A Senate panel says it has compelling evidence of Chinese influence inside Amazon's marketplace
Republican staff on the Senate Small Business Committee told Bloomberg they've found compelling evidence of Amazon negligence tied to Chinese influence, rooted in a bribery network where Amazon employees in China took payments to grant marketplace favors to sellers. AMZN fell nearly 2% after-hours. For millions of third-party sellers and the startups that depend on Amazon's marketplace for distribution, the probe raises questions about whether the platform's rankings and account standing were fo