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Karnataka HC starts hearing CCI petition against Amazon, Flipkart

The Supreme Court had asked the Karnataka High Court to decide the CCI plea for vacating the stay on the probe against Amazon and Flipkart for the alleged anti-competitive practices

Amazon opens Alexa's advanced AI for firms to build their own assistants

The 'Alexa Custom Assistant' is now available anywhere Alexa is supported, including in India

Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing, says report

The lawsuit comes a day after Connecticut said it was investigating Amazon for potential anti-competitive behaviour in its business selling digital books

Social media app Parler, suspended after Capitol riots, may not return: CEO

"It could be never," he said. "We don't know yet." The app said in a legal filing it has over 12 million users

Amazon urges Sebi not to issue NOC for $3.4 bn Future-Reliance deal

The Jeff Bezos-led e-commerce giant has further urged the markets regulator to direct the Indian Stock Exchanges to do the same

Delhi HC issues notice to Future, RIL retail arms on Amazon's plea

The Court issued a notice in the matter and listed it for further hearing on February 12

Amazon takes on edtech cos Byju's, Unacademy with launch of Amazon Academy

Live lessons help students strengthen their JEE preparation. They can also track their progress over time, identify strong and weak areas, get insights on overall test-taking strategy

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HC seeks Future's stand on Amazon plea to set aside court observations

The prima facie observations by a single judge are that the US e-commerce giant's attempt to control the Indian entity was violative of FEMA and FDI rules

Amazon debuts Prime Video mobile edition plan starting at Rs 89 per month

Prime Video is collaborating with Bharti Airtel for the India roll-out of Prime Video Mobile Edition

HC seeks Future's stand on Amazon plea to set aside court's observations

Delhi High Court sought response of Future Retail on Amazon's plea challenging observations by a judge the US e-commerce giant's attempt to control Indian entity was violative of FEMA and FDI rules

DGGI issues show-cause notice to Amazon India over Rs 175 cr tax demand

Probe has allegedly found calculation errors by Amazon. The company paid higher GST but instead of claiming refund took wrong input tax credit

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Republicans face growing corporate backlash after Capitol assault

Announcements by corporates threaten to throttle fundraising resources for Republicans who will soon be out of power in the White House and both chambers of Congress

Parler sues Amazon over Web shutdown, alleges political animus: Report

(Reuters) - Parler LLC, a social media platform favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, sued Amazon.com Inc on Monday, accusing it of making an illegal, politically motivated decision to shut it down to benefit Twitter Inc.

Amazon urges Sebi to suspend review of $3.4 billion Future-RIL deal

Amazon also urged Sebi about not granting any no-objection in relation to the same and directing the Indian Stock Exchanges not to issue any no-objection/approval letter to Future Retail

Amazon writes to Sebi again, urges it to suspend review of Future-RIL deal

This is the sixth instance of the e-commerce giant writing to Sebi on the matter

Biyani sees quick approval of Future's $3.4 bn deal despite Amazon dispute

Future and Amazon are at loggerheads over the Indian group's August deal with Reliance Industries Ltd

Amazon discontinues pantry service as it focuses on grocery delivery

E Commerce giant Amazon has announced to discontinue its pantry service, as it strengthens its grocery delivery both online and offline

USTR backs action against India's equalisation levy, finds it burdensome

Highlighting the discrimination part, the report said that of the companies that are subjected to India's equalisation levy, 72 per cent are American companies