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The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump is considering intervening in the competition for the U.S. Defense Department's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud computing contract. Topics covered include bidders such as technology companies Amazon and Microsoft, Trump's feud with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Trump's claim that companies like Microsoft, Oracle, and International Business Machines (IBM) are complaining about Amazon's bid.

The article focuses on start-up founder and Amazon employee Deap Ubhi, who is at the center of a high-stakes lawsuit over a ten-billion dollar U.S. information technology defense contract. Topics covered include software firm Oracle's opposition to the one-vendor approach to the defense contract and the Defense Department's efforts to adopt cloud computing to gain battlefield advantage.

The article examines the tactics used by Amazon in dealing with the officials of the U.S. cities and states chosen by the company for the locations of its existing and new warehouses. It describes the actions taken by the company to gain tax breaks from the states where it built its warehouses, including Texas and South Carolina. It also discusses the impact of Amazon's decision to discard its plan to build a headquarters in New York City after facing criticism for the deal.

The article deals with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' accusations of extortion and blackmail against American Media Inc. The allegation has something to do with an expose of Bezos' extramarital affair with former television host Lauren Sanchez published on the U.S. supermarket tabloid "The National Enquirer." An investigation into the tabloid's motives is being led by Bezos' security chief Gavin de Becker.

The article reports that some of the biggest technology companies including Apple, Amazon and Google are aggressively taking their talent hunt across the U.S. and elsewhere. Topics discussed include the plans of Apple to build a campus in Austin, Texas, Amazon's selection of Queens and Arlington, Virginia for new offices that would house its employees and Google's search for more real estate in New York.

This article reports on negotiations between a group of East African workers and the management of electronic commerce firm Amazon in the U.S. over working conditions. It discusses the pressure being experienced by the workers from the management, the protests made by the workers, a compromise offered by Amazon to the workers, and the recruitment of East African immigrants by Amazon.

The article discusses why the Crystal City section of Arlington, Virginia is being considered as the top contender among the U.S. cities and regions named as finalists for the site of the second headquarters of electronic commerce firm Amazon. Topics covered include the advantages of Crystal City, amount of investment and number of jobs to be created by Amazon for its second headquarters and similarities of Crystal City to Amazon's Seattle, Washington headquarters.

The article reports on the announcement by electronic commerce giant Amazon on October 2, 2018 that it is raising the minimum wage to 15 U.S. dollars an hour for its U.S. employees. Topics covered include workers that will be affected by the raise, the criticisms to the wages and conditions of Amazon's workforce, and the firm's announcement that it will also lobby Washington to raise the federal minimum wage.

The article reports on the HQ2 project of online retailer Amazon or its search or a second headquarters, which the company expects to bring billions in investment and create jobs to the area it chooses. It offers an overview of the bidding for HQ2 with initial proposals from cities including Denver, Colorado and Washington, D.C. It also discusses the potential impact of Amazon's investment decision on the chosen city's workforce development plan, local housing and job markets.

The article examines plans of American supermarket chain Whole Foods, to keep its promise to make stores more financially accessible, through price cuts.

The article informs that American electronic commerce giant Amazon has observed slowed growth from its usual breakneck pace and it came at a cost, with the company spending far more on shipping to win customer, as of February 2019.

The article reports on the cyberattacks experienced by financial institutions in the U.S. in 2019. Topics discussed include the personal information of Capital One clients that were hacked by software engineer Paige Thompson, the views of Carbon Black chief cybersecurity officer Tom Kellermann on the interest of hackers in banks, and the cybersecurity measures practiced by JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Mastercard.

The article reports on a contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense to the software company Microsoft. The department chose Microsoft over Amazon after President Donald Trump criticized the latter company's founder, Jeff Bezos. International Business Machines (IBM), Oracle and Google also participated in getting the contract to transform the military's cloud computing systems.