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US elections: Voting by mail seems obvious, but can all states pull it off

Turmoil in the US Postal Service has only heightened concerns surrounding the ability of the nation's myriad election systems to manage a presidential vote

Jeff Bezos sells 1 mn Amazon shares worth $3.1 bn after fortune surges

The disposals, disclosed Wednesday in Securities and Exchange Commission filings, adds to a $4.1 billion sale earlier this year

Oil prices rise to 5-month high on weak dollar, US crude stockpiles

Oil also drew support from signs that talks between the White House and Democrats in Congress on a new coronavirus relief package are making progress, although the sides remain far apart

'Bulletproof' Big Tech: Why Apple, Amazon, Google are not going to break up

Washington lawmakers see their job as protecting the consumer first and foremost

Facebook to Amazon: What years of emails and texts reveal about tech firms

Big Tech companies insist that their rise to power has been the first story, a saga of ingenuity and courage, and that their market dominance is a byproduct of excellence

PR disaster to investors' darling: How the year turned around for Elon Musk

Tesla Inc., his electric car-maker, recently celebrated its fourth straight quarter of profit and may soon join the S&P 500 Index

Amid China's Galwan aggression, bipartisan support in US grows for India

Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a standoff in several areas along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh since May 5

Facebook beats Q2 estimates with 11% growth in revenue despite coronavirus

Ad sales, which contribute nearly all of Facebook's revenue, rose 10% to $18.3 billion in the Q2 as people under lockdown spent more time online

Trump calls for extending jobless benefit as Congress wrestles deadlock

Trump is eager for another round of relief, and it's also a priority for GOP allies like McConnell, as well as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer

Disclose products made in China: Republican Senator tables bill in House

The Bill requires transparency from online retailers like Amazon, so that consumers are not misled about the origin of any products made in China

Poor audio, TV going off: Bezos escape early questions in antitrust hearing

'Worst zoom quiz night ever,' says one viewer about tech troubles at Congressional hearing on Big Tech's business practices.

Pichai says 'Google cares', Bezos 'can't remember' in Congressional hearing

Sundar Pichai squirms when asked whether he signed off on the company's 2016 decision to merge data from the advertising company Double Click

'Absolutely false': CEO Pichai denies Google's link with Chinese military

In one of the harshest attacks on Google, two US representatives accused the company of helping China's military

US lawmakers skewer Zuckerberg with Facebook emails, allege monopoly

Democrat Representative notes that a 2014 email showed Facebook's CFO referring to the company's acquisition strategy as 'land grab'

How to fight against big tech's power, break out of the stranglehold

Expect the tech titans to be grilled over whether their companies have become so powerful and far-reaching that they harm rivals and all of us, too

4 Big Tech CEOs under US Congress scanner on issues of competition, privacy

One of them is the world's richest individual (Bezos); another is the fourth-ranked billionaire (Zuckerberg)

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

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.

What's at stake in the battle over US unemployment benefits in Congress?

Unemployment benefits to help laid-off Americans cover their bills as they look for work. They typically cover only a fraction of a worker's prior earnings

We stand with India against China's military aggression: US lawmaker

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's remarks came as the US House of Representatives agreed to consider his bipartisan congressional resolution urging China to work towards de-escalating border tensions