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Amazon gets Singapore arbitrator to stall Future-Reliance deal
26 Oct 2020
Reliance Industries said RRVL has entered into the transaction for acquisition of assets and business of Future Retail Limited under proper legal advice and that the rights and obligations are fully enforceable under Indian Law
Verizon, Amazon eye $4 bn stake in Vodafone Idea: report
04 Sep 2020
Acquisition of a majority stake in Vodafone Idea would help Amazon set up competition against Reliance Industries while it would open up a market for Verizon’s 5G telecom offerings
Amazon’s Q2 net income doubles to $5.2 billion
03 Aug 2020
Amazon to invest $10 bn in Project Kuiper satellite constellation
03 Aug 2020
`Project Kuiper’, a constellation of 3,236 low-earth orbit satellites, will compete with the Starlink network being built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has already launched over 500 satellites of the roughly 12,000 expected for its constellation
Amazon wins stay on $10 bn US military contract for Microsoft
14 Feb 2020
Amazon has alleged vendetta by President Donald Trump to shut it out of the contact and has sought testimony from the President and other top officials on the reasons for awarding the cloud computing contract to Microsoft
Amazon changes tac, talks of creating a million jobs in India
17 Jan 2020
Amazon chief Jeff Bezoz who on Wednesday spoke of investing $1 billion in India, changed tone on Thursday and said the company will create a million jobs in the country by 2025 after India’s commerce minister said Amazon’s investment, which aims at recovering past losses, is no favour for India
CCI probes alleged anti-trust practices by Amazon, Flipkart
14 Jan 2020
The anti-trust regulator has ordered a probe into allegations of exclusive sales, deep discounts and preferential treatment to certain sellers by the two e-commerce firms
Amazon India, Future Retail sign long-term business deal
06 Jan 2020
Under the agreement, Amazon India will become the authorised online sales channel for FRL stores, and FRL will ensure participation of its relevant stores and programmes on the Amazon India marketplace
