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My mother had me when she was 17, says Jeff Bezos in prepared testimony

Amazon boss's statement talks about personal life and narrates the difficulties the company faced in initial years of its existence

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' ex-wife donates $1.7 billion for social causes

MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced that she has donated around $1.7 bn to groups involved in philanthropic causes such as healthcare, LGBT rights and racial justice

In prepared remarks, big tech CEOs defend themselves ahead of US testimony

Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai to be grilled over the dominance in their fields of e-retail, smartphone software, social media and search.

RIL's home team advantage

India's complicated e-commerce policy with restrictions on overseas investors may help keep out global retail and e-commerce players

US House panel hearing with big tech CEOs rescheduled for Wednesday

The panel has conducted a bipartisan investigation over the past year of the tech giants' market dominance and their effect on consumers

Google getting serious about competing with Amazon in online shopping

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the push to create an online shopping marketplace to compete with Amazon has taken on new urgency as consumers are avoiding stores

SC to hear plea for display of 'country of origin' on products by e-tailers

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notice to the Centre and sought its response

RIL pips ExxonMobil, becomes world's second most valued energy firm

The oil-to-telecom conglomerate is now ranked 46th globally on market cap, according to stock market data

MARKET WRAP: Sensex trims losses, ends 12 pts down; Nifty closes at 11,194

All that happened in the markets today

Market Ahead, July 24: All you need to know before the opening bell

Today, a total of 71 companies including ITC, Asian Paints, and Ambuja Cements are scheduled to announce their quarterly results

Amazon in talks to pick up 9.9% stake in Reliance retail arm: Report

Amazon wants a preferred, strategic stake in Reliance Retail for JioMart

Amazon to add 10 fulfilment centres to India network before festive season

Also plans to expand seven existing buildings, says move likely to create thousands of jobs with competitive pay

Amazon joins hands with Acko to offer automobile insurance in India

Amazon Pay on Thursday said it has tied up with Acko General Insurance Ltd to offer two- and four-wheeler insurance policies in India

Jeff Bezos adds record $13 billion in single day to his fortune

Amazon.com. shares surged 7.9 per cent, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism about web shopping trends, and are now up 73 per cent this year.

Gadkari urges Amazon to help Indian MSMEs market products globally

Gadkari said the MSME sector accounts for 30% of India's growth and about 48% of the country's exports

Amazon, Apple hire Fiona Scott Morton, one of big tech's most vocal critics

Amazon confirmed Scott Morton is working for the company but declined further comment. Apple didn't respond to a request seeking comment

Google tax row: US technology companies want action against India

IBM, US Chamber of Commerce oppose retaliatory tariffs

Reliance emerging as bigger threat for US giants like Amazon, Walmart, Zoom

Stake sales in Reliance's digital unit Jio Platforms attracted not just private equity and sovereign wealth funds but also Google and Facebook

Top headlines: Major Twitter hack, Google investment, RIL 5G, and more

From major Twitter accounts of Biden, Bill Gates and Obama hacked, Google buying stake in Jio Platforms to Reliance eyeing 5G network and smartphones, here are top headlines of the day

Walmart infuses $1.2 bn in Flipkart, valuing e-commerce firm at $24.9 bn

The Flipkart Group said it closed the additional $1.2 billion equity round to support the continued development of its e-commerce marketplace as India emerges from the Covid-19 crisis