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Amazon axes UK insurance business
Portal winds down in latest blow for Big Tech's personal finance ambitions
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Tesla shorts make $15bn in 2022 as investors dump electric vehicle stocks
Tesla and Lucid Motors' share prices dropped by over 70% last year, leaving shorts in pole position
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Blue Whale’s Stephen Yiu on dumping Meta stock and why ‘it will get worse’
‘Facebook will face a lot of headwinds. It’s not something that will disappear,’ says manager of one of the UK’s top retail funds
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Blue Whale’s Stephen Yiu says he dumped Amazon holding as ‘inflation narrative’ weighs on outlook
Stephen Yiu, manager of the Blue Whale Growth fund, had held Amazon stock for four years
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Apollo looks to former Amazon executive to burnish ESG credentials
Private markets firm hires for another senior sustainability role.
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UK lawmakers probe Facebook over Instagram’s stock picking ‘finfluencers’
The tense discussion between MP Alison Thewliss and Allison Lucas, Facebook's content policy director, highlights challenges posed by social media for financial regulators
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Why Amazon’s crypto bet isn’t about bitcoin — it’s about banks
Central bank digital currencies are on the horizon, and Amazon is taking notice
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Bitcoin tumbles from $40,000 high after Amazon denies crypto plans
Tesla’s $23m bitcoin impairment leads to knock-on effect across cryptocurrencies
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Tech giants shift to hybrid working as Coinbase ditches Silicon Valley base
Around 60% of Googlers will be in the office from mid June onwards
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Meet Andy Jassy, the Jeff Bezos acolyte who is taking over as Amazon’s CEO
Incoming chief executive turned Amazon’s cloud computing into company’s most profitable business
Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO to take on executive chair role
Jeff Bezos said he will focus his energy on new products and early initiatives
Is fintech’s obsession with female financial assistants sexist?
As the forefront of financial services, fintech has a responsibility to lead by example on gender equality
Why fund managers are piling into Zoom, Amazon as vaccine shows ‘not all tech is equal’
Before the pandemic, the Allianz Technology Trust didn't hold Zoom stock. Now, the video-conferencing company is one of its top 10 holdings
EU charges Amazon over anti-competitive use of merchant data
Preliminary conclusion found that Amazon has ‘illegally abused’ its dominant position in Germany and France
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Investors with $15tn are bearish on Apple, Moderna and HSBC but don’t mind betting on these other stocks
The world’s biggest asset managers and hedge funds have singled out tech giant Amazon and healthcare company Centene Corporation among their favourite stocks
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Sell mega-cap tech stocks, but only a few of them, UBS says
Investors should switch some Amazon shares to Chinese tech firms and UK equities
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EU politicians put billionaire Jeff Bezos on the spot over Amazon spying
In a letter co-signed by 36 Members of European Parliament, the lawmakers voiced their concerns about the company's methods
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UK watchdog whacks Amazon for late delivery of Deliveroo deal files
Amazon's failure to deliver meant 189 documents were sent to the watchdog after the due date
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