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Italy hits Amazon with $1.3B penalty for antitrust breach

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Amazon has been hit with a nearly $1.3 billion fine by Italy's chief antitrust watchdog for abusing its "dominant" market position to boost its logistics service. It's the latest European regulatory action against a big technology company.

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  1. CBS News

    Italy fines Amazon $1.3 billion, saying it hurts other sellers (opens CBS News)

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    Penalty is one of the biggest against the online retailer, which Italian authorities accuse of abusing its dominance.

  2. NBC 6 South Florida

    Amazon Fined $1.28 Billion by Italy's Antitrust Regulators (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Amazon has been fined 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) by Italian antitrust regulators for abusing its market dominance.

  3. Engadget

    Italian regulator fines Amazon $1.28 billion for abusing its market dominance (opens Engadget)

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    Italy's antitrust authority has fined Amazon €1.13 billion for "abuse of dominant position," the second such penalty it has imposed over the last month..

  4. Breitbart News

    Italy Fines Amazon $1.3 Billion for Abusing Its Dominant Market Position (opens Breitbart News)

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    Italy's competition authority announced on Thursday that it has fined Amazon roughly $1.3 billion (€1.129 billion), alleging that the company "has harmed competing operators" by abusing its dominant market position and pushing third-party sellers to use Amazon's logistics service Fulfillment by Amaz…

  5. New York Times

    Amazon is fined $1.3 billion in Italy over antitrust violations. (opens New York Times)

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    In an investigation into how the e-commerce giant gains an advantage over competitors, regulators said third-party vendors paying for Fulfillment by Amazon received special perks.

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Italy fines Amazon $1.3B, alleging harm to outside sellers (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    MILAN (AP) — Italy’s anti-trust authority on Thursday fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.3 billion), accusing the company of exploiting its dominant position against independent sellers on its website in

  7. Al Jazeera

    Italy slaps Amazon with $1.2bn antitrust fine (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Italian probe accused Amazon of ‘harmful’ practices and abusing its dominant position.

  8. Geek Wire

    Italian antitrust regulator fines Amazon $1.3B for abuse of its market position (opens Geek Wire)

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    The Italian government fined Amazon $1.3 billion for gaming its third-party seller platform to favor companies that pay the online giant for additional services. The fine, handed down by the country’s…

  9. The Hill

    Amazon fined $1.3B by Italy's antitrust authority (opens The Hill)

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    Italy’s antitrust regulator on Thursday fined Amazon a record $1.3 billion for illegally maintaining a dominant position in the e-commerce logistics market.

  10. Deutsche Welle

    Italy fines Amazon €1.1 billion in antitrust case | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Italy's antitrust watchdog said the e-commerce giant abused its dominant position in the market to favor its own logistics services, which led to harming other service providers.

  11. NBC News

    Amazon fined $1.28 billion for abusing market dominance (opens NBC News)

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    Amazon was fined 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) on Thursday by Italian antitrust regulators for abusing its market dominance.

  12. France 24

    Italy hits Amazon with 1.1-billion-euro antitrust fine (opens France 24)

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    Italian regulators hit Amazon with a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) antitrust fine Thursday for allegedly abusing its dominance in the market, the latest action against US Big Tech in the EU.

  13. FOX Business

  14. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Italy hits Amazon with $1.3B penalty for antitrust breach (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Amazon has been hit with a nearly $1.3 billion fine by Italy's chief antitrust watchdog for abusing its "dominant" market position to boost its logistics service. It's the latest European regulatory action against a big technology company.

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