Amazon opens online pharmacy, shaking up another industry

New York: Now sold on Amazon: insulin and inhalers. The company opened an online pharmacy Tuesday, giving Amazon shoppers the chance to buy their medication and order refills on their phones and have it delivered to their doorsteps in a couple of days, just like a book or toilet paper. The move propels Amazon into […]

Saudi Wealth Fund is making another splash but this time at home

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is turning homeward. Handed $40 billion earlier this year to buy global stocks, the Public Investment Fund will plow the same amount into the domestic economy next year and again in 2022. Some of the local investments could be funded by liquidating existing assets, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said […]

Privacy activists in EU file complaints over iPhone tracking

Berlin: European privacy activists have filed complaints against Apple over its use of software to track the behavior of iPhone users. The Vienna-based group NOYB – short for “none of your business” – said Monday that it has asked data protection authorities in Germany and Spain to examine the legality of Apple’s tracking codes. The […]