Amazon hits back at Parler's antitrust lawsuit with extensive examples of its violent content, including death threats against Democrats, GOP, tech CEOs, and BLM (AMZN)

Amazon slams Parler in court reply and invokes Big Tech's liability shield

Amazon is removing QAnon apparel from its site after supporters of the conspiracy theory participated in the attack on the US Capitol (AMZN)

Parler sues Amazon over deplatforming

Amazon-backed EV startup Rivian is reportedly close to landing a massive new investment that could value it at $25 billion (AMZN, F)

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'COVID-19 has been like injecting Amazon with a growth hormone': Here's what 4 analysts had to say about Amazon's earnings report as $4,000 price targets start to roll in (AMZN)

'COVID-19 has been like injecting Amazon with a growth hormone': Here's what 4 analysts had to say about Amazon's earnings report as $4,000 price targets start to roll in (AMZN)

5 reasons why Amazon had record profits in the second quarter even after spending over $4 billion on COVID-related initiatives (AMZN)

• Amazon doubled its profit to a record $5.2 billion in the second quarter.
• Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky shared a few reasons that may have contributed to the increased profits during his call with analysts on Thursday.
• Amazon saw huge l…
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  5:58pm PDT - July 30th, 2020

CEOs from Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook had to defend their companies against what lawmakers called 'a pattern of' monopolistic behavior. Here's how each was grilled during Wednesday's landmark hearing. (AMZN, GOOGL, AAPL, FB)

• Wednesday's tech antitrust hearing was a grueling six-hour event in which House committee members grilled Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai about their companies' market power. 
• Cook, Apple's CEO, received what seemed …
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  11:14am PDT - July 30th, 2020

Emails show Amazon coordinated an 'aggressive' plan to 'undercut' Diapers.com before acquiring its parent company in 2010 (AMZN)

• Internal Amazon emails show the company coordinated an effort to undercut prices of competitor Diapers.com, before ultimately acquiring its parent company Quidsi in 2010.
• The emails were released as part of a Congressional antitrust hearing …
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  7:41pm PDT - July 29th, 2020

Emails show how Amazon's $1 billion Ring acquisition was driven by Jeff Bezos' interest in its 'market position – not technology' (AMZN)

• Internal Amazon emails were released as part of a Congressional hearing on tech antitrust Wednesday, which featured testimony from CEO Jeff Bezos.
• Some of those emails show how Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in 2017 strategized about how to negotiate…
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  6:52pm PDT - July 29th, 2020

10-year-old killed in crash with Amazon delivery van in Bay Area (AMZN)

• A 10-year-old boy died on Tuesday afternoon in a bicycle accident with an Amazon delivery van, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
• "Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with his family and loved ones following this terrible accident," Ama…
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  2:12pm PDT - July 29th, 2020

Jeff Bezos says he can't guarantee Amazon's policy against using seller data to dictate its private-label business has never been violated (AMZN)

• Jeff Bezos said it's possible Amazon's policy against using seller data to dictate its own private-label products has been violated in the past. 
• "We have a policy against using seller-specific data to aid our private label business, but I c…
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  12:30pm PDT - July 29th, 2020

Amazon reportedly invested in startups and gained proprietary information before launching competitors, often crushing the smaller companies in the process (AMZN)

• Amazon has been meeting with and investing in startups, only to later make products that directly compete with them, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. 
• The Journal spoke with startups who said Amazon made similar hardwa…
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  11:20am PDT - July 23rd, 2020

A former Amazon exec who has called for the company to be broken up said the tech industry is the 'leading candidate' for anti-monopoly regulators to target (AMZN)

• Former Amazon vice president Tim Bray has repeatedly called for the company to be broken up since he quit in May over the company's firings of whistleblowers.
• In an interview with The New York Times published Wednesday, Bray broadened his cr…
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  11:59am PDT - July 22nd, 2020

Goldman sees 28% upside potential in Amazon and ties for Street-high price target on 'accelerating e-commerce growth' (AMZN)

• "Accelerating e-commerce growth" will propel Amazon to new all-time highs, according to Goldman Sachs.
• Goldman and Jefferies both assigned a Street-high price target on Amazon of $3,800 on Monday, representing upside potential of 28% from Fr…
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  10:01am PDT - July 20th, 2020

An Amazon warehouse worker in Minnesota is the latest employee to accuse the company of retaliation for speaking out about coronavirus safety concerns (AMZN)

• An Amazon worker in Minnesota has accused the company of retaliating against her for speaking out about inadequate safety measures during the pandemic, Bloomberg reported Friday.
• In a letter to the state's attorney general, Hibaq Mohamed sai…
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  11:26am PDT - July 17th, 2020

Brian Hall, who Amazon Web Services sued for taking a job at Google Cloud, appears to be cleared to work (AMZN, GOOG)

• Amazon Web Services sued Brian Hall, a former marketing vice president, for taking a similar job at Google Cloud.
• There's been no official update in the case, but a tweet from Hall — and an update to his LinkedIn profile — seems to indicate …
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  9:27am PDT - July 17th, 2020

Amazon is reportedly starting to check some warehouse employees for COVID-19 symptoms when they come into work (AMZN)

• Amazon is starting to screen some warehouse employees for COVID-19 symptoms when they come into work, CNBC reported Thursday.
• The company told employees in at least two states, Michigan and Virginia, that it would be "introducing a symptom s…
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  2:10pm PDT - July 16th, 2020

Amazon's Echo Buds could be at risk of overheating — here's how to update them (AMZN)

• Amazon recently issued a software update to fix an issue that caused the Echo Buds to overheat, the company said in an email to customers spotted by Android Central.
• Amazon's Echo Buds update automatically, but you can also push them to upda…
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  11:35am PDT - July 15th, 2020

With no mandate to shut down, even if employees get sick, one expert calls Silicon Valley's reopening 'a very easy route of transmission' (FB, GOOGL, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN)

• Public health experts warn that an office is an inherently risky environment for spreading COVID-19.
• But major tech companies like Apple and Facebook are starting to send some employees back to the office, even as coronavirus cases in much o…
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  4:00pm PDT - July 14th, 2020

Amazon is setting first-time warehouse restrictions for sellers to secure enough storage space for the holiday season — read the note it sent to sellers (AMZN)

• Amazon told sellers on Monday that it's putting in more stringent, first-time storage restrictions in its warehouses to prepare for the holiday shopping season ahead of time.
• The changes include quantity limits for certain products and highe…
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  8:45am PDT - July 13th, 2020

Amazon just told employees they have to delete TikTok from their phones due to 'security risks' (AMZN)

• Amazon reportedly told employees Friday that they have to delete TikTok from phones that they use to access their work email.
• The decision was made due to "security risks," according to a copy of the email.
• TikTok has come under scr…
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  10:13am PDT - July 10th, 2020

Amazon will start displaying third-party seller names and addresses on its US site to bolster customer information and battle counterfeit products (AMZN)

• Amazon told third-party sellers on its site on Wednesday that it will start displaying the sellers' business names and addresses on its US marketplace, starting in September.
• The move adds transparency to Amazon's US marketplace, and makes i…
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  11:10am PDT - July 8th, 2020