Nation May 16 Walmart and Amazon compete for rural America with faster deliveries By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press
World May 05 Brazil gold mining rush brings deforestation and mercury risks to the Amazon SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to hazardous levels, officials and experts say. A study… By Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press
Economy Nov 03 AI darlings prop up Wall Street as most other stocks fall Nvidia was the strongest force lifting the market, much as it has been throughout 2025. By Stan Choe, Associated Press
Economy Oct 28 Amazon to lay off 14,000 corporate employees as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates The cuts announced Tuesday amount to about a 4% reduction in its corporate workforce. By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press
Politics Oct 23 Who's paying for Trump's $300 million ballroom? The president has maintained that the multi-million-dollar project will be paid by private donations — and not by taxpayers. By Liz Landers, Joshua Barajas
Oct 20 Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Amazon blamed the problem on its domain name system, which translates web addresses into IP addresses. Continue reading
Sep 30 Here's why experts think Trump took 'a sledgehammer' to the H-1B visa worker program By Hannah Grabenstein Business leaders support the visas as a way to bring talent to the U.S., while others say the program allows companies to hire foreign workers at lower wages than they would pay Americans. Continue reading
Sep 25 Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime By Sally Ho, Associated Press Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships. Continue reading
Sep 24 A jury will look at whether Amazon tricked customers into joining Prime -- and made it hard to leave By Gene Johnson, Sally Ho, Associated Press The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon in U.S. District Court in Seattle two years ago and has alleged more than a decade of legal violations, including of the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, a 2010 law designed to help ensure… Continue reading
Jul 08 Amazon extends Prime Day discounts as retailers weigh tariffs and price increases By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press Amazon executives declined to comment on the potential impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Prime Day deals. Continue reading