While Amazon has committed over $20 billion to investments and acquisitions as of 2017, the scrutiny of large tech companies by the U.S. government could hamper that pace. The eCommerce retailer’s biggest deal was its purchase of Whole Foods Inc. in 2017 for $13.7 billion,...
In a published interview, California Governor Gavin Newsom said big tech companies in his state could soon be “steamrolled” through federal regulations. Significant changes could impact them at the federal and state levels, according to Axios. “Are they going to lead in that conversation and...
Bashing Big Tech has become something of a sport. Regulators are circling the wagons. Policymakers are preparing to haul Big Tech execs to Capitol Hill for one big, public airing of their grievances. Presidential candidates are using the breakup of Big Tech as a policy...
An Amazon executive has said the eCommerce giant welcomes a review of its business, as some are calling for the break-up of the company. “Substantial entities in the economy deserve scrutiny, and our job is to build the kind of company that passes that scrutiny,”...
October 15, 2019
A writer for The Atlantic, who wrote a sprawling story about Amazon, thinks that CEO Jeff Bezos will spin off the highly profitable Amazon Web Services (AWS) before antitrust regulators get a chance to break it up. CNBC ran an interview with writer Franklin Foer, who said breaking off the service “would be the obvious […]
July 03, 2019
While Amazon has committed over $20 billion to investments and acquisitions as of 2017, the scrutiny of large tech companies by the U.S. government could hamper that pace. The eCommerce...
June 24, 2019
In a published interview, California Governor Gavin Newsom said big tech companies in his state could soon be “steamrolled” through federal regulations. Significant changes could impact them at the federal...
June 06, 2019
An Amazon executive has said the eCommerce giant welcomes a review of its business, as some are calling for the break-up of the company. “Substantial entities in the economy deserve...
