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OpenAI is close to securing about $10 billion in fresh funding from investors, boosting its valuation to $850 billion, including the money raised, a person familiar with the matter said, confirming an earlier report in Bloomberg News. [1]

Media & EntertainmentAmazon.com closes book on Kindle in China Pioneering e-reader has lost market share to local rivals China’s e-book market is increasingly hazardous given Beijing’s tightening censorship and data-security controls. [2]

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs on reduced Amazon deliveries as tariffs weigh ATLANTA, Georgia: United Parcel Service is cutting 20,000 jobs and closing dozens of facilities, marking one of its biggest shakeups in years as it grapples with reduced shipping v... [3]

How Big Tech’s $630b AI splurge will fall short For all the hand-wringing in financial markets about an artificial intelligence bubble, investors may be focusin [4]

TOKYO -- Fast Retailing, the Japanese group behind the Uniqlo apparel chain, will try taking the fight to Amazon.com and other online retail competitors after posting record-breaking revenue and profit. [5]

TOKYO -- The expansion of Amazon.com into physical stores is driving partnerships between Japanese retailers and information technology companies looking to withstand the American e-commerce company's growing might in both online and bricks-and-morta... [6]

TOKYO -- Walmart faces a difficult task in finding a buyer for Japanese supermarket unit Seiyu, given the growing costs tied to traditional retail as well as the long shadow cast across the globe by online powerhouse Amazon. [7]

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Amazon.com has retracted an internal email instructing employees to delete the popular short-video app TikTok from their mobile devices. [8]

Sources
[1] MM www.thehindu.com · 2026-03-25 · 65% match

OpenAI set to raise $10 billion from MGX, Coatue and Thrive, source says

OpenAI is close to securing about $10 billion in fresh funding from investors, boosting its valuation to $850 billion, including the money raised, a person familiar with the matter said, confirming an earlier report in Bloomberg News.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-02 · 75% match

Amazon.com closes book on Kindle in China

Media & EntertainmentAmazon.com closes book on Kindle in China Pioneering e-reader has lost market share to local rivals China’s e-book market is increasingly hazardous given Beijing’s tightening censorship and data-security controls.

[3] MM bignewsnetwork.com · 65% match

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UPS to cut 20,000 jobs on reduced Amazon deliveries as tariffs weigh ATLANTA, Georgia: United Parcel Service is cutting 20,000 jobs and closing dozens of facilities, marking one of its biggest shakeups in years as it grapples with reduced shipping v

[4] MM thedailystar.net · 65% match

How Big Tech’s $630b AI splurge will fall short

How Big Tech’s $630b AI splurge will fall short For all the hand-wringing in financial markets about an artificial intelligence bubble, investors may be focusin

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-10-13 · 50% match

As Amazon looms, Uniqlo parent still looking for big break online

TOKYO -- Fast Retailing, the Japanese group behind the Uniqlo apparel chain, will try taking the fight to Amazon.com and other online retail competitors after posting record-breaking revenue and profit.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-02-10 · 38% match

Japanese retailers and IT companies ally against Amazon

TOKYO -- The expansion of Amazon.com into physical stores is driving partnerships between Japanese retailers and information technology companies looking to withstand the American e-commerce company's growing might in both online and bricks-and-morta

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-07-13 · 37% match

Walmart faces tough hunt for Seiyu buyer in age of Amazon

TOKYO -- Walmart faces a difficult task in finding a buyer for Japanese supermarket unit Seiyu, given the growing costs tied to traditional retail as well as the long shadow cast across the globe by online powerhouse Amazon.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-11 · 35% match

Amazon tells staff to delete TikTok, then retracts

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Amazon.com has retracted an internal email instructing employees to delete the popular short-video app TikTok from their mobile devices.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-30 · 35% match

To counter Amazon, Aeon allies with UK online grocer Ocado

TOKYO -- Top Japanese retailer Aeon has joined forces with leading U.K. online supermarket Ocado Group, becoming the latter's latest ally in a global fight against Amazon.com.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-11-15 · 33% match

Amazon selling off Chinese cloud hardware amid crackdown

CHONGQING -- U.S. e-commerce heavyweight Amazon.com will sell equipment for its Chinese cloud services to a local partner to comply with new laws that have tied the hands of international operators reliant on the free flow of data.

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