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Amazon buying 100,000 electric vans, carbon neutral by 2040
Amazon CEO committed the company to being carbon neutral by 2040 and said part of that pledge is an order for 100,000 electric delivery vans. Read more…
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Indian trade body asks Govt to stop Amazon, Flipkart discounting
A leading Indian trader body asked the government on Friday to ban upcoming festive sales on Amazon’s local unit and its rival Flipkart. Read more…
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Amazon in early talks for a stake in Indonesian Go-Jek
Amazon Inc is in early talks with Go-Jek Group to buy a stake in the Indonesian ride-hailing startup, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read more…
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India should encourage ecommerce to revive growth: Amazon
Amazon says India needs to encourage ecommerce and reduce red tape to help small businesses sell online to revive sagging domestic economic growth. Read more…
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Amazon backlash in China over Hong Kong democracy T-shirts
Chinese social media users directed their fury at Amazon.com after discovering T-shirts on the site supporting anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. Read more…
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Amazon set to buy into India’s Future Retail: sources
Amazon Inc is in late-stage talks to buy as much as 10% of India’s Future Retail Ltd Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Read more…
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Amazon planning foray into online food delivery business in India
Amazon.com is planning a foray into the burgeoning online food delivery business in India this year, an increasingly crowded market. Read more…
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Microsoft and Oracle gang up against Amazon in the cloud
Microsoft and Oracle have reached an agreement to make their two cloud computing services work together with high-speed links between their data centers. Read more…
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Who has more data on you than Facebook, Google or Amazon?
Who is this party that knows more about you and collects more of your data? Is it Facebook, Google, Amazon, governments, banks or your ISP? Think again! Read more…
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Amazon’s reported interest in US wireless market “batshit crazy”
One analyst called Amazon’s reported interest in the US wireless market “batshit crazy.” Another called it a “trojan horse” to kill off big wireless players. Read more…