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Trade believed key topic as Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook meet at White House
President Donald Trump met with Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Wednesday to discuss trade issues as the technology industry grapples with a U.S. spat over import tariffs with China, a manufacturing hub for the iPhone maker and other companies. Trump, in a ...
Trump taking 'serious look' at Amazon options after branding Washington post its 'chief lobbyist'
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would take a serious look at policies to address what he says are the unfair business advantages of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. Speaking to reporters while traveling back to Washington from West Virginia on Air Force One, ...
Trump escalates attack on Amazon, focusing on tax and shipping but offering no evidence
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday of not paying enough tax, taking advantage of the U.S. postal system and putting small retailers out of business, but did not present any evidence to back up his criticisms or suggest any specific actions ...
Amazon shares skid to tune of $50 billion after report Trump wants to curb its clout
Amazon.com Inc. shares fell as much as 7.4 percent on Wednesday, briefly wiping about $53.6 billion from its market value, after news website Axios reported that U.S. President Donald Trump is obsessed with the world's largest online retailer and wants to rein in its ...
Jeff Bezos tops Forbes world's rich list with $120 billion as Trump wealth slides
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who slips to second place, according to Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list published Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump's ranking on the list fell to 766th ...
Berkshire, Amazon and JPMorgan bosses look to shake up U.S. health care market
It's no secret Jeff Bezos has been looking to crack health care. But no one expected him to pull in Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon, too. News Tuesday that Bezos's Amazon.com Inc., Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., led by Dimon, plan ...
Cybershopping sends Amazon soaring and net worth of founder Jeff Bezos atop $100 billion
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was a $100 billion man on Monday as the online retail colossus raked in cash from the holiday weekend's cybershopping spree. Forbes magazine's real-time ranking of the richest people had Bezos on top, with a personal net worth of $100.3 billion. Microsoft ...
For purist Whole Foodies, Amazon's takeover triggers downmarket angst
Say "Whole Foods" and some envision a gastronomic nirvana, overflowing with a healthy bounty worth a premium price. Others shun the store as an overpriced monument to yuppie indulgence. For those in the love-it camp, like Shea Stevens, these are anxious times. A $13.7 billion ...
Amazon.com Inc's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday turned to an unusual source of inspiration for how to donate part of his wealth: Twitter. "I want much of my philanthropic activity to be helping people in the here and now — short term — at ...
Son and Bezos set to clash in India e-commerce expansion
SoftBank Group Corp.'s Masayoshi Son and Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos are heading for a clash in India. SoftBank is closing in on an agreement to combine its e-commerce company Snapdeal with market leader Flipkart Online Services Pvt., creating a stronger domestic player to compete ...
Texas rocket launch, upright return fourth success for Bezos-run space firm
The private space company run by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has completed its fourth successful unmanned rocket launch and safe landing in West Texas using the same vehicle. Officials with Blue Origin say the latest launch of New Shepard happened Sunday morning near Van Horn. ...
Bezos firm boasts reusable rocket, gets booster to return to Earth, land upright
A private space company announced Tuesday that it had landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again, a milestone in commercial aeronautics. Reusing rockets, rather than discarding them, would be a big step toward making space flight less expensive. The achievement produced "the ...
