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Commissioners denied the company’s request to quash subpoenas and pare back an investigation related to the Prime membership program...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday rejected a bid by Amazon.com Inc to quash demands that both Chief Executive Andy Jassy and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos testify at investigative hearings...

The Seattle-based tech giant has been trying to meet its commitment to operate more sustainably even as it expands its logistics network...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday rejected https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2123050AmazonPTQOpinion.pdf a bid by Amazon.com Inc to quash demands that both Chief Executive Andy Jassy and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos testify at investigative hearings. Last month, Amazon questioned what it called the agency's "burdensome" requests in its investigation of the sign-up and cancellation processes for its Prime program. The retailer said the FTC was seeking to "harass" both Jassy and former CEO Bezos by demanding they testify at an investigative hearing "on an open-ended list of topics", and asked that their testimony be quashed or at least delayed until after all other company officials had given testimony...

Walmart Inc sounded a cautious note about holiday retail sales on Wednesday, planning to hire fewer workers than last year as it prepares for the critical season in the middle of a slowing economy...

Walmart Inc sounded a cautious note about holiday retail sales on Wednesday, planning to hire fewer workers than last year as it prepares for the critical season in the middle of a slowing economy. The largest U.S. retailer announced plans to add 40,000 workers in seasonal and full-time roles in a blog post by Maren Waggoner, senior vice president of field people for Walmart U.S. Walmart in September 2021 said it would hire 150,000 workers...

Amazon Web Services Mexico (AWS), a unit of Amazon.com Inc, will open a local hub in the first quarter to boost bandwidth for its clients, the cloud computing unit's director for Mexico Luis Velasco said on Wednesday. The hub would put computing, storage, database and other services closer to large populations and IT centers, increasing bandwidth for purposes such as streaming video, he told Reuters on the sidelines of the AWS tech conference here...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Amazon Web Services Mexico (AWS), a unit of Amazon.com Inc, will open a local hub in the first quarter to boost bandwidth for its clients, the cloud computing unit's director for Mexico Luis Velasco said on Wednesday. The hub would put computing, storage, database and other services closer to large populations and IT centers, increasing bandwidth for purposes such as streaming video, he told Reuters on the sidelines of the AWS tech conference here. AWS Mexico will also open new offices in Guadalajara and Monterrey in the first three months of 2023, Velasco said...

Amazon Web Services Mexico, a unit of Amazon.com Inc, will open a "local zone" in the first quarter of 2023 to boost bandwidth for its clients, Country Director Luis Velasco told Reuters on Wednesday. A local zone puts compute, storage, database and other services close to large populations and IT centers...