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November 28, 2020, 9:15 AM

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Katie Abel / Footwear News:
Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh, who stepped down as CEO earlier this year, has died at age 46  —  Tony Hsieh, the brilliant and big-hearted Zappos.com luminary who revolutionized the shoe business and built one of the most innovative companies in modern history, has died.  He was 46.
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
Twenty-three current and former Coinbase employees allege mistreatment and racial discrimination, as some say the cryptocurrency startup ignored complaints  —  Coinbase, the most valuable U.S. cryptocurrency company, has faced many internal complaints about discriminatory treatment.
Karen Weise / New York Times:
Amazon has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, an average of 1,400 a day, bringing its global workforce to more than 1.2 million, up 50%+ YoY  —  The company has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, bringing its global work force to more than 1.2 million.
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Sources: Facebook led Libra currency could launch as early as January, but in a limited format with a single coin, backed one-for-one by the US dollar  —  Long-awaited project to arrive as soon as January, with just one dollar-backed coin  —  The long-awaited Facebook-led digital currency Libra …
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
A look inside ByteDance's legal strategy against the US TikTok ban, which sources say included orchestrating parallel lawsuits with star creators as plaintiffs  —  A lawsuit looked like a grass-roots effort, but was orchestrated by TikTok and parent company ByteDance, according to people familiar with the effort
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Sources: Microsoft aims to let developers bring Android apps to Windows 10 with little to no change in code, via a project codenamed Latte, as soon as next year  —  Microsoft is working on a software solution that would allow app developers to bring their Android apps to Windows 10 with little …
Arijit Ghosh / Bloomberg:
FC Kohli, the founding CEO of IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services and who is referred to as the “father of India's IT industry”, died at 96 on Thursday  —  - 'Father of India's IT industry,' Kohli led TCS for 3 decades  — Kohli was the first CEO at Asia's biggest IT services firm

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