https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQXXNdeO7fg/karen-weise RSS for Node Mon, 11 May 2026 20:04:12 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/facebook-to-give-scholars-petabyte-of-data-on-misinformation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/facebook-to-give-scholars-petabyte-of-data-on-misinformation Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:30:00 GMT The Facebook Inc. logo is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Facebook is struggling to respond to growing demands from Washington to explain how the personal data of millions of its users could be exploited by a consulting firm that helped Donald Trump win the presidency. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/if-you-re-a-facebook-user-you-re-also-a-research-subject https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/if-you-re-a-facebook-user-you-re-also-a-research-subject Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:00:13 GMT The Facebook Inc. logo is seen on the landing page of the company's Apple Inc. iPad application in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Monday, May 14, 2012. Facebook Inc. plans to stop taking orders for its initial public offering tomorrow, two days ahead of schedule, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction. Photographer: Jason Alden https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-12/seattle-repeals-per-worker-tax-in-victory-for-amazon-employers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-12/seattle-repeals-per-worker-tax-in-victory-for-amazon-employers Tue, 12 Jun 2018 21:24:43 GMT Attenddees walk inside of the Amazon.com Inc. office after the company's product reveal launch event in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-11/seattle-poised-to-repeal-tax-on-amazon-and-large-employers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-11/seattle-poised-to-repeal-tax-on-amazon-and-large-employers Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:43:58 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/starbucks-anti-bias-training-day-leads-to-a-long-to-do-list https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/starbucks-anti-bias-training-day-leads-to-a-long-to-do-list Tue, 29 May 2018 23:00:11 GMT A 'store closed' note is displayed at the Spruce St. Starbucks store on May 29, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - Starbucks is closing more than 8,000 stores across the United States Tuesday to conduct employee training on racial bias, a closely watched exercise that spotlights lingering problems of discrimination nationwide. Starbucks announced its own training on April 17 as it battled to contain outrage over the arrest of two young black men at the Philadelphia store. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-15/inside-amazon-s-big-showdown-with-seattle-jh89g3z3 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-15/inside-amazon-s-big-showdown-with-seattle-jh89g3z3 Tue, 15 May 2018 22:40:12 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-15/behind-seattle-s-amazon-tax-seething-tensions-livid-neighbors-and-rising-rents https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-15/behind-seattle-s-amazon-tax-seething-tensions-livid-neighbors-and-rising-rents Tue, 15 May 2018 19:50:39 GMT The Space Needle can be seen from the site of the Amazon Spheres in downtown Seattle on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Photographer: Mike Kane/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-14/seattle-city-council-passes-new-tax-on-amazon-big-employers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-14/seattle-city-council-passes-new-tax-on-amazon-big-employers Mon, 14 May 2018 23:29:47 GMT The Space Needle stands past newly constructed apartments in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, July 21, 2014. The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release new home sales figures on July 24. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/seattle-executives-join-opposition-to-new-tax-to-fund-housing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/seattle-executives-join-opposition-to-new-tax-to-fund-housing Tue, 08 May 2018 21:30:15 GMT The Seattle Space Needle is seen in the city skyline from the Amazon.com Inc. offices after the company's product reveal launch event in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Amazon unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its popular Alexa-powered Echo speaker that the e-commerce giant said has better sound. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-02/amazon-pauses-seattle-expansion-as-city-debates-new-taxes https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-02/amazon-pauses-seattle-expansion-as-city-debates-new-taxes Wed, 02 May 2018 19:06:44 GMT Attenddees walk inside of the Amazon.com Inc. office after the company's product reveal launch event in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Amazon unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its popular Alexa-powered Echo speaker that the e-commerce giant said has better sound. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-workers-are-leaving-trump-s-america-for-the-canadian-dream https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-workers-are-leaving-trump-s-america-for-the-canadian-dream Fri, 20 Apr 2018 04:01:18 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-09/the-race-to-cash-in-on-trump-s-invisible-high-tech-border-wall https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-09/the-race-to-cash-in-on-trump-s-invisible-high-tech-border-wall Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:00:18 GMT Scenes from along the Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. West of Nogales, the fencing ends and this barbed-wire fence is the international boundary. (This is on Dan Bell's Ranch.) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-14/microsoft-almost-never-sides-with-female-employees-alleging-bias https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-14/microsoft-almost-never-sides-with-female-employees-alleging-bias Wed, 14 Mar 2018 01:09:33 GMT The Microsoft Corp. logo is displayed outside the company's main campus in Redmond, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. In the race to commercialize a new type of powerful computer, Microsoft has just pulled up to the starting line with a slick-looking set of wheels. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant is competing with Alphabet Inc.'s Google, International Business Machines Corp. and a clutch of small, specialized companies to develop quantum computers – machines that, in theory, will be many times more powerful than existing computers by bending the laws of physics. 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Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy Nokia Oyj's handset unit and license its patents for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion), seeking to revive two smartphone businesses that have struggled for a half-decade to gain share against Apple Inc. and Google Inc. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-31/for-bezos-now-world-s-richest-philanthropy-is-saved-for-later https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-31/for-bezos-now-world-s-richest-philanthropy-is-saved-for-later Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:00:08 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-12/amazon-s-second-hq-search-caught-washington-governor-off-guard https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-12/amazon-s-second-hq-search-caught-washington-governor-off-guard Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:16:49 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-12/amazon-second-hq-bid-ignites-sadistic-frenzy-across-north-america https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-12/amazon-second-hq-bid-ignites-sadistic-frenzy-across-north-america Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:00:16 GMT Attenddees walk inside of the Amazon.com Inc. office after the company's product reveal launch event in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Amazon unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its popular Alexa-powered Echo speaker that the e-commerce giant said has better sound. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-14/how-rich-chinese-use-visa-fixers-to-move-to-the-u-s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-14/how-rich-chinese-use-visa-fixers-to-move-to-the-u-s Thu, 14 Sep 2017 08:00:16 GMT Illustration: 731 Illustration: 731 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-05/the-lonely-lives-of-silicon-valley-conservatives https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-05/the-lonely-lives-of-silicon-valley-conservatives Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:00:13 GMT Illustration: 731; Getty Illustration: 731; Getty