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Amazon turns Twitch streamers into ‘pitchmen’

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. will pay commissions to gamers, artists, chefs and others on its Twitch Interactive video-streaming service for selling products to their fans through its retail site. Think of it as video-game broadcasters hosting virtual Tupperware parties. Except they’re more likely to hawk headsets and consoles than salad spinners. At least for now. Twitch announced the initiative ahead of ...

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Merkel says diesel bans to be avoided as clean-air aid doubled

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel said German authorities are committed to avoiding city driving bans for diesel cars and pledged to double a federal clean-air fund to 1 billion euros. Merkel sought to address fallout from Germany’s diesel scandal during a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, a day after her main election opponent pressed her in a television debate to ...

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Britain seeks tougher laws on corporate financial crime

Bloomberg A proposal to toughen UK laws to make it easier to hold companies accountable for financial crime is still under consideration by the government after years of back and forth, according to a speech from the solicitor general. “The weaknesses in our current law result in other jurisdictions holding British companies to account when ours has not,” Robert Buckland ...

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