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SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has laid out rules for how Amazon must reimburse customers whose kids made in-app purchases without permission. The Federal Trade Commission sued the Seattle company in 2014, saying it was too easy for children to spend their parents' money while playing games on mobile devices...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle-based Amazon is unveiling its first branded cargo plane at the annual Seafair Air Show, one of 40 jetliners that will make up Amazon's own air transportation network. It's Amazon's latest push to speed delivery of products to millions of its online shoppers drawn to fast, no-extra-cost delivery...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Prominent Washington businesses from Amazon to Microsoft say the Washington Supreme Court should uphold a decision ordering a Richland florist to stop discriminating against same-sex couples. The Tri-City Herald reports that 14 businesses, which also include REI, Expedia, Group Health and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, filed a 20-page court brief in the nation

LONDON (AP) — Social media giant Facebook, which has been under fire in Britain for its tax arrangements, says it will stop routing its British sales through Ireland — a practice that had kept its U.K. tax bill extremely low. ...

AS VEGAS (AP) — The CES gadget show, which officially opens at 9:00 a.m. today in Las Vegas, has begun catering more heavily to startups hoping to break through the noise. The sprawling show has sections for wearable fitness gadgets, drones, autonomous vehicles, education, virtual reality, video games, robots, 3-D printers and smart homes...

It's getting to the point where we will one day think about buying something and it will show up on our doorstep a minute later.

SEATTLE (AP) — As Amazon.com grew from being an online bookseller to an Internet behemoth, more than a few book stores, big and small, ended up being shuttered. So it might come as a surprise to hear what Amazon has done. It has opened a brick-and-mortar bookstore...

Later this month, on October 21, 2015 to be exact, marks the day that Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in the future in Back to the Future II. 2015 also marks the 30th anniversary of the original Back to the Future film opening in theaters. As you might expect, Back to the Future fever has hit a fever pitch and there will be lots of ways fans can commemorate the occasion, including buying yourself a “Pepsi Perfect” in a limited edition futuristic bottle, just like the one Marty buys in the future.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is playing hardball in the video stream arena. The online retailer says it will stop selling Google and Apple video-streaming devices. The reason: it wants to boost the profile of its own Prime Instant Video streaming service...

NEW YORK (AP) — It's kinda-sorta like Uber — except it's for packages, not people. Amazon is testing a service that will see it enlist drivers to drop off its one-hour Prime Now packages. Like Uber, the service will have drivers use their own vehicles...