The Toronto Blue Jays were on the verge of the biggest Halloween treat possible but instead were suddenly dealt a horrible trick. Down 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth with a man on first base and nobody out, Addison Barger hammered a high fastball from Roki Sasaki to the left-centre field wall that looked to be adding another chapter to …
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Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so. The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties — the largest fine in FTC history, and …
Read More »Amazon trial begins on FTC claims it duped Prime subscribers – Reuters
Amazon trial begins on FTC claims it duped Prime subscribers Reuters Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial NPR Too tricky to cancel: Amazon faces US trial over alleged Prime subscription deceptions The Guardian Amazon faces trial this week over whether it duped people into enrolling in Prime membership CBS News Amazon faces off against FTC over ‘deceptive’ …
Read More »Amazon faces trial this week over whether it duped people into enrolling in Prime membership
Amazon faces a court hearing in Seattle this week to face allegations by federal regulators that the e-commerce giant duped customers into signing up for its Prime membership while also making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. The case, announced by the Federal Trade Commission in 2023, centers on claims that Amazon engaged in what the agency said amounted …
Read More »Michael Kay rips media after AP duped by Howard Stern
Howard Stern is not retired or fired. He has not been canceled by SiriusXM or replaced by Andy Cohen. But you could have fooled the Associated Press. Michael Kay, an admitted Stern fan closed out his ESPN New York radio show Monday afternoon by expressing disappointment in the AP and others after they were duped into reporting the dubbed King …
Read More »Elon Musk Hopes to Wriggle His Way Out of Allegations He Duped Twitter Investors
Elon Musk’s lawyers are seeking to get a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the Tesla CEO and X owner tossed out. The case, filed right before President Donald Trump took office this year, centers on Musk’s purchases of Twitter stock before his eventual takeover of the social network in 2022. The SEC alleges that Musk …
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