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Why it's so hard to lock down the supply chain that makes our electronics.

Starting next month, Amazon will pay its more than 350,000 U.S. workers $15 an hour. The company is now worth more than a trillion dollars. So what obligations do corporations have when they get this big?  Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

Amazon announces that all its employees should earn a living wage, but many still struggle at $15 an hour.

It puts some pressure on firms that might not be ready to raise workers' pay, one economist says.

Employees at Whole Foods, which Amazon now owns, will get the same pay hike. Amazon's hourly operations and customer service employees, some who already make $15 per hour, will also see a wage increase.

Dan Rosensweig saw a market in supporting modern college students.

The company, which just reached $1 trillion in market value, is trying to tap into a market of 1.3 billion people.

Apple was the first.

Customers nationwide can now buy tires online at Amazon, and the local Sears will put them on. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

This week, central bankers, finance ministers and economists from the around the world flew to the mountain resort of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. They’re there for an annual economic symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. One focus of this year’s event is on so-called “superstar” firms like Amazon, which is a half-million […]