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Disney+ streaming service gets 10 million subscribers at launch

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 06:21 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—Walt Disney Co.'s new streaming television service Disney+ got off to a roaring start by signing up 10 million subscribers on its first day, the company announced Wednesday. Read more »

Alibaba's 11-11 sales hit record $38 billion

Josh Horwitz, Reuters
Posted at Nov 12 09:34 AM

The event, a gauge of Chinese consumer sentiment, has also become a shop window this year for Alibaba as it plans to sell $15 billion worth of shares in Hong Kong this month. The US-listed firm has spent big to diversify its business yet still earns over four-fifths of revenue from e-commerce. Read more »

Woody Allen, Amazon end legal dispute over movie deal

Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 10:07 AM

Woody Allen has ended his $68 million lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc for backing out of a four-picture production and distribution agreement and refusing to distribute a film he had finished. Read more »

Review: Amazon’s ‘Modern Love’ will appeal only to the hopeless romantic

Jam Pascual
Posted at Nov 02 02:53 PM

What about the cynics? The greatest good this show can do is be a gateway for people who haven’t gotten into the column. Read more »

Halloween mask na hango sa mukha ni Duterte ibinebenta online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 01:25 AM

Binebenta ngayong Halloween ang maskarang hango sa mukha ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Duterte 'has arrived,' says Panelo after face mask goes on sale on Amazon

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 03:58 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Have you ever wanted to dress up as a president for Halloween?    Read more »

Microsoft beats Amazon for Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract

Phil Stewart, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 26 11:52 AM

Microsoft Corp. has won the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract, the Defense Department said on Friday, beating out favorite Amazon.com Inc. Read more »

Speedy delivery hits Amazon's bottom line; shares slump

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 25 08:23 AM

Amazon on Thursday reported that quarterly profits shy of Wall Street forecasts, sending shares of the tech giant tumbling in after-market trades. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 9, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 12:12 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Mini Pope

Vatican Media via Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 09:01 PM

A child wearing a pope’s outfit is held up for Pope Francis to see during his general audience at the Vatican on Thursday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 7, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:07 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis at Amazon synod

Andrew Medichini, AP
Posted at Oct 07 06:26 PM

Pope Francis walks in procession on the occasion of the opening of the Amazon synod, at the Vatican on Monday.  Read more »

Amazon fires drive spike in child breathing problems in Brazil - study

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 05:38 AM

Roughly 5,000 children aged 9 or younger were treated each month in May and June in 36 areas within Brazil's so-called "arc of deforestation," the area partially encircling the Amazon where destruction of the forest is the highest, according to a study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a public health research institute. Read more »

Amazon digital assistant Alexa gets into your head

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 07:10 AM

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a cornucopia of new gadgets as it extended the reach of Alexa from automobiles and homes essentially into people's heads. Read more »

'Media is lying' about Amazon devastation, says Brazil's Bolsonaro

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 11:07 AM

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday it was a lie that the Amazon was being devastated by fire and accused countries critical of him of having a "colonialist spirit."  Read more »

In remote Amazon, indigenous married Catholics spread gospel, pray for priesthood

Maria Cervantes, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 06:24 PM

Whispering "Jesusan namanguinde," or "the body of Christ" in the tongue of the indigenous Achuar people, Yampik gives communion bread to villagers in a small chapel amid a loud chorus of birds and insects outside. Read more »

As global leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest burns

Pascale Trouillaud, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 07:10 AM

The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders meet in New York, the planet's largest rainforest remains engulfed in flames.   Read more »

'Lord of the Rings' show to start filming in New Zealand

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 09:37 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - US-based streaming giant Amazon announced Wednesday its big-budget "Lord of the Rings" series will within months start filming in New Zealand, home to Peter Jackson's movies of the fantasy epic. Read more »

Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 02:24 AM

A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest. Read more »

No phones please: Rihanna stages fashion show for exclusive Amazon release

Melissa Fares, Sarah White, Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 06:47 AM

NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - Luxury brands and retailers are increasingly collaborating with celebrities, including style bloggers and Instagram stars, to help design collections and jazz up their wares. Read more »