France Unveils Plan to Tax Internet Giants
The French government on Wednesday unveiled plans to slap a 3 percent tax on the French revenues of internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook.
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EU Magistrate Says Fire in Parked Car Qualifies as ‘Use’
The spontaneous fire that began with a car’s electrical system should qualify as a “use” of the car for insurance purposes, a magistrate with Europe’s highest court determined Thursday.
Read morePacking Its Bags, Amazon Abandons Plan for New York HQ
QUEENS, N.Y. (CN) — In a Valentine’s Day breakup for the books, Amazon pulled the plug Thursday on its embattled
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Acting on complaints that Amazon favors its own products on its marketplace platform, Austria’s Federal Competition Authority announced Thursday that it is probing the online retailer for unfair trade practices.
Read moreBezos Blackmail Shocker Puts National Enquirer Deal in Jeopardy
In an extraordinary blog post accusing President Donald Trump’s favorite supermarket tabloid of “extortion and blackmail,” Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos expressed his desire to “roll this log over, and see what crawls out.”
Read moreBezos Says Enquirer Threatened to Publish Revealing Pics
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday he was the target of “extortion and blackmail” by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the tabloid obtained his private exchanges with his mistress.
Read moreAmazon Draws Suit for Stomping Out Woody Allen Films
As iconic for his films as for his taste in younger women, Woody Allen brought a $68 million federal complaint Thursday over a deal with Amazon Studios that became roadkill in the #MeToo movement.
Read moreNYC Council Grills Amazon on Plans for Queens HQ
At the second fervid oversight hearing over Amazon’s plans to build half of its new headquarters in Queens, officials faced an onslaught of questions Wednesday by the New York City Council about union busting and the company’s work with federal immigration officers.
Read moreEmbattled Conspiracy Theorist Drags Bezos Into Mueller Suit
Amending his claims against Special Counsel Robert Mueller, conservative author Jerome Corsi told a federal judge Monday he is the target of a conspiracy involving Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and a reporter for the Washington Post.
Read moreSuing Amazon
Absolute Fragrance claims Amazon terminated its sales account and refuses to pay it the $340,341 it owes, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreAmazon Courtship Drives Explosive Hearing at NYC Council
New York City councilmembers grilled city officials and Amazon representatives Wednesday in the first of several oversight hearings about the company’s plans to build half of its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.
Read moreAmazon Foie Gras
E-retail giant Amazon will stop selling force-fed foie gras in California, settling an action by three counties to enforce the Golden State’s ban on the contentious delicacy.
Read moreGerman Antitrust Agency Opens Amazon Investigation
Germany’s antitrust agency said Thursday it has begun an investigation of online retailer Amazon over complaints it’s abusing its position to the detriment of sellers who use its “marketplace” platform.
Read moreAmazon Splits HQ Between New York and Northern Virginia
By JOSEPH PISANI NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, which has grown too big for its Seattle hometown, said it will
Read moreEBay Accuses Amazon of Poaching Its Sellers
Two e-commerce titans will square off in a Silicon Valley courtroom, with eBay accusing Amazon of illegally poaching its sellers using an internal messaging service.
Read moreDog Owner Blinded by Leash Fights Amazon at Third Circuit
A woman who was blinded from an accident with a retractable dog leash urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to revive her claims against Amazon for marketing a defective product.
Read moreEU Opens Investigation Into How Amazon Uses Data
European authorities say they have opened a preliminary antitrust investigation into Amazon over the e-commerce giant’s treatment of smaller merchants on its website.
Read moreAmazon Class Action
Amazon.com misclassifies delivery drivers as independent contractors to stiff them on wages, among other labor law violations, employees claim in federal class action.
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