Fifteen months of work by the chamber’s top antitrust committee culminates in a 450-page report on Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.
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Amazon to hire 100,000 workers as e-commerce swells during pandemic
It’s the fourth large hiring drive announced by the Seattle-based retail giant this year, for a total of 308,000 jobs.
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Amazon teams with university to train military employees for new roles
Workers can take the online courses to prepare them for the company’s current and future needs.
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Insight: Antitrust laws are no match for Big Tech
Century-old statutes can’t cope with companies that maintain market dominance through harvesting data for free.
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Another View: CEOs fail to rebut valid concerns over Big Tech
A House hearing makes clear that the heads of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are focused on advancing their own interests, harming competitors and abusing the public.
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House panel grills Big Tech CEOs over antitrust concerns
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple face questions about their business practices and market dominance.
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Some Instacart, Amazon workers strike as jobs get riskier
Some workers have walked off the job to demand greater safeguards, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers.
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In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract
Amazon filed a lawsuit in November alleging that President Trump’s bias against the company hurt its chances to win the project, which was awarded to Microsoft.
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Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of military contract
Amazon was considered an early front-runner for a project that Pentagon officials have described as critical to advancing the U.S. military’s technological advantage over adversaries.
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Over 10 years, tech giants spent nearly $500 million lobbying Congress
Facebook, Google and Amazon were among the biggest spenders on lobbying efforts, with Apple not far behind.