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Whole Foods May Test 10 Percent Prime Discount
March 30, 2018

It’s possible that Amazon Prime members may see more discounts at Whole Foods. The grocer reportedly displayed signs that advertised 10 percent discounts for prime members at a store in Texas, CNBC reported. The signs were reportedly placed in a store in Austin on Wednesday...

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Amazon Sees DDAs As Ticket To Teen Spending On Amazon
March 30, 2018

Amazon, setting its sights on Gen Z and millennials, is in initial talks with numerous banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, to create a product that can enable these credit card-averse shoppers to purchase things on its eCommerce site. Bloomberg reported Amazon is in conversation...

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Amazon Launches Home Cleaning Service
March 30, 2018

Amazon has been hiring house cleaners in Seattle as direct employees in an effort to boost its home services marketplace. The new housecleaning service, Amazon Home Assistants, offers cleaning services in Seattle, with prices determined by the size of the home and the number of...

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Trump Tweets, But White House Denies Any Action Against Amazon
March 30, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump threw out a slew of accusations against Amazon via Twitter on Thursday, but couldn’t share any evidence of his claims or the actions he might take against the eCommerce giant. “I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike...

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President Trump Seems To Have Amazon In His Sights
March 29, 2018

Lawmakers may be setting their sights on Facebook in the wake of its data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, but President Donald Trump has a favorite target for his ire: Amazon.com. According to a report in Axios citing five sources, Trump isn’t paying attention to the Facebook scandal...

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JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
March 27, 2018

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has announced a partnership with Amazon that allows its institutional clients to get stock information from Alexa. According to news from Bloomberg, Alexa can now send analysts’ reports and answer any Wall Street-related questions. In addition, other features, such as providing prices...

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Amazon Files Patent For Voice-Controlled Drone Delivery
March 26, 2018

Amazon was just awarded a patent for a drone that will use recognition of human gestures and voice commands to deliver packages. The patent for “Human Interaction with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 18, 2016....

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Amazon Passes Google To Become Second-Most Valuable Company After Apple
March 21, 2018

Amazon has overtaken Alphabet — Google’s owner — as the company with the second-highest market value in America, as Google’s stock fell for the third consecutive day on Tuesday (March 20). The eCommerce retailer’s market value has risen to close to $765 billion, which is about $3 billion...

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Amazon Targets Senior Healthcare With Talks With AARP
March 21, 2018

Amazon has been meeting with AARP about sharing research and working together on technology for older consumers. According to CNBC, the eCommerce giant has been talking to AARP, an interest group focusing on people over 50, since 2015. Without going into too much detail, Amazon’s...