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  • Friday, 23 August, 2019
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook’s Libra backers distance themselves from project

    Some early supporters of cryptocurrency consider cutting ties amid regulatory scrutiny

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Technology sector
    Physical stores fight Amazon with tech makeover

    Start-ups are helping shops offer customers a better choice and experience

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber posts $5.2bn loss as IPO costs hit earnings

    Shares slide even as company says competition is abating

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    Lyft Inc
    Lyft predicts narrower losses as competition eases

    Shares swing after ride-hailing company posts widening net loss in second quarter

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    FedEx Corp
    FedEx scraps package delivery deal with Amazon

    Shipping company’s decision comes as e-commerce giant expands its own delivery network

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    Amazon.com
    Jeff Bezos’s Amazon share sale higher than previously thought
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
    US politics & policy
    US defence secretary to review Pentagon cloud contract

    Donald Trump criticised process that produced Amazon and Microsoft as finalists

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
    Square Inc
    Square slides on disappointing earnings outlook

    US payments company to sell food delivery business to DoorDash

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
    Amazon.com
    Jeff Bezos sells $1.8bn of Amazon stock

    Move marks chief executive’s first sale of shares since his divorce in April

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  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
    Capital One Financial Corp
    Capital One data breach sparks cloud security fears

    US bank’s shares slide nearly 6% on fallout from hack affecting over 100m customers

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
    Capital One Financial Corp
    Capital One data breach affects 106m people

    US bank says details of credit card customers and applicants were exposed

  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber cuts 400 marketing jobs amid corporate reorganisation
  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
    Lyft Inc
    Lyft chief operating officer to depart after 18 months
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
    Amazon.com
    Amazon profits miss as one-day shipment costs bite

    Ecommerce company’s efforts to reduce shipment times help boost quarterly revenues

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber loses two directors in latest board room shake-up

    Arianna Huffington and Matt Cohler to leave the company just two months after its IPO

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    PayPal Inc
    PayPal cuts full-year sales guidance due to delays and strong dollar
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    Amazon.com
    Trump throws doubt on Pentagon’s cloud computing contract

    Rivals complain after Amazon named as a finalist to win $10bn data storage deal

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    eBay Inc
    Ebay boosts outlook as customer accounts grow
  • Monday, 15 July, 2019
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber ties executive bonuses to diversity targets

    Ride-hailing company seeks to increase number of women and under-represented people in top roles

  • Saturday, 13 July, 2019
    AnalysisAmazon.com
    Why Prime Day is vital to Amazon

    Recruiting more Prime members drives company’s business model

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    Technology sector
    Oracle loses challenge to Pentagon’s $10bn cloud computing contract

    The US defence department had chosen Amazon and Microsoft as finalists

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    Amazon.com
    Amazon pledges to retrain one-third of US workforce

    Ecommerce giant will train staff affected by growing automation

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    Technology sector
    Lime parts ways with another executive in overhaul of top ranks

    Departure of Caen Contee from US scooter start-up is latest in exodus of top staff

  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
    Amazon.com
    Amazon introduces computer vision into warehouses

    Machine learning technology tracking the movement of products is intended to increase efficiency

  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    FT SeriesJony Ive leaves Apple
    Apple after Ive: can it design for a new generation?

    As the company’s creative force prepares to leave, younger consumers are more interested in sustainability than status symbols

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