WASHINGTON, July 16- Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel pressed an executive from Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday about allegations that it competed against its own sellers and pushed them to buy advertising and fulfillment services. The committee does not have authority to punish the companies, and any effort to change antitrust laws...
WASHINGTON, July 16- Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel on Tuesday pressed an executive from Amazon.com Inc on allegations that it competed against its own sellers and pushed them to buy advertising and fulfillment services. Matt Perault, head of global policy development at Facebook, faced skepticism from Representative Hank...
WASHINGTON, July 16- Executives from tech giants Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and Alphabet's Google go before the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel Tuesday to discuss competition in online markets. The committee is likely to discuss antitrust probes of the four companies under way at the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission,...
Executives from tech giants Apple, Amazon.com, Facebook, and Alphabet's Google go before the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel to discuss competition in online markets.
NEW YORK, July 15- Amazon.com Inc's Prime Day is now a major marketing opportunity and shopping event in the annual calendar for other U.S. retail companies, rivaling the Thanksgiving holiday's Black Friday as a driver of sales. Target announced deal days which will run on the same days as Prime Day- July 15 and 16. Walmart offered promotions from July 14th-17th,...
July 15- Balfour Beatty has appointed Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP to work with the U.S. Air Force and other authorities to investigate allegations that the construction group falsified maintenance records at a U.S. Air Force base. Senator Elizabeth Warren called for an official inquiry and demanded answers from the Air Force and one of its top housing...
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WASHINGTON, July 9- Executives from Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and Alphabet's Google will testify before a House of Representatives congressional committee next week in a hearing to discuss the tremendous market power wielded by online platforms. In a statement on Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee said witnesses...
A federal grand jury is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders.
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BOSTON, June 26- Several hundred people, including employees of Wayfair Inc, rallied in Boston on Wednesday to protest the online retailer's sale of furniture for a Texas detention facility housing migrant children. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a presidential candidate. Wayfair employees walked off the job at 1:30 p.m. to protest an order for...
BOSTON, June 26- Several hundred people, including employees of Wayfair Inc, rallied in Boston on Wednesday to protest the online retailer's sale of furniture for a Texas detention facility housing migrant children. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a presidential candidate. Wayfair employees walked off the job at 1:30 p.m. to protest an order for...
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