewers for the world's largest online retail company, and only 12 other people have attained the title of Amazon's top reviewer since 2000. Kim Hyatt / The Forumplay button
    'You don't do it for money or fame': How an avid reader in rural North Dakota became Amazon's top reviewer
    NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. — Charles William Anderson wakes up and puts on pants from Amazon, then heads to the kitchen to brew coffee from Amazon...
    business/retailJune 2, 2019 - 7:15am
    May 17, 2019
    Skip West, founder of Maxsa Innovations, this week at his warehouse in Lorton, Va., with a laser-guided parking aid he imports from China. Photo for The Washington Post by J. Lawler Duggan
    Amazon is the third superpower heightening the drama of the US-China trade war
    LORTON, Va. - Maxsa Innovations, a small business selling electronic gadgets on the outskirts of Washington, was already reeling from the U.S.-China...
    businessMay 17, 2019 - 12:33pm
    May 9, 2019
    Amazon’s Echo Dot is able to do everything Echo can but costs $30. Photo courtesy of Amazon / Special to The Forum
    Amazon accused of using Echo Dot Kids to illegally collect data on children
    A coalition of 19 consumer and privacy groups plans to file a complaint Thursday alleging that Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition is illegally collecting...
    business/technologyMay 9, 2019 - 4:30pm
    May 7, 2019
    An Amazon Echo on a kitchen counter, in San Francisco, Nov. 13, 2017. Researchers can now send secret audio instructions undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant. (Christie Hemm Klok/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
    Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time
    Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, "Are you crazy?"Yet that's essentially...
    business/technologyMay 7, 2019 - 10:34am
    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
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