Online shoppers loaded up on items, as well as Amazon’s Prime service.
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Delivery by drone must wait: Amazon’s building a network of human drivers
To keep up with demand, the company has been shifting its shipping load to mom-and-pop startup businesses.
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Top tech companies likely to face more congressional scrutiny in 2019
There may be a push for rules to protect people’s data and ensure fair search results, and efforts to rein in the power of companies like Facebook, Alphabet and Amazon.
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Bear repellant fumes send Amazon workers to hospital
At least one of the employees at a warehouse in New Jersey is in critical condition.
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Where are the delivery drones? Amazon customers still waiting
The CEO said it would be happening by now, but battery life and privacy issues and regulatory demands got in the way.
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Amazon says some customers’ names, email addresses exposed, won’t give details
The online retailer informed customers their information was ‘inadvertently disclosed,’ just days before the holiday shopping season begins.
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Queens residents skeptical about Amazon’s promises
The company is expected to hire 25,000 workers but residents say they’ve seen this before from new hotels who hire within instead of reaching out to the community.
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Incentives to lure Amazon could top $2.8 billion in New York City
In addition to nearly $1.53 billion in state tax credits and grants, the company may qualify for a city corporate income tax credit worth nearly $900 million over 12 years and a 15-year property-tax abatement worth about $386 million.
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Commentary: Lured by dollars, Amazon’s D.C. choice also makes political sense
The online retail giant gains easy access to policymakers by locating one new headquarters in Virginia.
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Walmart passes Amazon as world’s largest online grocer
Local supermarkets are in third place, a survey finds.