Tag: Amazon
US: FTC expands scope of Amazon antitrust probe to clouds
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has broadened its scrutiny of Amazon beyond its retail operations to include its cloud-computing business, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday,...
India: CCI approves Amazon’s investment in Future Coupons
The fair trade regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given a go-ahead to Amazon to acquire 49% in Future Coupons.
Future Coupons is...
US: Amazon could be forced to spin off AWS
Amazon, which has faced increasing antitrust pressure this year in the US and European Union, may have to spin off its lucrative cloud business,...
US: Amazon is accused of forcing up prices for independent merchants
In a letter sent to federal lawmakers, an online merchant has accused Amazon of forcing him and other sellers to use the company’s expensive...
UK: Amazon/Deliveroo deal probed
The CMA is investigating the acquisition by Amazon of certain rights and a minority shareholding in Roofoods (trading as Deliveroo).
The Competition and Markets Authority...
US: Could Amazon be open to splitting?
A writer for The Atlantic, who wrote a sprawling story about Amazon, thinks that CEO Jeff Bezos will spin off the highly profitable Amazon...
UK: Amazon’s deal with Deliveroo probed
British regulators have launched an inquiry into whether a large investment by Amazon into the online takeaway delivery company Deliveroo breached competition rules, reported...
US: Judiciary Committee begins to receive documents from Apple, FaceBook, Amazon,...
Apple and three other tech giants have begun to comply with data requests from the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, which is investigating possible...
Singapore: Amazon launches bigger local online store
Amazon.com has launched a bigger local store and marketplace in Singapore, expanding its product selection and intensifying competition with rivals such as Alibaba, reported...
US: Amazon denies algorithm manipulation claims
Amazon has responded to a recent story in The Wall Street Journal which claimed the eCommerce giant has changed its algorithm to benefit its profitability,...