The brother of Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend sued the National Enquirer and its parent company Monday alleging the company’s dredging up of dirt on the world’s richest man – and its attempt to cover up the scheme – defamed him and damaged his family.
Read moreA federal antitrust complaint claims Amazon.com’s pricing policy for third-party sellers is anticompetitive in that it prevents sellers from reducing their prices on other websites.
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire accused Amazon on Thursday of placing “unacceptable” pressure on employees after unions said the retailer will not pay staff who refuse to go in to work fearing coronavirus contagion.
Read moreA Florida class action accuses Amazon.com of deceptive and unfair trade: price-gouging on hand sanitizers and toilet paper during the coronavirus pandemic, in Miami-Dade County Court.
Read moreA federal judge approved late Friday Amazon’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt Microsoft’s work on the Defense Department’s $10 billion computer upgrade contract, finding that the Pentagon incorrectly evaluated pricing from the two companies’ competing bids.
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Amazon and the European Commission wrapped up two days of hearings before the European Union’s second-highest court on Friday in a tax case worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Amazon defended itself Thursday before the European Union’s second-highest court against claims that it dodged taxes in a scheme with a James Bond-worthy nickname.
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Hungry for the 1,000 full-time jobs that the e-commerce giant is promising, Delaware tax authorities approved a $4.5 million grant Monday to Amazon.
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An appellate panel once revived the case, but the full Third Circuit stands in the way now of a woman’s fight to hold Amazon liable after she was blinded in an accident with a retractable dog leash.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from going forward with a $10 billion contract for a military computing network while Amazon makes its case that President Donald Trump interfered to send the contract to Microsoft to harm Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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Amazon urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Monday to find its local delivery drivers must arbitrate their labor grievances, a decision that could force the court to define the boundaries of interstate commerce.
Read moreAmazon.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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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 moreAmazon 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 moreRing 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 moreA 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 moreAmazon 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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