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Amazon takes cross-border e-commerce battle to Alibaba’s home turf

Amazon is seeking to help its merchants connect directly with manufacturers in China, a region largely out of the company’s reach.

Amazon said to have considered acquiring some Toys “R” Us stores

Such a move would let Amazon quickly expand its brick-and-mortar presence, following the purchase of Whole Foods and its more than 450 locations last

Amazon’s years of investments balance out with soaring profits

Years of investments in warehouses and robots and data centers and gadgets paid off big for Amazon over the holidays.

Amazon unveils new machine-learning tools to take on cloud competitors

The machine learning capabilities are intended to make the technology more accessible to developers who don’t have the time or resources to experime

EBay falls most in six months amid struggles with turnaround

Revenue in the current quarter will be $2.28 billion to $2.32 billion, San Jose, California-based EBay said.

China, India, Israel rival Silicon Valley as tech hot spots

Amazon building a global delivery business to take on China’s Alibaba

The ambitious strategy promises to turn FedEx and UPS into Amazon rivals, but also will pit the Seattle giant against Chinese counterpart Alibaba