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Search results for "Amazon accused of price fixing by pressuring brands to charge more on rival websites"

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Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 17, 2022
Eric Bolling stated on April 04, 2018 in a tweet:
"USPS loses $1.46 each Amazon package it delivers."
By Manuela Tobias• April 6, 2018
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 01, 2024 in Facebook post:
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
By D.L. Davis• February 23, 2024
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:
Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."
By John Kruzel• July 26, 2017
Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2018 in a tweet:
"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."
By Manuela Tobias• April 2, 2018
Sarah Palin stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview with "Newsweek":
Slim Jims "just recently" cost 99 cents but now cost $2.69.
By Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2011
Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi “made millions in coronavirus insider trading.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2020
Amy Klobuchar stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates:
"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."
By Emmarie Huetteman• April 25, 2019
Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in a PBS Democratic debate:
"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
By Michelle Andrews• May 18, 2023
Bill Nelson stated on October 11, 2012 in a TV attack ad:
Says Connie Mack "is protecting Chevron oil from a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over pollution of rivers and rainforests."
By Katie Sanders• October 18, 2012
AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 15, 2020
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."
By Manuela Tobias• May 3, 2018
Mark Kirk stated on October 18, 2010 in a TV ad:
As state treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias "lost $73 million in our kids’ college savings."
By Robert Farley• October 20, 2010
Mick Mulvaney stated on April 07, 2019 in in a interview during Fox News Sunday:
"Drug prices in this country actually came down last year for the first time in 50 years. That’s because Donald Trump’s president." 
By Shefali Luthra• April 15, 2019
Donald Trump stated on March 07, 2016 in a campaign ad:
"As a legislator, (Marco Rubio) flipped on a key vote after making a quick $200,000 from selling the house to the mother of the bill's lobbyist."
By Joshua Gillin, Aaron Sharockman• March 11, 2016
Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video:
Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids."
By David DeCamp• October 28, 2010
John McCain stated on July 14, 2008 in a speech in San Diego:
Obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation."
By Adriel Bettelheim• July 17, 2008
Texas Automobile Dealers Association stated on September 21, 2016 in a tweet:
Says that compared to direct sales by manufacturers, consumers "save avg of $500 per car sold through franchised dealer model."
By Bobby Cervantes• October 18, 2016
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014

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By Manuela Tobias• March 29, 2018

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By Tom Kertscher• December 4, 2020

Why at-home rapid COVID-19 tests cost so much, even after Biden’s push for lower prices

By Hannah Norman• September 13, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: What can parents do if they can't find baby formula in stores?

By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2022

Transcript of Devon Archer testimony doesn’t back key claims about Joe and Hunter Biden

By Maria Briceño, Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 4, 2023

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NextGen Climate’s attack ads on Florida Gov. Rick Scott

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Inflation’s effects on the holiday season

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