Page 16 - Latest Updates on Jeff Bezos
Amazon hasn't done India any big favours by investing $1 bn: Piyush Goyal
Ahead of Bezos' visit, the Competition Commission of India launched a probe into Amazon and Flipkart to look at allegations of deep discounts and whether the firms discriminate against small sellers
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Amazon 'SMBhav': Bezos charms sellers as Murthy cuts speech to 5 min
Keynote speaker Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy, who has business relations with Amazon, was clearly upset with the event starting late
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Jeff Bezos bets on 'Indian century', gives MSMEs $1-billion push
Commits to exporting $10 billion India-made goods by 2025
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Is Shivraj Singh Chouhan losing his relevance in Madhya Pradesh politics
A closed-door meeting was held recently between Rakesh Singh, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar and state organisational general secretary Suhas Bhagat
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Amid traders' protest, Kishore Biyani to meet Jeff Bezos on Friday
On the cards is a tie-up in online payments, something the two companies have been contemplating as part of the second phase of their partnership
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Amazon's $1 bn to encourage predatory pricing, crush retail trade: CAIT
CAIT, which has been opposing Bezos' visit to India, said more than 500,000 traders supported its protests in about 300 cities, and about 5,000 trade associations participated
Top Headlines: Amazon to invest $1 bn in Indian SMBs, Airtel $3-bn QIP plan
Bharti Airtel has announced allotment of 323.5 mn equity shares to eligible institutional buyers at an issue price of Rs 445 per share as part of $2 billion QIP
Amazon to invest $1 bn in digitising small businesses in India: Jeff Bezos
We are committed to being a long-term partner of India and actions speak louder than words, he said
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Top events today: US-China to sign trade deal, Bezos in India, and more
Business Standard brings you top events that are lined up for Wednesday
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After 5 years, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' India visit on a different track
Unlike in 2014, the Amazon founder and CEO seems to be skipping Bengaluru in his second visit post India launch, according to people in the know
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Ahead of Jeff Bezos visit, Amazon pumps in Rs 1,715 crore into India units
Fresh investment comes at a time when CCI has ordered an investigation against Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart on complaints of deep discounting practices and tie-ups with preferred sellers
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos may face traders' protests during his India visit
Bezos will participate in an Amazon event in capital New Delhi aimed at connecting with small and medium-sized enterprises
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to visit India next week, likely to meet PM Modi
Amazon, which has seen significant growth in its business in India, has witnessed protest from a section of traders in the country
Bill Gates to Kylie Jenner: World's richest gained $1.2 trillion in 2019
Jeff Bezos was down almost $9 billion, but that drop is because of his divorce settlement with MacKenzie Bezos.
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Year in Review: How world's top 10 business personalities fared in 2019
The year 2019, a breakthrough year for business, saw both fortunes being built and destroyed. Business Standard lists top 10 business personalities from across the globe who made headlines in 2019
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LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault briefly replaces Jeff Bezos as the richest man
Arnault finished the day with $109.3 billion to his name, compared with Bezos' $110.1 billion
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Dave Clark: 'The Sniper' who transformed Amazon's delivery system
The Sniper demonstrated his determination yet again on Sunday, when-at the height of the holiday shopping rush-he essentially fired FedEx Corp.
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Amazon blames Trump's bias towards Bezos for cloud contract loss
Amazon claimed in a lawsuit that was made public on Monday that the Defense Department ignored Amazon's superior technology and awarded the contract to Microsoft Corp. despite its "key failures"
Amazon doing extremely well in India; hopes for regulatory stability: Bezos
Bezos' remarks came in response to a question on Amazon's concerns over some Indian policies with regard to digitization.
Bill Gates is worth $110 bn, tops Jeff Bezos as world's richest person
Bill Gates may have been helped in part by the Pentagon's decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft.
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