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Amazon: is there anything this company doesn't do? (Or own?)

Will Amazon settle for anything less than world domination? Host Paul Haavardsrud talks to tech journalist Navneet Alang about all the seen and unseen ways the mega-corporation touches our lives and asks: can anything stop Amazon from getting even bigger?

We look at all the seen — and unseen — ways the corporation touches our lives

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Cars parked outside an Amazon warehouse.
A person walks through a full parking lot at one of the Amazon Fulfillment Centres during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ontario. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
Cost of Living10:36Amazon: is there anything this company doesn't do? (Or own?)

In May 2021 the world learned Amazon, the online retail giant, was taking another big step into the world of movies and television by acquiring Hollywood's MGM Studios.

While fans of Amazon Prime may delight in the thought of streaming James Bond films, Legally Blonde and Shark Tank at home, Cost of Living host Paul Haavardsrud wonders: will Amazon settle for anything less than world domination?

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We talk with an Amazon Prime member about what she loves when it comes to all things Amazon, and gain the insight of Toronto technology writer Navneet Alang about all the seen — and unseen ways — the mega-corporation touches our lives. Can anything stop Amazon from getting even bigger, and is that necessary?

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