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Amazon holiday quarter profit doubles
NEW YORK: Amazon reported its profit doubled to $14 billion in the crucial holiday quarter, giving a boost to jittery…
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Oil spill in Ecuador pollutes nature reserve in Amazon
QUITO: An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to…
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Italy hits Amazon with $1.3 billion antitrust fine
ROME: Italian regulators hit Amazon with a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) antitrust fine yesterday for allegedly abusing its dominance in the market,…
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Amazon deforestation threatens jaguars, giant eagles
Boating slowly upriver through the Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands, Brazilian biologist Fernando Tortato scans the bank for signs…
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Amazon teetering on the brink
SAO FELIX DO XINGU, Brazil: Something is wrong. Holed up in her lab, Brazilian atmospheric chemist Luciana Gatti crunches her…
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Conservation meet mulls plan to save 80% of Amazon
MARSEILLE: Should 80 percent of the Amazon be declared a protected area by 2025? The world’s top conservation body is…
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Amazon to launch ‘Lord of the Rings’ series in September 2022
Amazon announced Monday that its big-budget “The Lord of The Rings” series, based on the fantasy saga by J.R.R. Tolkien,…
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Pentagon scraps $10 billion cloud contract amid Amazon-Microsoft rift
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Tuesday it scrapped a massive $10 billion cloud computing contract, sidestepping a bitter dispute between Amazon…
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Amazon dispatches Alexa to tell stories to kids
Amazon on Tuesday said that its Alexa digital assistant can now be a reading buddy for children, coaching them when…
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US lawmakers advance bills aimed at curbing Big Tech
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers advanced legislation yesterday aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of…
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EU mulls to curb ‘killer’ Big Tech deals
BRUSSELS/PARIS: The EU’s biggest powers Germany and France as well as the Netherlands want the bloc to secure beefier powers…
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Amazon to buy MGM studios, bolstering streaming ambitions
WASHINGTON: Amazon has agreed to buy the storied MGM studios for $8.45 billion, the companies said yesterday, giving the US…
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