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Ian McKellen won’t give up role as Gandalf in ‘Lord of the Rings’

Amazon has recently acquired the global television rights to "The Lord of the Rings," based… Read More

Amazon workers in Germany, Italy hold ‘Black Friday’ strike

BERLIN, Germany: Workers at Amazon's distribution centres in Germany and Italy went on strike to… Read More

Apple pushes launch of HomePod smart speaker to early 2018

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has pushed the launch of its HomePod smart speaker to early next… Read More

Amazon to launch ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV show

LOS ANGELES: Amazon said Monday it had acquired the global television rights to "The Lord… Read More

VIDEO: Amazon will now deliver inside your home and record the whole activity

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon has launched an innovative in-home delivery service, which will allow packages to… Read More

Amazon rivals turn to legal fine print to stem Whole Foods strategy

SAN FRANCISCO: Whole Foods Market met a new foe this summer during talks to lease… Read More

Online groceries are a hard sell, even to avid internet shoppers: poll

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: Most US shoppers are fiercely loyal to local food stores, calling them… Read More

Amazon and Google to be taxed

PARIS: France, Germany, Italy and Spain want digital multinationals like Amazon and Google to be… Read More

Nearly 400 new species discovered in Amazon

SAO PAULO: Researchers have found 381 new species in the Amazon rainforest, the World Wildlife… Read More

Alexa and Cortana to join forces

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana will start talking to each other in a… Read More

Amazon to complete acquisition of Whole Foods on Monday, cut some prices

Amazon.com said on Thursday it plans to complete its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos becomes world’s richest person

NEW YORK: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a… Read More

FTC probing allegations of Amazon’s deceptive discounting

WASHINGTON: As part of its review of Amazon's agreement to buy Whole Foods, the Federal… Read More

Foxconn says Apple, Amazon to join its bid for Toshiba chip business: Nikkei

Apple and Amazon.com will join Foxconn's bid for Toshiba Corp's semiconductor business, the Nikkei business… Read More

Walmart pushing hard to catch Amazon in e-commerce

NEW YORK: Wal-Mart Stores, the 800-pound gorilla of retail, is running hard to catch up… Read More

WATCH: This touch-screen device can take verbal commands

Amazon has officially unveiled its latest Echo product: a touch screen device with built-in digital… Read More

Amazon sweeps US market for voice-controlled speakers: study

Amazon.com Inc is dominating the nascent market for voice-controlled speakers, research firm eMarketer said on… Read More

China’s Huawei targets Amazon, Alibaba in public cloud service push

HONG KONG: Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone maker Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said it aims… Read More

Google, Amazon eye Toshiba’s chip unit: report

TOKYO: Google and Amazon joined a list of potential buyers eyeing Toshiba’s lucrative memory chip… Read More

Amazon buys Middle East e-commerce giant Souq.com

Tech giant Amazon expanded its global reach Tuesday with the announcement of a deal to… Read More