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Decoded: Stopping Future's asset sale to Reliance may not be easy

In its petition, Amazon is said to have sought imprisonment of Future group promoters including Kishore Biyani for alleged violation of securities market rules

SoftBank-backed Grofers eyes Rs 10,000 cr GMV by March on heavy GOBD sales

The Gurugram-based firm is expecting its GMV to touch around Rs 30,000 crore by 2022 as the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the shift towards online grocery

Amazon's hiring spree continues in 2021, 3,000 new jobs to Boston

Amazon's 2020 hiring spree does not appear to be slowing in the new year with the company announcing 3,000 new jobs in Boston in coming years.

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Amazon asks Delhi High Court to detain Future Group founder, others

Petition also talks about seizure of assets for violating an arbitration court's order to temporarily halt Future Group's $3.4-bn deal with RIL

After exchanges okay Future-Reliance deal, Amazon asks court to block sale

Amazon argues Future breached some pre-existing clauses by entering into a deal with Reliance

Amazon offers to assist President Biden with US Covid vaccine distribution

Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office

Sebi nod for Future, Reliance deal subject to court proceedings: Amazon

Market regulator had given a go-ahead to Future Group's scheme of arrangement and sale of assets to Reliance for the $3.4 billion deal

Online retail majors focus on sprawling small retailer base to boost reach

Small retailers are chary about integrating digitally with larger players on grounds that it will give them access to their customer bases

Amazon offers to help US with vaccine efforts in letter to President Biden

The world's largest online retailer has an agreement with a healthcare provider to administer vaccines at its facilities

Amazon offers to help US with vaccine in letter to President Biden

The world's largest online retailer has an agreement with a healthcare provider to administer vaccines at its facilities, Dave Clark, chief executive of Amazon's worldwide consumer business said

Reliance-Future deal gets Sebi nod, BSE 'no-adverse-observation' status

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed the deal with some riders, five months after it was announced last August

The push for pay - now or never

It is time to break the hegemony of advertising over news media; it is time to push for subscription revenues

Of harmless humour & manufactured anger

The row over Tandav and the arrest of Munawar Faruqui are straight out of the political playbook successfully mastered by Muslim fundamentalists

Charges of having preferred sellers baseless: Amazon Lawyer to Karnataka HC

The High Court is hearing the petition filed by CCI for the probe against e-commerce firms Amazon and Flipkart. The matter will be heard next on January 21, 2021

Investors should rebalance exposure to US-focused funds; don't exit

Profits booked in these funds should be deployed in a diversified EM fund

India plans foreign investment rule changes that could hit Amazon: Report

Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart were last hit in Dec. 2018 by investment rule changes that barred foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake

Amazon's accelerator scheme to help Indian startups create global brands

The e-commerce giant has launched Amazon Global Selling Propel (AGSP), an initiative designed to provide dedicated support to emerging Indian brands and startups to reach customers the world over

Govt creating 'tandav' over Amazon's 'minor' web series: Akhilesh Yadav

Yadav also said OTT platforms gained popularity during the lockdown period, and asked as to when an Indian platform will be created that can rival Amazon

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