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BAT And Amazon Under Investigation In Italy Over Tobacco Heater Advertising

British American Tobacco and Amazon are under investigation in Italy over what regulators say is potentially misleading advertising for the Glo Hyper X2 to...

Amazon Plans To Trim Employee Stock Awards Amid Tough Economy

Amazon.com Inc said it plans to reduce employee stock awards, a part of its compensation plan, as the e-commerce giant navigates an uncertain economy.

Amazon, Other Retailers Revamp 'Free' Shipping As Costs Soar

There is no such thing as free shipping. Even so, Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers who use so-called free delivery to cultivate customer loya...

Walmart Laying Off Hundreds Of US Workers At Five E-commerce Fulfillment Centers

Hundreds of workers at five US Walmart facilities that fulfill e-commerce orders are being asked to find jobs within 90 days at other company locations, a...

Amazon Rolls Out Contactless Technology To 200 Locations

Amazon.com palm-scanning or cashier-less checkout technology is in more than 200 establishments in and outside the company, a vice president told Reuters.

Amazon To Cut 9,000 Jobs In Second Round Of Layoffs

Amazon said on Monday it would cut 9,000 jobs, making it the latest Big Tech company to announce a second round of layoffs in the face of a possible recess...

Walmart Seeks To Derive More Profit From Services, Ad Sales

More of Walmart's future profitability is likely to come from its sales of ads on Walmart.com and from fees it collects from merchants using its online mar...

Amazon Grants €1.5 To Dutch Seaweed Farm Project

Amazon.com has granted €1.5 million to a Dutch project testing the viability of commercially growing seaweed in between turbines of offshore wind farm...