Jeffrey Dastin

Amazon to close domestic marketplace business in China

Shoppers in China will no longer be able to buy goods from other third-party merchants in the country.

Amazon to buy home security startup Ring for $1b

Ring is set to be one of Amazon's most expensive takeovers, after its $13.7-billion deal last year for Whole Foods Market.

EBay says to buy Qoo10 Japan, other assets from Giosis

Giosis, which already counts eBay as an investor, operates seven localized online marketplaces in five countries including Japan and Singapore.

Amazon expands cloud unit in China with new local partner Ningxia

The move comes a month after AWS said it will sell the hardware assets of its Beijing-registered cloud unit for up to 2 billion yuan ($302.06 million)

Uber picks savvy dealmaker not ‘tech bro’ as new CEO

Khosrowshahi’s success in acquisitions and partnerships at Expedia will potentially benefit Uber in Asia especially.

Amazon’s $13.7b Whole Foods buy wins regulatory, shareholder approvals

The companies expect to close the deal later this year.

Amazon in talks to attempt event ticketing in the U.S. to take on Ticketmaster monopoly

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos tops Forbes’ global rich list riding on meteoric stock rise

He unseated fellow tech billionaire Bill Gates as the richest person in the world

Amazon’s buy of Whole Foods is a start to reshape grocery delivery, would need more warehouses

Facilities for distributing fresh food are far more complicated than ordinary warehouses.

Amazon’s move beyond retail get Wall Street thumbs up, for now

Corporate strategy experts are raising questions on Amazon's focus.