economy of the united states
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Amazon Misled Congress, U.S. Lawmakers Say While Teasing Potential Criminal Probe
The House Judiciary Antitrust subcommittee is giving Amazon one last chance to tell the whole truth about its use of third-party sellers’ data. Fool me once, shame on me… maybe a bunch of other times, too, but this time, they’re serious.
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Amazon’s New World MMO Won’t Let You Name Yourself Jeff Bezos
No, you cannot name yourself Jeff Bezos or any variant thereof in Amazon’s recently released and incredibly messy Massively Multiplayer Online Colonisation Simulator, The New World. This is unsurprising given the extremely fragile egos of the most powerful men on earth. Even in beta, The New World suffered its fair share of name shenanigans, most…
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Exxon’s Secret Assist From the World’s Top PR Firm
It seems that Exxon is freaked out by the Biden administration’s promises to crack down on carbon pollution. All year, it has been running ads on Facebook encouraging people to oppose climate policy. And, according to a new report, Exxon has worked with one of the world’s biggest PR firms in secret on the project.
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Jeff Bezos Meets With Boris Johnson on Sidelines of UN General Assembly
Political leaders from around the world are meeting this week at the United Nations in New York. And while there are plenty of important things on the official agenda, arguably the most interesting meetings are happening on the sidelines, like UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s meeting on Monday with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.