Walmart, the nation’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer is planning to launch Walmart+, a direct competitor to Amazon Prime this month.
Walmart+ will cost $98 a year and include several perks for subscribers such as same-day delivery of groceries and general …
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Wildfires plaguing the Amazon rain forest in Brazil have shown no signs of subsiding. Fires this year have been more numerous than any year since 2013 and there has been an 85% increase over last year’s number alone. They have …
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Amazon has announced the launch of a new program that allows entrepreneurs to build their own businesses delivering Amazon’s packages. Successful owners, the company says, can earn as much as $300,000 operating a fleet of up to forty delivery …
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The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the CEO of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, urging him to halt the sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies this week. The worry, according to the roughly forty civil …
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President Trump has reportedly lobbied U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to raise the rates the U.S. Postal Service charges Amazon.com to ship its packages. The President reportedly pushed for rates to as much as double for Amazon, along with other …
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After rolling out the Kindle and introducing the world to digital books, and establishing voice assistance with the Echo, Amazon is poised to bring about the next big thing in personal computing: home robots.
The online mega-site and tech company …
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Department store chain Sears announced this week that it will offer full service tire installation through Amazon.com. The company says the service will begin in a couple weeks and will start with forty-seven Sears Auto Center locations in Atlanta, Dallas, …
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Amazon.com has rolled out a new service in which orders are delivered directly to customers’ cars. The service is designed to foil “porch thieves,” people who steal unattended packages from the front steps of homes after they’re delivered but …
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Twenty North American cities are competing to land the next headquarters for online-retail giant Amazon.com. Reports are that the company has now narrowed the list down to a handful of cities.
The site that’s picked is expected to …
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President Donald Trump directed attacked Amazon.com Saturday accusing the online retail giant of cheating the U.S. Postal Service out of billions of dollars by paying considerably less than market rates to have their packages delivered. The President made the charge …
Continue ReadingOnline retail giant Amazon.com has announced that it will begin offering membership in its Prime shopping club at about a 50% discount to lower income Americans yesterday. The company announced it will offer Prime membership to Medicaid recipients at $5.99 …
Continue ReadingAmazon is testing a delivery service that would compete with shipping giants UPS and FedEx, it was announced today. The service is being tested in Los Angeles and would only be available to businesses selling goods on Amazon’s platform, …
Continue ReadingAmazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway are teaming up to provide better healthcare solutions for their employees, the companies said. The goal is to provide a better healthcare option for their U.S.-based employees. The three mega-companies will be creating …
Continue ReadingAmazon has opened a small grocery store in Seattle where customers don’t have to checkout with the items they buy. Instead, customers will scan the store’s app as they walk in and sensors on shelves, along with cameras in …
Continue ReadingAs a result of recently passed tax legislation, tech giant Apple said it will be investing $30 billion U.S. facilities over the next five years and create 20,000 U.S.-based jobs. The company says it will also be paying $38 billion …
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