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Amazon has agreed to pay $500,000 and be monitored by California officials to ensure it properly notifies its workers about new coronavirus cases, the state's attorney general said Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde" and “Shark Tank," with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuff to watch.

Amazon's summer sale is officially underway, and markdowns come with savings as steep as 48 percent. While the retailer's Spring Into Summer event lasts, shoppers can score early Memorial Day deals on items that typically go on sale that holiday weekend, like mattresses, grilling tools, lawn care essentials, backyard sets, and more. Brands like Cuisinart, Bissell, Black and Decker, Rubbermaid, and Linenspa are all included. And here's the best part: Deals start at $10.

Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon as an online bookstore and built it into a shopping and entertainment behemoth, will step down later this year as CEO, a role he's had for nearly 30 years, to become executive chairman, the company announced Tuesday.