The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice in the online retail market, the DC attorney general alleges in an antitrust suit. The suit filed Tuesday in the...Read More
A fraudster created false Walmart accounts to send emails with a racist slur to customers, the company said. The perpetrator found other people’s email addresses and signed them up for a Walmart account. The company sent an auto-generated “Welcome to Walmart” email, but the email replaced the person’s actual name with the slur. A woman...Read More
Volkswagen has received a 7.5 billion euro offer ($9.2 billion) for Lamborghini, Autocar reported on Tuesday, though VW’s Audi said the luxury supercar brand was not for sale. The non-binding offer sets out terms for the purchase of Automobili Lamborghini by Switzerland’s Quantum Group AG, which has formed a consortium with London-based investment firm Centricus...Read More
Disney’s chief executive said he believes Disney World and Disneyland will reach full capacity this fall — but admitted that the theme parks are still hammering out some of the details. At a virtual tech-and-media conference hosted by JPMorgan on Monday, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said theme park guests will experience more relaxed safety protocols...Read More
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is at it again, tweeting about bitcoin and helping give the cryptocurrency a temporary boost. The price of bitcoin rose nearly $2,000 per coin Monday afternoon immediately after Musk tweeted, “Spoke with North American Bitcoin miners. They committed to publish current & planned renewable usage & to ask miners WW to...Read More
Americans are primping and preening again. As vaccinations widen, face masks come off and more people emerge from nationwide pandemic lockdowns, sales of grooming products are rising, according to manufacturers. Deodorant, teeth whitener, perfume, and nail polish are in high demand, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Sales of merchandise related to travel or...Read More
Facebook is reportedly trying to silence COVID-19 vaccine skeptics by using an algorithm that targets and demotes their comments on the site, the latest in Big Tech’s woke censorship push. Two anonymous Facebook employees leaked internal memos to Project Veritas that purport to show that the social media giant has tested a beta version of...Read More
Jeffrey Epstein was a key reason for tensions at the top of Apollo Global Management that recently spurred the exit of two of its three remaining co-founders — and the awkwardness began a decade ago, The Post has learned. It was in 2011 that billionaire Leon Black — who on March 22 revealed he was...Read More
In the race to attract diners, Big Apple restaurateurs are spending big bucks to transform their newly expanded outdoor seating areas from urban jungle to the South of France. Ugly city scaffolding at Marea on Central Park South has disappeared under an intricate swath of vines popping with blue and white flowers. The Catch rooftop...Read More
Peloton may be angling to sidestep its woes with a new gadget that has nothing to do with riding on a stationary bike. The fitness company, forced this month to recall thousands of its $4,300 exercise treadmills over customer injuries and the death of a child, is quietly testing a new device called The Tiger,...Read More
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