The FTC sues to break up Amazon over an economy-wide “hidden tax”(thebignewsletter.com)

637 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 569 comments

Matt Stoller's BIG newsletter post on the FTC and 17 states' antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up Amazon over practices that stop merchants from discounting elsewhere.

Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices(thebignewsletter.com)

473 points by connor11528 10 months ago | 115 comments

Matt Stoller's BIG newsletter post on an unsealed FTC complaint alleging Pepsi and Walmart colluded so shoppers paid higher food prices everywhere except Walmart.

The $25B Kroger-Albertsons Merger Is Going to Fail(thebignewsletter.com)

22 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 14 comments

FICO and the Credit Bureau Cartel(thebignewsletter.com)

97 points by Harmohit 2 years ago | 76 comments

Wall Street Ruined the Roomba and Then Blamed Lina Khan(thebignewsletter.com)

178 points by connor11528 10 months ago | 129 comments

The Price-Fixing Economy(thebignewsletter.com)

133 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 96 comments

Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models(wsj.com)

740 points by ls612 4 months ago | 548 comments

Wall Street Journal article reporting that the Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered a crackdown on Anthropic models; the page showed a device verification screen.

Amazon to invest another $4B in Anthropic(cnbc.com)

624 points by swyx 1 year ago | 350 comments

CNBC news article reporting that Amazon will invest another $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, a major rival to OpenAI.

Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers(punchbowl.news)

375 points by donohoe 1 year ago | 269 comments

Punchbowl News article reporting that Amazon plans to show consumers how much tariffs add to product prices.

At Amazon, some coders say their jobs have begun to resemble warehouse work(nytimes.com)

484 points by milkshakes 1 year ago | 687 comments

New York Times article reporting that Amazon software developers pushed to use AI say their work has become faster-paced and more like warehouse work.

Amazon seeks to offload $8B of Nvidia chips to investors(reuters.com)

57 points by wslh 24 days ago | 59 comments

Reuters report, citing the FT, that Amazon is seeking to offload about $8 billion worth of Nvidia chips to investors; the page showed only a device verification screen.

How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet(not-ship.com)

897 points by sighborg 12 days ago | 684 comments

A Not-Ship newsletter article examining how Amazon's marketplace policies drive up prices across other online retailers.