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Amazon Japan and Mercari join Japan's top business lobby Keidanren
Amazon Japan, a unit of U.S. online retail giant Amazon.com Inc., and flea market app operator Mercari Inc. joined Keidanren on Friday, the organization said. Keidanren, the country's top business lobby and whose membership mainly consists of major manufacturers, is apparently looking to reflect views ...
Apple deepens Austin ties with $1 billion campus, expands in other tech hotbeds
Apple plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, that will create at least 5,000 jobs ranging from engineers to call-center agents while adding more luster to a city that has already become a bustling tech hub. The decision, announced Thursday, comes 11 ...
Japan's antitrust watchdog to study four tech giants to see if fair business regulations are needed
The Fair Trade Commission has decided to launch a massive survey in January into the business practices of internet technology giants, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday.
Amazon HQ touted as big win for Big Apple but the math is more complex
New York officials tout their deal to land a new Amazon headquarters as can't-miss math. The city and state put up $2.8 billion in tax breaks and grants. In return, they get an economic engine expected to generate $27 billion in new tax money ...
Jeff Bezos funding free preschools as the rich get richer and more generous
From Jeff Bezos' free preschools to Andrew Carnegie's public libraries, education stands out as a favorite cause among America's wealthiest people. And as the rich get richer, and apparently more generous, this legacy of so-called investment philanthropy has shaped government priorities and driven policy changes. ...
Iconic Carnegie Deli reopens in New York — as weeklong pop-up, in new location — for TV tie-in
The Carnegie Deli was a New York institution for decades until it closed its doors in 2016. On Saturday, it was to reopen — but only for a week, and in a new location — as a promotion for the launch of the second season ...
Microsoft's stock market value pulls ahead of Apple's by $3 billion
Microsoft Corp.'s stock market value surpassed Apple Inc.'s and pulled ahead by as much as $3 billion on Wednesday as the Windows software maker benefited from optimism about demand for cloud computing services. Shares of Microsoft jumped 3 percent, pushing its market capitalization up to ...
Top Democratic lawmaker to probe hate crimes and surveillance of minorities after GOP ranks balked
The presumed incoming Democratic Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday he plans to investigate the drastic spike in hate crimes and whether federal investigators have wrongfully targeted racial and ethnic minorities instead of focusing on white supremacist groups. In a letter ...
Cyber Monday set to become record U.S. online shopping day, ringing up $7.8 billion
Cyber Monday was on track to bring in a record $7.8 billion in U.S. online sales but will also test the limits of retailers' e-commerce operations as millions of shoppers scour for steep discounts on everything from Lego sets to big-screen TVs. Target Corp. and ...
Amazon on Wednesday said that a website glitch accidentally exposed names and email addresses of some of the e-commerce giant's customers. Amazon declined to disclose the extent of the software slip-up. "We have fixed the issue and informed customers who may have been impacted," an Amazon ...
Stocks are tumbling Monday as technology and internet companies continue to take steep losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly fell 500 points. Retailers and industrial stocks also fell. Apple and Microsoft dropped almost 4 percent while internet retailer Amazon and aerospace company Boeing each ...
Steps need to be taken to ensure that the operations of Internet giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are fair and equitable for all participants in the markets.
