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July 8, 2025

Amazon

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Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC says

November 10, 2023 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Amazon used a secret algorithm to essentially help raise prices on other online sites and also “destroyed” internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission undertook an antitrust investigation against it, according to newly […]

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Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

October 26, 2023 The Associated Press

COLLEGE STATION, T.X. – Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The company said Wednesday that customers in […]

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Amazon CEO says ‘it’s probably not going to work out’ for employees who defy return-to-office policy 

September 7, 2023 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Amazon employees have been pushing back against the company’s return-to-office policy for months — and it seems CEO Andy Jassy has had enough.  During a pre-recorded internal Q&A session earlier this month, […]

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Amazon is accused of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel

July 1, 2023 Associated Press

NEW YORK — Amazon was sued Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly engaging in a yearslong effort to enroll consumers without consent into Amazon Prime and making it difficult for them to cancel […]

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Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000

March 23, 2023 Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.  The job cuts would mark the second largest round […]

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Amazon, Salesforce jettison jobs in latest tech worker purge 

January 11, 2023 The Associated Press

E-commerce giant Amazon and business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S. technology companies to announce major job cuts as they prune payrolls that rapidly expanded during the pandemic lockdown.  Amazon said Wednesday that it […]

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Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract among 4 companies

December 9, 2022 Tara Copp and Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon’s $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network, a year after accusations of politicization over the previously announced contract and a […]

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Amazon begins mass layoffs among its corporate workforce 

November 25, 2022 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Amazon has begun mass layoffs in its corporate ranks, becoming the latest tech company to trim its workforce amid rising fears about the wider economic environment.  Earlier this week, the company notified […]

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NLRB alleges Amazon’s Jassy violated labor law in interviews

October 28, 2022 Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint accusing Amazon CEO Andy Jassy of violating labor law during media interviews this year where he said workers are better off without a […]

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FTC reviewing Amazon’s $1.7 billion deal to buy iRobot

September 20, 2022 Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition iRobot, the latest deal that’s under scrutiny by the regulators amid growing concerns about the company’s market power. In a regulatory filing […]

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