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Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season.

Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season.

California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust and unfair competition laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites.

Amazon controls roughly 38% of online sales in the U.S., more than Walmart, eBay, Apple, Best Buy and Target combined, according to the research firm Insider Intelligence.

The state said Amazon pushes sellers to maintain higher prices on other sites.

Amazon is accused of violating antitrust and unfair competition laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites.

California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust and unfair competition laws. The state says Amazon has stifled competition...

California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust and unfair competition laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites.

Local shares are poised to open with modest gains. Buyers emerge late for US stocks. August labour force data pending. Link takeover approved by FIRB. NZ GDP rises 1.7pc, beating expectations. Myer grows profit. Follow updates here.

___ Driven by consumers, US inflation grows more persistent WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation is showing signs of entering a more stubborn phase that will likely require drastic action by the Federal Reserve, a shift that has panicked financial markets and heightens the risks of a recession.