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It's Time
I reported my first story for hire 50 years ago. I believe this will be my last. → Read More
Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Tells You When You're Feeling Happy
Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Tells You When You're Feeling Happy - 08/28/2020 → Read More
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Exits After 3 Politically Charged Months
"I understand that the role that I signed up for... will look very different as a result of the US Administration's action to push for a sell off of the U.S .business," he said. → Read More
Teva Will Fight Charges It Conspired To Fix Generic Drug Prices
Teva is is the most high-profile company to be charged in the Justice Department's probe into price fixing. → Read More
Economists' Outlook Dire As Congress Fails To Act On New Relief Package
Four out of five economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics predict at least a 25% chance of a "double-dip" recession. → Read More
Amazon's Retail Chief, Whom Bezos Calls A 'Tutor,' Is Leaving In 2021
Amazon's Retail Chief, Whom Bezos Calls A 'Tutor,' Is Leaving In 2021 - 08/24/2020 → Read More
Bayer Settles Majority Of Claims Over Essure Birth Control Device
Bayer AG has agreed to pay roughly $1.6 billion to settle about 90% of the nearly 39,000 total filed and unfiled claims in the United States. → Read More
Airbnb Files Confidential Plans To Go Public As Vacation Travel Rebounds
"The move underscores a rebound in parts of the travel industry," according to Reuters. → Read More
Oracle Enters The Race For TikTok's U.S. Operations
Oracle is reportedly working with a group of U.S. investors that already own a stake in Oracle parent ByteDance, including General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital. → Read More
Kroger Ship Adding More Than 50K Third-Party Foods, Wares
"An extension of the Ship service into a broader ecommerce marketplace would turn up the competitive heat on big retailers like Amazon," says one report. → Read More
Amazon's Twitch Prime Is Now Called Prime Gaming
"With the new name, Prime Gaming sits more logically alongside some of the other digital content included with an Amazon Prime subscription," says one report. → Read More
Amazon May Convert Failed Retail Space Into Fulfillment Centers
The move won't please nearby mall tenants, since it would help Amazon, seen as a disruptor of retail businesses, and fulfillment centers draw less foot traffic. → Read More
Food Delivery Fuels Uber's Growth As Pandemic Hobbles Rides Segment
While the company's rides business plunged 75%, Uber Eats' bookings grew 112% year over year. → Read More
Samsung Unpacks 2 Pricey Smartphones, Other Devices In Virtual Event
Company is "positioning what we use these devices for a bit differently," says one review. "You can take photos. In your backyard. Alone. With the pandemic puppy you just got." → Read More
With The Clock Ticking. Why Does Microsoft Want TikTok Anyway?
"Buying TikTok would also turn Microsoft into a serious competitor in online advertising with Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube," says one report. → Read More
Amazon Delivers Record-Breaking Quarter As Customers Shelter At Home
"Profits doubled to a record $5.2 billion, far exceeding analyst expectations," Sebastian Herrera reports for "The Wall Street Journal." → Read More
The Results Are In: People Love To Shopify During A Pandemic
Shopify, which enables mom-and-pop retailers, ecommerce entrepreneurs and established brands to market wares online, saw its revenues nearly double over the same period last year. → Read More
Kodak Gets $765M From Feds To Produce Key Pharma Ingredients
The new direction is definitely a reversal of fortunes for the company, which has been disassembling for decades. → Read More
Bezos, Cook, Pichai, Zuckerberg Face Congressional Antitrust Grilling
Tomorrow's the day for the hearing, which some expect will find the industry "has skirted federal competition laws because the protections haven't kept pace with the digital age." → Read More
SAP Is Taking Qualtrics Public After A Short Experience Managing It
Qualtrics gathers real-time feedback from customers to help analyze how a company's products or services are performing. → Read More