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Big-box retailers enjoying strong sales and profits over the last couple of weeks partially attribute their success to pre-COVID-19 pandemic efforts to take on e-commerce giant Amazon.

In a letter sent to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos today and obtained by FOX Business, Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding answers from CEO Jeff Bezos over his charity-support program AmazonSmile – and why some conservative groups are banned from benefiting from the program.

Amazon said it would conditionally support a California bill that holds online marketplaces strictly liable for defective products after a California appeals court ruled the company should be held to a higher standard of liability.

Americans have faced many stresses in the pandemic, of which paper-towel scarcity is hardly among the worst. Yet the forces behind the shortage nearly six months into the crisis help explain the broad lack of U.S. preparedness that has made the pandemic worse than it might have been.

Four brothers from New York State were busted for allegedly trying to defraud Amazon.com of roughly $32 million – and making off with at least $19 million.

The e-commerce giant headed by Jeff Bezos will add 3,500 new tech and corporate jobs across its tech hubs in Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Manhattan, Phoenix and San Diego.

German authorities announced an investigation into Amazon on Sunday, focusing on the company's relationship with third-party sellers who use its website.  

Amazon is taking steps to allow employees at its Seattle-based headquarters the option to work outside the city, weeks after a new local employer tax was passed and the coronavirus pandemic impacts corporate office plans.

A California appeals court ruled Thursday that tech giant Amazon is legally liable for defective products sold on its site by third parties.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), said on Friday it has joined over a dozen trade groups to form a coalition to fight counterfeit goods on online platforms such as Amazon.com Inc

Seven companies, part of Amazon's Delivery Service Partner program, announced in Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings in New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania that they would be letting go 1,205 drivers as well as closing facilities.

The country's biggest tech companies are condemning the Trump administration's decision to suspend temporary worker visas amid COVID-19.

Whole Foods enlisted a team of experts and social media influences to teach the Home Ec 365 classes.

Amazon is planning to develop a $400 million distribution center on an abandoned fairgrounds site in Detroit.