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Amazon’s explosive growth is flooding highways with semitrucks carrying cargo for the internet retailer. But a five-month investigation by The Information reveals that those trucks were involved in more than 50 serious crashes over the last three years. And Amazon says it bears no responsibility.
When Amazon Comes to Town (The Information)Residents of Milford, Mass., didn’t think twice when the internet retail giant opened a warehouse in town. But then trucks carrying Amazon cargo began choking its roads with traffic, making late night rackets and damaging a local cemetery.
Domio was part of a wave of short-term rental startups drafting behind the Airbnb juggernaut. But an investigation shows it has engaged in efforts to flout local rental laws with misleading online identities and other questionable business practices.
a follow up: Rental Startup Domio Faces Likely Shut Down After Failing to Raise Funds
The high-profile unicorn is battling cities from Boston to San Diego over collecting taxes and enforcing zoning rules.
It's not that one of our systems is broken; it's not even that all of our systems are broken. It's that all of our systems are working toward the spread of polluted information and the undermining of democratic participation.
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