The Denver Post

AMAZON KEY OFFERS INSIDE HOME DELIVERY

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Don’t want Amazon boxes sitting on the porch? The company hopes you’ll let a stranger inside to drop them off.

The online retailer said Wednesday that it will launch a service Nov. 8 in 37 cities, including Denver, Atlanta and Cleveland, called Amazon Key that would allow delivery people to walk into your home and drop off a box.

An in-home delivery program also falls in line with Amazon’s strategy of trying to make shopping with it so convenient that consumers don’t think about buying elsewhere.

Customers who want to use the service would need to be Amazon Prime members and would have to buy a camera and a Wi-Fi-connected lock from the Seattle-based company that starts at $250 and then choose in-home delivery in the Amazon app.

Trump praises Yellen.

WASHINGTON» President Donald Trump offered praise Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, calling her “terrific,” but also acknowledg­ed his conflictin­g desire to make his own mark on the Fed. Yellen’s term expires in February.

FCC to vote on rolling back media ownership rules.

» The NEW YORK Federal Communicat­ions Commission is planning to vote in November on proposals to roll back ownership rules that were meant to support diverse voices in local media.

The newspaper and broadcasti­ng industries have pushed for changes to the rules as they face growing online competitio­n.

Uber unveils credit card.

Ride-hailing giant Uber unveiled a new co-branded credit card with British bank Barclays, hoping the no-fee, cash-back card becomes a major part of your everyday spending habit. The card will give 2 percent cash back on Uber rides. Other rewards include 4 percent cash back for every dollar spent on dining, and 3 percent cash back on airlines, hotels and vacation home rentals.

Walgreens closing 600 stores.

Walgreens plans to close about 600 drugstores as it completes a $4.38 billion deal to buy nearly 2,000 from rival Rite Aid. Walgreens isn’t saying which stores will close.

Kellogg to redo cereal boxes after complaint.

MICH.» Kellogg BATTLE CREEK, is redoing its Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint that the art on the back is racially insensitiv­e.

The box shows cartoon Corn Pops hanging out in a retail mall. Author Saladin Ahmed complained on Twitter that the cereal box is “teaching kids racism” because the only brown Corn Pop depicted is working as a janitor scrubbing the floor.

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