Amazon to Close Kindle Bookstore in China
HONG KONG— Amazon. AMZN 1.23% com Inc. is closing its Kindle digital bookstore in China and has halted sales of...
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The Tech Crash Could Be a Talent Bonanza for Big Tech
Apple, Amazon, AMZN 3.66% Microsoft, Google and Facebook FB 1.83% parent Meta Platforms have spent years battling for engineers and...
For Tech Startups, the Party Is Over
A dizzying turn in technology-startup investing is undoing the fortunes of founders and investors riding a 13-year bull run.Highflying startups...
Jeff Bezos Criticizes Joe Biden in Twitter Spat Over Inflation
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos criticized the Biden administration in two tweets over the weekend for tying the corporate tax...
Amazon Workers Reject Union in New York After Labor Victory at Separate Facility
Amazon.com workers voted against unionizing at a facility on Staten Island, N.Y., a win for the company after a loss...
Amazon Posts First Quarterly Loss Since 2015 as Costs, Rivian Stake Weigh on Results
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 4.65% posted its first quarterly loss in seven years, a result that reflected broad economic trends related...
Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending.The company said...
The Pandemic Was Supposed to Push All Shopping Online. It Didn’t.
When millions of locked-down Americans went online during the Covid-19 pandemic, it looked like the possible start of a permanent...
Etsy Sellers Strike as Site Ramps Up to Battle Amazon
A battle over the future of Etsy Inc. is playing out in public this week as some sellers protest higher...
How Amazon Workers in New York Became First to Unionize
For about a year, Chris Smalls has stood almost daily near Amazon.com Inc.’s largest warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., campaigning...
Amazon Workers’ Union Victory Bolsters Revitalized Labor Movement
The union victory at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in New York City is the latest example of renewed interest in...
Amazon Workers in New York Vote to Form Tech Giant’s First U.S. Union
Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in New York voted to establish the tech giant’s first union in the U.S., providing a...
From GM to Powerade, Brands Pitch Mental Health
To woo consumers, hotel chains typically offer free room upgrades and complimentary breakfast. Kimpton Hotels is trying a new incentive:...
Amazon Union Vote Set to Begin in New York, Which Has Challenged Company in Past
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.90% over the next month will face union elections at separate warehouses in New York City, a...
Amazon Wins Dismissal of D.C. Antitrust Lawsuit Over Pricing
WASHINGTON—Amazon.com Inc. won dismissal on Friday of an antitrust lawsuit brought against it by the District of Columbia, which had...
Amazon Closes Deal to Acquire MGM
The move comes after Amazon certified to the FTC that it had provided all the information requested by antitrust investigators...
Amazon’s Charm Offensive Needs to Expand
Amazon. com seems interested in brushing up its image on Wall Street. Washington might require even more finesse.A stock split...
Macy’s Opts Against Separation of E-Commerce Business
Macy’s Inc. has opted against separating its e-commerce business from its bricks-and-mortar stores amid calls from an activist investor to...
California’s Green-Energy Subsidies Spur a Gold Rush in Cow Manure
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , a major distributor of natural gas made from waste, found a way to boost its...
Alibaba, Tencent E-Commerce Sites Tagged by U.S. for Counterfeit Sales
Both were on the “notorious markets’’ list of entities that allegedly sell or facilitate the sale of counterfeit goods. Source...
