Image copyright Getty Images Amazon delivered another quarter of sales growth above 20%, but a spike in shipping costs cut the firm’s bottom line. Shares dropped sharply in after-hours trade after the e-commerce giant said profits fell by about 25% to $2.1bn in the three months to 30 September. The firm said it spent nearly […]
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It has taken 15 years, three owners, two names and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of taxpayer incentives, but a giant mall built on a former swamp in the Meadowlands — and less than 10 miles away from the shopping haven of Manhattan — is finally opening on Friday. Sort
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Facebook defended its policy of not removing misleading or bogus political ads Thursday following withering criticism from congressional Democrats who said it could lead to election interference and voter suppression. Interested in Facebook? Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook news, video, and analysis from ABC News. House
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The Houston Astros have fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman after investigating allegations that he taunted a group of female reporters once the team secured a berth in the World Series. Taubman’s termination marks an abrupt about-face for the Astros. Earlier this week, the team dismissed what it called “misleading and completely irresponsible” reports that
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WASHINGTON — He once boasted that he was the best baseball player in the state of New York. But when the World Series comes to the nation’s capital on Friday night for the first time in 86 years, no one is saying if President Trump will be on hand to watch. He does plan to
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CNN chief Jeff Zucker says Facebook’s policy not to monitor political ads for truth-telling is ludicrous and advised the social media giant to sit out the 2020 election until it can figure out something better. Interested in Facebook? Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook news, video, and
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The case was opened after a TMZ reporter asked the Secret Service for a comment on the song Eminem was questioned by the US Secret Service over “threatening lyrics” towards Ivanka Trump. Records obtained by Buzzfeed News show that the rapper was visited by agents over his 2017 song
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Image copyright QuickQuid website The UK’s biggest remaining payday loan provider will close, with thousands of complaints about its lending still unresolved. QuickQuid’s owner, US-based Enova, says it will leave the UK market “due to regulatory uncertainty”. Compensation claims have been made from customers who said they were given loans they could not afford to
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Ingo Maurer, a German lighting designer who was Promethean in his delivery of illumination — fashioning lamps out of shattered crockery, scribbled memos, holograms, tea strainers and incandescent bulbs with feathered wings — died on Monday in Munich. He was 87. His death, at a hospital, was announced by his company, Ingo Maurer GmbH, which
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The Astros have fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman for directing inappropriate comments at female reporters following Houston’s pennant-winning victory over the New York Yankees. The team released a statement Thursday that said Taubman’s conduct did not reflect the organization’s values “and we believe this is the most appropriate course of action.” Taubman has previously
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