Articles about Elizabeth Warren

Senators ask regulators to investigate bank and crypto ties, citing Washington state bank

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are pressing U.S. bank regulators to investigate the ties between the… Read More

Warren, Jayapal, and other federal legislators ask FTC to oppose Amazon’s iRobot acquisition

Amazon’s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot faces opposition from federal lawmakers including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep.… Read More

Sen. Elizabeth Warren concerned that Amazon is ‘peddling misinformation’ about COVID-19

In a six-page letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren expressed concerns that the “search and ‘Best Seller’… Read More

Elizabeth Warren says Amazon-MGM deal requires ‘meticulous antitrust scrutiny’ in letter to FTC

In a letter sent to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, Sen. Elizabeth Warren asserted that Amazon’s billion-dollar bid for… Read More

Elizabeth Warren revives wealth tax plan alongside Washington’s Jayapal, seeking $3T over 10 years

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is back with a revived wealth tax plan that she first championed during her run for the… Read More

‘Beezos!’ Watch Elizabeth Warren call out tech CEOs in name-the-billionaire game on ‘Late Show’

Three days after calling out Amazon’s tax practices during a rally in Seattle, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren was… Read More

Elizabeth Warren takes aim at Amazon’s taxes again during speech at Seattle rally

Sen. Elizabeth Warren called out Amazon in its own backyard at a rally in Seattle on Saturday evening. The Democratic… Read More

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Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation

From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from… Read More

Unimpressed by the Un-carrier: T-Mobile is latest Seattle-area target for Elizabeth Warren

Add T-Mobile to the list of Seattle-area companies in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crosshairs. The 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful hasn’t pulled… Read More

Leaked transcript: Facebook’s Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would ‘suck for us’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at… Read More

Warren slams Bezos over Amazon’s decision to cut medical benefits for part-time Whole Foods workers

Amazon is once again in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crosshairs, this time for its decision to cut medical benefits for part-time… Read More

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Waiting for Elizabeth Warren: Why breaking up big tech hasn’t become a big campaign issue

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren appeared in Seattle on Sunday, a few blocks from Amazon’s headquarters, and given the Democratic presidential… Read More

We persisted through Elizabeth Warren’s four-hour selfie marathon to ask about Amazon and big tech

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren notched a tech milestone during her Seattle campaign stop Sunday afternoon — posing for the 50,000th… Read More

In campaign stop near Amazon, Elizabeth Warren avoids confronting tech giant on breakup plan

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for stronger antitrust enforcement and a wealth tax at a Seattle rally, drawing cheers from… Read More

Amazon claps back at Elizabeth Warren over claims of anti-competitive behavior

In a rare public rebuke, Amazon responded to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the presidential hopeful with Big Tech in her crosshairs.… Read More

Elizabeth Warren calls out Amazon for promoting in-house brands on rivals’ product pages

Elizabeth Warren continued her crusade against Big Tech on Monday. The Massachusetts senator once again raised concerns that Amazon is… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Politics and big tech, history of filmmaking, and a blockchain conference

The massive power of technology companies has been a hot topic among politicians. The most recent example was Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s… Read More

Startup investors sound off on Sen. Warren’s plan to break up and regulate tech giants

Nice politics, wrong policies. That’s the general consensus from Seattle-area venture capitalists in response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s big plan… Read More

Breaking up Amazon: Is it even possible? Imagining the tech giant under a U.S. antitrust crackdown

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s bold proposal to break up big tech companies —including Amazon, Google and Facebook — has ignited a… Read More

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Is it really time to break up Big Tech? A reality check on Sen. Warren’s ambitious proposal

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious plan to regulate Facebook, Google and Amazon as utilities and roll back some of their… Read More

Sen. Warren’s bold plan to break up Amazon, Facebook and Google would unwind major acquisitions — and that’s just the beginning

Elizabeth Warren is gunning for Big Tech. On Friday, the U.S. senator from Massachusetts unveiled one of the most ambitious… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Sen. Elizabeth Warren challenges tech giants, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book deal, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a possible running mate to Hillary Clinton, criticized… Read More