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FILE - In this July 31, 2018 file photo, employees walk past logos of the Samsung Electronics Co. at its office in Seoul, South Korea, Samsung is giving a weak fourth-quarter operating profit forecast, as the smartphone and memory chip maker contends with increased competition and softer chip demand. The announcement, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, follows Apple’s disclosure that its revenue for the last quarter of 2018 will fall well below projections, a decrease the company traced mainly to China. Apple is one of Samsung’s chip customers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Samsung, like Apple, feels sting of slowing global growth

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Amazon emerges as most valuable US firm amid market turmoil

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Amazon supplants Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the U.S.

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FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2016, file photo, Texas state Rep. Poncho Nevarez, D-Eagle Pass, voices his view during a hearing in Brownsville, Texas. Lawmakers in Texas say a new legislative session will test whether Republicans' rocky 2018 will soften one of the most hard-right statehouses in the country. The Texas Legislature returns to work Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

Some Texas lawmakers see less appetite for divisive measures

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

This Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, photo shows Seventh Generation laundry detergent in New York. Laundry detergent bottles are heavy, bright-colored and designed to pop on store shelves. But with more people shopping online, Seventh Generation is slimming down its bottle for Amazon.com shoppers. The Unilever-owned company says the new bottle will be cheaper to ship and still wash the same amount of loads as the classic 100-ounce bottle. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Lighter load: Laundry detergents shrink for Amazon

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

North Carolina editorial roundup

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In this Sept. 27, 2017, file photo, an Amazon Echo Dot is displayed during a program announcing several new Amazon products by the company, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

Amazon touts record-setting holiday season after customers complain of Alexa outage across Europe

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This May 3, 2018, photo shows boxes on a conveyor belt during a tour of the Amazon fulfillment center in Aurora, Colo. The explosion in online shopping has led to porch pirates and stoop surfers swiping holiday packages from unsuspecting residents. The cops in one New Jersey city are trying to catch the thieves with some trickery of their own. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

EDITORIAL: Amazon conducts an unfair competition to become its headquarters

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

NC recruiters won’t disclose full offers to Amazon, Apple

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

Louisiana ‘months away’ from mandatory online sales tax

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2016 file photo, a Boeing 767 with an Amazon.com &quot;Prime Air&quot; livery flies over Lake Washington. The online retailer says it will lease 10 Boeing 767s planes, which will bring its total aircraft fleet up to 50. Amazon has been working to gain more control over how its packages are delivered, helping it rely less on other delivery services, such as UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Amazon’s fleet of jets is growing

By Joseph Pisani - Associated Press

FILE - This file image provided by Facebook shows the company's product called Portal. It's rare that a new gadget these days serves a true need. Rather, it creates a want. You certainly don’t need the Facebook Portal, whose primary purpose is to let you make video calls through Messenger. But - given you can get past the company’s shoddy record on protecting user privacy, a big if - do you want it? Or one of its would-be rivals from Amazon or Google? (Facebook via AP, File)

Privacy and other matters with Facebook’s video-call gadget

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Delivery driver charged with stealing Amazon boxes

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This image released by Disney shows a scene from Marvel Studios' &quot;Black Panther.&quot; After a down year in 2017, the box office has been back in a big way, and headed toward a record, thanks to the massive successes of films like Disney's &quot;Black Panther,&quot; ''Avengers: Infinity War&quot; and &quot;Incredibles 2.&quot; (Matt Kennedy/Marvel Studios-Disney via AP)

In a record year, the movie theater strikes back

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

NYC deputy mayor for housing, economic development to depart

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In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, post trucks leave the Amazon Logistic Center in Rheinberg, Germany. Workers at two Amazon distribution centers in Germany have gone on strike as part of a push for improved work conditions, leading to fears that Christmas orders may not arrive in time. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Amazon busted for ‘immoral, almost voyeuristic’ Alexa eavesdropping ‘error’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Germany: Amazon sends Alexa recordings to wrong user

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AP FACT CHECK: Facebook defines ‘permission’ loosely

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Amazon restarts Prime Now after deadly Baltimore tornado

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson speaks to The Associated Press during an interview Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, in his Capitol office in Jefferson City, Mo. Parson said he wants the state to enact a law enabling it to collect sales taxes from out-of-state online retailers who sell items to Missouri residents. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri governor wants law for online sales tax collections

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press