Suing Amazon
Amazon.com has been sued three times in Seattle Federal Court, accused of selling pirated downloads of the music of Harold Arlen, Harry Warren and Ray Henderson, and failing to pay the copyright holders.
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UN Ties Bezos Phone Hack to Saudi Crown Prince
Months after billionaire Jeff Bezos stared down would-be extortion, U.N. investigators on Wednesday tied the hack of Bezos’ phone to The Washington Post’s connections with slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Read moreBezos Promises $1 Billion to Assuage India
Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos on Wednesday promised a new $1 billion investment in India, two days after authorities launched an antitrust investigation into the e-commerce giant.
Read moreCyber Spying
Ring LLC and its corporate parent Amazon.com sell defective home security video/microphone systems that are subject to hacking, and malicious hackers have used it to “invade the privacy of customers’ homes and terrorize unsuspecting occupants, many of whom are children,” a class action claims in federal court.
Read moreAmazon Tells Court Trump Is to Blame for Pentagon Snub
A month after Microsoft scored a $10 billion Pentagon contract, Amazon is contesting the award in court, saying President Donald Trump illegally steered the contract to hurt Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
Read moreNew Amazon Lease for NY Space Renews Debate Over Failed Deal
Amazon has signed a lease for a new office space in Manhattan that will house more than 1,500 employees, less than a year after pulling out of a deal for a larger headquarters in the borough of Queens after politicians and activists objected to nearly $3 billion in incentives.
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Amazon’s Bid for Business-Friendly Seattle City Council Tanks
With just a handful of ballots left to count and the victory of a socialist incumbent, the race for Seattle City Council has a decisive loser: Amazon and its $1 million bid to install a council more friendly to big business.
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Amazon’s Attempt to Flip Seattle City Council Appears to Be Flopping as Votes Are Tallied
Socialist incumbent Kshama Sawant edged closer to her big business-funded opponent in votes tallied Thursday – a trend that could put her alongside a handful of other progressive candidates Amazon spent over $1 million to oppose in the Seattle City Council race.
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Incumbents Lead in Seattle City Council Races, Despite Amazon Investment
Early returns Tuesday night did not reveal whether Amazon’s $1 million gamble to transform Seattle’s city council would pay off, but several races showed the corporate giant’s candidates falling behind.
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Amazon Waves Its Wallet at Seattle City Council
Brian Sweeney has a long list of complaints about Amazon, from the way it treats warehouse workers to the low taxes it pays and its effort to win concessions from cities to bring in jobs. So when he learned it had poured $1 million into remaking the Seattle City Council with business-friendly candidates, he pulled out his wallet too.
Read moreSnubbing Amazon, Pentagon Hands Microsoft $10B ‘War Cloud’ Deal
The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract, snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose participation drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals.
Read moreLawmakers: Tech Giants Have Given Some of Documents Sought
Lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech say they’ve received part of the information they requested from Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple, and expect to get the rest soon.
Read moreAmazon Sued for Selling Charcoal Made on Land Taken by Cuba
Amazon was hit with a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming its online sales of Cuban charcoal violate federal law because the retail giant is profiting off property seized by the country’s communist government in the 1950s.
Read moreDefamation Dismissed
A federal judge dismissed Coral Ridge Ministries Media dba James Kennedy Ministries’ defamation complaint against Amazon.com and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which designated it a hate group because it calls homosexuality “vile” and “shameful,” among other things.
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Amazon Rainforest Fires Take Center Stage at House Hearing
The thousands of fires that have been engulfing the Amazon Basin since last month are largely a cause of Brazilian policy failure and climate change, witnesses told a House panel Tuesday.
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A federal class action accuses Amazon.com of selling “banned, unsafe, mislabeled and/or recalled products on its website,” including at least 2,000 listings for toys and medications that lack warnings about health risks to children.
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Respiratory Illnesses Rise in Brazil as Amazon Fires Rage
Lingering smoke in the Amazon is causing concern among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems — particularly among children and the elderly — have increased as fires in the region rage.
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Brazil Choked by Smoke From Fires Consuming Amazonia
Equipped with hoses connected to rubber backpacks, Brazilian firefighters in the Amazon on Monday raced in a truck along dirt roads toward plumes of smoke after a spotter in a military helicopter directed them to a fast-spreading fire.
Read moreBrazil Military Begins Operations to Fight Amazon Fires
Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry.
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