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Seattle now requires meals supply corporations to ink partnership agreements with eating places
(Uber Photo) The Seattle City Council put new limits on third-party food delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats…
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Amazon commits $100M to assist construct reasonably priced housing close to Seattle-area gentle rail stations
Mount Baker Lofts, located in Seattle’s Rainier Valley, includes 57 affordable artist live-work units built by Artspace in 2014. It…
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Google settles with Washington AG for $423K over political advertisements
Google’s office in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / James Thorne) Without conceding it broke state law, Google…
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Microsoft president says help of SEC local weather disclosure guidelines goes past its personal enterprise
Areas including Eastern Washington’s Methow Valley are at greater risk of wildfires as the planet warms. (Brent Roraback Photo) It’s…
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Evaluate of Amazon-MGM deal might be led by FTC, now chaired by Huge Tech critic Lina Khan
(MGM.com Image; GeekWire Illustration) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission — not the Department of Justice — is expected to lead…
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Amazon says proposed antitrust payments could have ‘vital unfavourable results’ on sellers, customers
An Amazon headquarters tower reflected in the Spheres in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon responded Tuesday to…
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Uber to pay $3.4M in settlement for 15,000 Seattle drivers’ unpaid sick depart, again wages
Uber sick leave settlement announced. Photo by Teamsters Local 117 Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards reached a $3.4 million settlement…
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Microsoft reorgs authorized staff, lays out plan to ‘earn the general public’s belief’ amid heightened tech regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) In a new memo obtained by GeekWire, Microsoft President Brad…
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Elizabeth Warren says Amazon-MGM deal requires ‘meticulous antitrust scrutiny’ in letter to FTC
Elizabeth Warren tries to guess which billionaire’s face she is holding up during a game last year on “The Late…
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Amazon seeks recusal of FTC Chair Lina Khan in antitrust examination of $8.5B MGM deal
Lina Khan. (Columbia Law School Photo) Facing scrutiny over its proposed $8.5 billion purchase of MGM Studios, Amazon is seeking…
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