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☆ Amazon is not only customer-obsessed, but also competitor-obsessed: WSJ's Dana Mattioli
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAmazon is not only customer-obsessed, but also competitor-obsessed: WSJ's Dana MattioliDana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal reporter and ‘The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Amazon's goal of total business dominance, the company's tactics against competitors, FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, and more.

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☆ Opinion: Trump gives Biden one big lift
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Former President Donald Trump’s favorability ratings are only slightly better. The bipartisan legislation to control the flow of migrants across the southern border was blown up by opposition from Trump. One thing that is going right for Biden is Trump himself. “I want to vote for Donald Trump in November, wrote Marc A. Thiessen in the Washington Post. … Just like office holders have released their tax returns (up until former President Donald Trump), I would like to see more candidates release their physical and mental health assessments,” Schurman observed.

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Investing apps that encourage you to invest like the rich are focused on active trading. The wealthiest 10% of US households own nearly 67% of the wealth in our stock market, according to data from the Federal Reserve. Investment apps are made for trading, not savingI put investors into two buckets: traders and savers. Most investment apps are designed to make users act like traders: They encourage you to pick individual stocks, trade them frequently and keep a close eye on their performance. Unless you're investing for the thrill of big wins and losses, stop seeking get-rich investment strategies from people who were already rich.

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If you get a tax bill you can't afford, you can apply for a payment plan to pay it back over time. That's the day your tax return and payment for any tax owed is due to the IRS and most local tax agencies. That's because filing your tax return can come with some surprises — the least pleasant of which is a tax bill you weren't expecting. Prepare for next yearThe best way to avoid a surprise tax bill is to pay what you expect to owe in taxes year-round. If you're self-employed (including any freelancing on the side of other employment), make quarterly estimated tax payments to stay ahead of your liability and avoid additional penalties.

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☆ Amazon Tops UPS and FedEx to Become Biggest U.S. Delivery Business
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Dana Mattioli | Esther Fung | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Amazon.com has grabbed the crown of biggest delivery business in the U.S., surpassing both UPS and FedEx in parcel volumes. The Seattle e-commerce giant delivered more packages to U.S. homes in 2022 than UPS, after eclipsing FedEx in 2020, and it is on track to widen the gap this year, according to internal Amazon data and people familiar with the matter. Postal Service is still the biggest parcel service by volume; it handles hundreds of millions of packages for all three companies.

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☆ Amazon Executives Discussed How Its Policies Hurt Sellers, FTC Suit Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Since Lina Khan became Federal Trade Commission chair in 2021, she’s taken on Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, and that’s made her a lightning rod for controversy. WSJ breaks down the battles she’s picked and why she’s willing to lose. Photo illustration: Xingpei ShenAmazon .com executives discussed how its pricing policies had a “punitive aspect” on sellers, according to internal documents quoted in newly unredacted portions of the Federal Trade Commission’s monopoly lawsuit against the company. The commission also said Amazon knowingly raised the number of irrelevant ads on its website to boost profits and alleged that executives intentionally deleted internal messages to thwart the commission’s investigation of the company.

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CAAT will assure that workers get defined benefits in retirement, CAAT and Unifor said. Separately, the UAW and companies have not agreed on the complex issues raised by new electric-vehicle battery plants owned by joint ventures. Under U.S. labor law, the UAW would have to organize the battery joint ventures, which are separate entities from the automakers. So far, Ford and Stellantis have not matched GM's proposal on battery plants. Three of four battery plants Ford plans will be operated as joint ventures with South Korean battery maker SK On.

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☆ Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ FTC Sues Amazon, Alleging Illegal Online-Marketplace Monopoly
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Dave Michaels | Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ FTC Updates Amazon Suit Over Prime Enrollment, Naming Executives
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ FTC Names Three Amazon Executives in Suit Over Prime
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Dave Clark Resigns as Flexport CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Liz Young | Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ FTC Antitrust Suit Against Amazon Set for Later This Month After Meeting Fails to Resolve Impasse
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Amazon’s Leader on Alexa, Echo and Other Devices Plans to Leave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Dana Mattioli | Jessica Toonkel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Amazon Cuts Dozens of House Brands as It Battles Costs, Regulators
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Amazon Expected to Post Strongest Quarterly Profit Since 2021
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Amazon Delivers Surprisingly Strong Profit as Retail Business Improves
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Amazon Is Asking Some Employees to Relocate, Return to ‘Main Hub’ Offices
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Sebastian Herrera | Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Shopify to Lay Off 20% of Its Workforce as It Sells Logistics Business to Flexport
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Liz Young | Dana Mattioli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shopify spent about $2.5 billion to buy Deliverr and 6 River Systems. Photo: Justin Tang/Associated PressFlexport is buying Shopify ’s logistics-fulfillment operations, including U.S. e-commerce platform Deliverr, setting up the freight company to add home-delivery services that would compete with Amazon.com for retailer business. Shopify is also selling its 6 River Systems warehouse robotics operation to U.K. automated grocery-fulfillment specialist Ocado Group .

