Witness to paradise being lost: my year in the dying Amazon theguardian.com
@WSJ2 years ago
A handful of companies, including Amazon, would have paid half of the estimated $32 billion a new corporate tax would have generated if it had been in effect last year on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Amazon to begin drone deliveries in California this year bbc.in
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy received compensation valued at $212.7 million in 2021, his first year as head of the tech and e-commerce giant. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon is raising the cost of its Prime membership in the U.S. to $139 a year from $119 on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to launch six people to the edge of space for a few minutes on Saturday, a trip that would round out the busiest year for human flights in more than three decades on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rises by more than a fifth in a year theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon will give corporate employees the option to work as many as four weeks a year remotely from anywhere in the country in which they are employed, chief executive Andy Jassy said Monday, as the tech behemoth again changed its return-to-office plans on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, said that the person who paid roughly $30 million for a seat aboard the July 20 trip to space won’t be going, and an 18-year-old would join the launch instead on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Nearly 140 companies in the S&P 500, including Netflix, said their median worker was paid at least $100,000 last year. Others, including Amazon and Starbucks, said their median worker made less than $30,000. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
CES, the world’s largest consumer-electronics exhibition, plans to hold its annual convention in-person next year in Las Vegas, with at least 1,000 companies—from Amazon to Sony—already signed up to show off their innovations on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Amazon deforestation surges to 12-year high under Bolsonaro theguardian.com
@WSJ2 years ago
HBO Max will return to Prime Video Channels a year after WarnerMedia’s original partnership with Amazon was ended on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon said this year’s Prime Day event, its annual shopping blitz, was its biggest ever, offering few specifics in a year when shoppers are being squeezed by inflation on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
The top 50 richest people in the world, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, have lost more than half a trillion dollars on paper this year on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy received compensation valued at $212.7 million in 2021, his first year as head of the tech and e-commerce giant. The majority of his compensation for his first year was in stock awards. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon is raising the cost of its Prime membership in the U.S. to $139 a year from $119 on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Nasdaq said it plans to begin moving its North American markets to Amazon Web Services next year, with the ambition to become “one hundred percent cloud-enabled” within the next decade on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Democrats want the biggest U.S. companies to pay at least 15% of profits in taxes. Amazon, Pfizer and dozens more S&P 500 firms reported tax rates lower than that last year. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon will give corporate employees the option to work as many as four weeks a year remotely from anywhere in the country in which they are employed, chief executive Andy Jassy said Monday, as the tech behemoth again changed its return-to-office plans on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, said that the person who paid roughly $30 million for a seat aboard its trip to space next week won’t be going, and an 18-year-old would join the launch instead on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Amazon is hiring 75,000 workers and offering $1,000 signing bonuses in some locations, the latest hiring spree in what has been a year of tremendous growth on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Amazon is hiring 1,500 people in Saudi Arabia this year, the latest tech giant to take advantage of rising demand for online services in the Arab world’s largest economy on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Brazil's Amazon: Deforestation 'surges to 12-year high' bbc.in
@WSJ2 years ago
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy said that layoffs under way at the tech company are the most difficult decision he has made since taking over from Jeff Bezos last year on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The builder of Jeff Bezos’ superyacht decided to refrain from applying for a permit to dismantle part of a 95-year-old bridge in Rotterdam so it could pass through. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The top 50 richest people in the world, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, have lost more than half a trillion dollars on paper this year on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon is raising the cost of its Prime membership in the U.S. to $139 a year from $119 on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The middle section of Rotterdam’s 95-year-old Koningshaven Bridge will be temporarily dismantled so that a 417-foot superyacht being built for Jeff Bezos can pass underneath it. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
A U.S. official ruled that Amazon violated labor law in its campaign against a unionization vote earlier this year in Alabama, and ordered a new election on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Democrats want the biggest U.S. companies to pay at least 15% of profits in taxes. Amazon, Pfizer and dozens more S&P 500 firms reported tax rates lower than that last year. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Watch: Oliver Daemen, the 18-year-old who is set to be the youngest person to fly to space, speaks about his planned Blue Origin flight with Jeff Bezos on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Netflix said their median worker was paid at least $100,000 last year, while Amazon and Starbucks said their median worker made less than $30,000 on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Deforestation of Amazon rainforest in Brazil rose by 43% in April compared to same month last year, government data shows bbc.in
@WSJ4 years ago
Amazon said Jeff Bezos will transition to executive chairman this year and hand over the CEO role to Andy Jassy, who has run its cloud computing business on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Number of fires in Brazil's Amazon region in October double the number recorded in same period last year bbc.in
@WSJ2 years ago
Amazon is halting hiring in its core retail division through the end of the year, making it the latest big tech company to pull back on hiring as it contends with economic headwinds on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The builder of Jeff Bezos’ superyacht decided to refrain from applying for a permit to dismantle part of a 95-year-old bridge in Rotterdam so it could pass through. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The top 50 richest people in the world, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, have lost more than half a trillion dollars on paper this year, a loss of wealth that exceeds the GDP of Sweden on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
The NYSE FANG+ Index, which tracks stocks like Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon and Netflix, has tumbled 10% this year. Investors say they're now reconsidering their approach to trading big technology stocks. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon workers at a company warehouse in Alabama are set to begin voting for the second time in a year on whether to unionize on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Climate protesters blockaded Amazon facilities in the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands in a bid to disrupt operations on the busiest day of the company’s year in terms of online orders on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Amazon will give corporate employees the option to work as many as four weeks a year remotely from anywhere in the country in which they are employed on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Someone paid $28 million to not go to space with Jeff Bezos next week. Instead, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands will join the flight. His name is Oliver Daemen, and the flight would make him the youngest person ever to go to space. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Nearly 140 companies in the S&P 500, including Netflix, said their median worker was paid at least $100,000 last year. Others, including Amazon and Starbucks, said their median worker made less than $30,000. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Amazon will take over exclusive video rights for “Thursday Night Football” starting in the 2022-23 season, a year earlier than anticipated on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Facebook and Amazon topped all other U.S. companies in federal lobbying expenditures last year, according to an analysis of the most recent disclosures on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
"We’re kicking off holiday deals earlier than usual." Walmart, Target and Amazon are starting online holiday deals this week as retailers as brace for a sluggish and unpredictable end to the shopping year. on.wsj.com