Amazon reports rare quarterly loss as online shopping slows

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon reported its first quarterly loss since 2015 on Thursday, its money-making juggernaut stalled by a slowdown in pandemic-induced online shopping and a huge write-down of its investment in an electric-vehicle startup. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant’s stock fell 9% in after-hours trading. Amazon reported a loss of $3.84 billion, or $7.56…

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California subpoenas ExxonMobil in probe of plastics waste

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general on Thursday subpoenaed ExxonMobil as part of what he called a first-of-its-kind broader investigation into the petroleum industry for its alleged role in causing a global plastic pollution crisis, allegations that the company called meritless. Attorney General Rob Bonta said the industry for decades has encouraged the development…

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Russian Tycoon Tinkov Sells Stake In TCS Group To Billionaire Potanin

Russian Tycoon Tinkov Sells Stake In TCS Group To Billionaire Potanin

LONDON (Reuters) – Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov, who last week criticized Russia’s war in Ukraine, has sold his 35% stake in the company he founded to a firm controlled by Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin, the companies said on Thursday. The assets of Tinkov-founded TCS Group Holding include Russia’s second-biggest credit card issuer, Tinkoff Bank, which…

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