SEATTLE — Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so. The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil…
WASHINGTON — Americans are more likely to watch newly released movies from the comfort of their own homes instead…
Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand, has stepped down from the company he started…
LimeWire, the filesharing service that set the internet ablaze in the 2000s before being shut down for copyright infringement,…
Fast-food restaurants are losing breakfast customers to convenience stores. Morning meal traffic to fast-food chains rose 1% in the…
The Labor Department has announced an inquiry into the Bureau of Labor Statistics over recent changes to its data…
Amazon is eliminating a program that allows members of its Prime subscription program to share free shipping benefits with…
Alphabet’s Google must share data with rivals to open up competition in online search, a judge in Washington ruled…
Kraft Heinz will split into two companies, reversing much of the blockbuster $46 billion merger from a decade ago…