I love writing about personal finance, but personal responsibility isn't the be-all and end-all. How disability shapes my family's finances »Demographic disparities persist through educationLike all areas of education, financial education suffers from disparities in school funding, which exacerbate racial inequality. As one instructor told the USBE auditors, "Financial literacy is critical to the financial wellbeing of our country. Financial education is under-resourced and undersupportedThe problems with financial education aren't surprising, given the lack of attention the subject receives from decision-makers. I'm glad I ignored mainstream financial advice »Financial literacy needs to include our history of inequalityPersonal finance media, gurus, and educators love to tout financial literacy as the missing puzzle piece to the American dream.

☆ Real-estate investors who nearly went bust on their first and only flip are now landlords of a 16-apartment building. They say real estate is anything but 'easy' or 'passive.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Aj Latrace | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Louisville investors Dana McMahan and Mike Consigliere bought a rundown house for $80,000 in 2020. They lost money on the deal, even after selling the rehabbed house for $435,000 two years later. Now they own a profitable 16-rental building but warn others that real-estate investing is not easy. But after getting a lead on a 16-unit rental property, they scrounged up their remaining savings and cashed out their 401(k) retirement accounts to buy it. Travel nurses and medium-length renters, though, will pay closer to $1,500 a month, McMahan said.

The Amazon electric delivery van is one of the three vehicles Rivian builds at its Normal, Ill., factory. Amazon .com Inc. and Rivian Automotive Inc. are in talks to scrap the exclusivity part of their electric-van deal, allowing the auto maker to sell to others, after the technology giant’s order for 2023, according to people familiar with the matter. Under terms of a 2019 agreement, Rivian is required to sell all of the vans it makes to Amazon. In recent months, Amazon notified Rivian that it wanted to buy about 10,000 vans this year, which was at the low end of a range it previously provided the auto maker, the people said.

See Insider's picks for the best mortgage lenders »Insider's Featured Mortgage Lenders Rocket Mortgage by Quicken LoansAmeriSave Mortgage Corporation MortgagesNew American Funding Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Only a handful of US states require financial education in high schools, and those requirements are thin. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has free, easy-to-navigate content about tons of financial products, including mortgages. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has free, easy-to-navigate content about tons of financial products, including mortgages. There's a dearth of consumer education built into our financial systems (likely by design).

The Justice Department’s decision to subpoena government witnesses who would normally testify voluntarily to help build the government’s criminal case was highly unusual, according to a half-dozen legal and animal welfare experts. The inspectors wanted APHIS to take a tougher stance against the company for the mistreatment of the beagles. Yet, this did not happen with any of the agency's inspections of Envigo, public records show. TENSIONS RISETensions between Gibbens and Miller escalated shortly after Envigo appealed some of the findings from the October inspection, emails show. Gibbens told Envigo APHIS would strike the citation because the company ultimately provided the requested information.

Oct. 7, 2021 - APHIS director Robert Gibbens declines the request, citing “optics” and the risks of COVID-19 exposure. Oct. 25, 2021 – Three APHIS inspectors find 13 violations at Envigo, seven of which are “direct" or "critical." Nov. 16-19, 2021 - APHIS inspects Envigo and finds 26 violations, 14 of which are "direct" or "critical." Feb. 16, 2022 - Miller informs her staff that Goldentyer has removed her from working on any more Envigo inspections. March 8, 2022 - APHIS employees inspect Envigo and find five violations, two of which are “direct.”May 3, 2022 - APHIS inspects Envigo and only cite the company for failing to fix the dangerous flooring.

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