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Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images President and CEO of New America Anne-Marie Slaughter speaks onstage during Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit – Day 3 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on October 14, 2015 in Washington, DC “I would say for women specifically, it’s critically important to …

As Wall Street digests Amazon’s $13.7 billion offer to buy Whole Foods Market, Jim Cramer flagged some key events and reports on the horizon that could further sway the market. “It’s tough to come back to earth after trying to explore the implications of the most disruptive, most game-changing takeover …

Scott McIntyre | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer shops inside a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in Miami, Florida. Goldman Sachs says Costco will face increasing competition from Amazon after the e-commerce giant’s $13.7 billion deal to buy Whole Foods Market. The firm downgrades Costco’s shares to neutral from buy …

Getty Images (L to R) Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, Larry Page, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google), Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, Vice President-elect Mike Pence listen as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of technology executives at Trump Tower, …

Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stage during the presentation of new Google hardware in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2016. The European Union will levy a record-high fine against Google in the coming weeks, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the …

BERTRAND GUAY | AFP | Getty Images A car equiped with an intelligent parking solution system, the Cyber Valet Services developed by Cisco and Valeo, is pictured at the Viva Technology event, on June 15, 2017 in Paris. Carmakers and technology firms should both be held accountable in the event …

Martin Bureau | Pool | Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses for a selfie as he arrives at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to start-ups development, innovation and digital technology in Paris, France, June 15, 2017. France launched a technology visa on Thursday which aims to attract international talent, …

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, Chairman and founder of Amazon Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos needs new ideas. Bezos posted an open call for new philanthropic projects to Twitter on Thursday afternoon. He said that views some of his initiatives, such as Blue Origin, as being very beneficial in …

Robert Galbraith | Reuters Travis Kalanick, CEO of UBER A rape victim filed a lawsuit against Uber on Thursday after reports that executives there took her medical records. She’s seeking a trial by jury to determine damages and is requesting an injunction directing that Uber “take all affirmative steps …. …

Philippe Lopez | AFP | Getty Images A man walks out of a shop displaying a bitcoin sign during the opening ceremony of the first bitcoin retail shop in Hong Kong on February 28, 2014. Bitcoin slid to its lowest for the month on Thursday amid a broader sell-off in …