Amazon
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Walmart discovers why the 'last mile' is the hardest
EghtesadOnline: Standing before an audience of 14,000 people last year, Walmart Inc executives described a radical plan to help it fend off Amazon.com Inc and other online delivery services from…
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Google to invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com
EghtesadOnline: Google will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse JD.com, part of the U.S. internet giant’s efforts to expand its presence in fast-growing Asian markets and battle…
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Apple is almost a $1 trillion company, but watch out for Amazon
EghtesadOnline: Apple is on the verge of becoming the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company, but even if it gets there, it could soon be overtaken as Amazon.com surges from behind.
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Amazon Bets on Band-Aids as Health Industry Braces for Shakeup
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc. may have big ambitions to shake up health care, but it is starting small.
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Jeff Bezos Sells $1.1 Billion Amazon Shares With Stock at Record
EghtesadOnline: Jeff Bezos sold a million Amazon.com Inc. shares this week for $1.1 billion, according to a U.S. securities filing on Friday. The sale represented 1.3 percent of his holding and…
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Amazon.com Inc has plans to drop off packages directly into shoppers’ homes.
Amazon to sell smart locks so it can slip packages into your home
EghtesadOnline: The world’s largest online retailer on Wednesday announced Amazon Key, a lock and camera system that users control remotely to let delivery associates slip goods into their houses.…
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Amazon Is Getting Into Sportswear
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc. is tapping some of the biggest athletic-apparel suppliers to make a foray into private-label sportswear, according to people familiar with the matter, setting…
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Amazon working on 'smart glasses' as its first wearable device: FT
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc is working on its first wearable device - a pair of ‘smart glasses’, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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Apple Upgrades TV Box to Stream Higher-Quality Videos
EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. upgraded its Apple TV set-top box to handle higher-quality video as competition from Amazon.com Inc., Roku Inc., and Google heats up in the living room.
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France, Germany, Italy, Spain seek tax on digital giants' revenues
EghtesadOnline: France, Germany, Italy and Spain want digital multinationals like Amazon and Google to be taxed in Europe based on their revenues, rather than only profits as now, their finance…
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Apple Changes Leadership on Siri Which Is Losing Ground
EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. has shaken up responsibility for a key product, Siri, in an effort to integrate the voice-activated assistant more deeply into the company’s devices in the face of…
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Google touts Titan security chip to market cloud services
EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc’s Google this week will disclose technical details of its new Titan computer chip, an elaborate security feature for its cloud computing network that the company…
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Wal-Mart to enter voice-shopping market via Google platform
EghtesadOnline: Wal-Mart Stores Inc is teaming up with Alphabet Inc's Google to enter the nascent voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon.com Inc, adding another front to Wal-Mart's…
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Amazon, Ebay Purchases Via Third Party Website
EghtesadOnline: A payment facilitation website called ‘Laklak’ (meaning stork) has been launched allowing people to purchase from sites such as Amazon, Aliexpress and Ebay.
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Amazon’s Hollywood spending soars, returns unclear
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc is quickly ramping up the billions of dollars a year it spends on creating and licensing TV shows and films, signaling the retailer plans to be in show business…
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These Are The Sectors That Might Be Able To Survive Amazon
EghtesadOnline: Almost nothing seems out of reach for Amazon.com Inc. these days. Grocery stocks crumbled when the company bid for Whole Foods Market Inc. in June. Blue Apron Holdings Inc. slumped…
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Amazon everywhere: E-commerce titan is topic companies can't avoid
EghtesadOnline: What looms over businesses as far flung as car repair, lab equipment and swimming pool gear? In a word, Amazon.
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Amazon makes cloud contract more customer-friendly as rivals loom
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc has done away with a controversial clause in its cloud computing contracts that prohibited customers from suing the company over patent infringement, according…
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Nike-Amazon deal may hurt sporting goods retailers: analysts
EghtesadOnline: Nike's pilot program to sell certain products on Amazon and Instagram is a precursor to it forging a deeper relationship with online retailers, and could hit sales at sporting…
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With Whole Foods, Amazon on collision course with Wal-Mart
EghtesadOnline: When Wal-Mart Stores Inc bought online retailer Jet.com for $3 billion last year, it marked a crucial moment - the world's largest brick-and-mortar retailer, after years of ceding…
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Finding it harder and more expensive to stand out on Amazon's crowded site, they're heading to Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart Offers a Refuge for Sellers Tired of Amazon
EghteadOnline: Chad Rubin began selling vacuum cleaner parts on Amazon.com Inc. in 2008 and turned it into a multi million-dollar business. But in recent years, Rubin has found it increasingly…
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Bezos's Grocery 'Waterloo' Is Now His Biggest Opportunity
EghtesadOnline: Two years ago, speaking at a conference table at his offices in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market Inc. founder and then co-Chief Executive Officer John Mackey predicted imminent…
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Turns to Twitter for Philanthropy Ideas
EghtesadOnline: Jeff Bezos made a fortune selling stuff online to American consumers. Now he’s turning to the masses for ideas on how to give some of it back.
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Amazon’s Lending Business for Online Merchants Gains Momentum
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc.’s lending business is accelerating, highlighting one more way the online retailer is making money from e-commerce beyond simply selling products in its web store.
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Amazon Takes On Remote Outpost in the Land of Bricks and Mortar
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc., which has lost billions overseas trying to replicate its U.S. success, is now attempting to crack one of the biggest and most sparsely populated nations where…
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Apple Is Manufacturing a Siri Speaker to Outdo Google and Amazon
EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. is already in your pocket, on your desk and underneath your television. Soon, a device embossed with “Designed by Apple in California” may be on your nightstand or…
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Amazon Shares Hit $1,000, Showing E-Commerce, Cloud Prowess
EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc.’s shares rose briefly just above $1,000 for the first time Tuesday, marking a new milestone for a company wooing investors by dominating online commerce and cloud…
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Major U.S. tech firms press Congress for internet surveillance reforms
EghtesadOnline: Facebook, Amazon and more than two dozen other U.S. technology companies pressed Congress on Friday to make changes to a broad internet surveillance law, saying they were necessary…
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What does it mean to be a washing machine? Google helps software creators answer.
Google Calls on Search Smarts to Catch Amazon’s Voice Assistant
EghtesadOnline: Here is Google's vision for the future of computing: As you drive home from work, you tell your car, "Ok, Google," triggering the company's Assistant. You order food, the digital…