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Amazon spends $200 million for S.F. site once slated for housing
Seattle e-commerce giant Amazon paid $200 million to buy a San Francisco site where it plans to build a new delivery station, expanding its massive shipping infrastructure in an urban center. The property’s former owner had envisioned offices and housing on the site a few blocks from the city’s Caltrain station.
Amazon doubles Q2 income, more warehouse expansion planned this year
The company reported $5.2 billion in Q2 income, a quarter that is typically viewed as the lightest period for its retail business.
The economy is in record decline, but not for Amazon and other tech giants
OAKLAND, Calif. — A day after lawmakers grilled the chief executives of the biggest tech companies about their size and power, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Facebook reported surprisingly healthy quarterly financial results, defying one of the worst economic downturns on record. Even though the companies felt some sting from the spending slowdown, they demonstrated, as critics have argued, that they are operating on a different playing field from the rest of the economy.
Less Than One-Quarter of Customers Trust Amazon the Most to Safely Deliver Packages
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new survey report from Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews platform, only 22% of people trust Amazon to safely deliver their packages compared to four other shipping carriers: UPS, United States Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, and DHL. The past seven months have seen an increase in online shopping with individuals spending more time at home and staying away from in-person shopping. There has also been a consequent rise in package theft.
AMAZON WARNS EARPHONES COULD OVERHEAT
Amazon has warned that its wireless headphones may be at risk of overheating. The Echo Buds, wireless in-ears that have the company’s voice assistant Alexa built into them, have had their temperature increase while in the charging case. Amazon has since released a software update to address the issue, having sent an email to customers warning them of the situation. The past seven months have seen an increase in online shopping with individuals spending more time at home and staying away from in-person shopping. There has also been a consequent rise in package theft.
Protesters Set Up 'Guillotine' In Front of Jeff Bezos's House
Demonstrators in Washington, D.C., showed up in front of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’s house on Sunday, with a mock guillotine and a sign that read “support our poor communities not our wealthy men.” In an announcement about the march, the activists called for Amazon to be abolished.
Amazon Is Jeff Bezos
A quarter-century ago, Jeff Bezos was a finance nerd with a tiny bookselling website. You know what happened next. Bezos’s career arc tracks the shift of technology from a relatively fringe industry into a central force in the world. And that’s exactly why Bezos and the chief executives of three other American tech stars will be testifying this week at a congressional panel investigating possible abuses of their power. The congressional hot seat shows how far the industry has come.
Amazon CEO Bezos will tell antitrust committee that big isn't bad
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will tell the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee Wednesday that his tech enterprise is a classic American company with an “obsessive customer focus” that employs a million people, according to prepared remarks released by the company. Bezos, the richest man in the world, will appear on Capitol Hill along with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, Sundar Pichai.
Jeff Bezos Says People Trust Amazon More Than Congress. Why That Matters
There are plenty of things you can say about the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, some good, some bad. That goes for the company he founded, Amazon, which is now not only the largest online retail business in the world, but also affects the lives of Americans in more ways than most people really understand. One thing you can't say, however, is that he isn't careful with his words. Any leader at his level has to be. Rarely do they slip up or say the wrong thing. They tend to mean exactly what they say, especially when they put it in writing. Bezos, the richest man in the world, will appear on Capitol Hill along with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, Sundar Pichai.
Jeff Bezos will testify about how Amazon is the quintessential American company
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to tout the company’s job creation and support for small businesses during Wednesday’s antitrust hearing, according to prepared remarks released by the company on Tuesday. Bezos will tell the House Antitrust Subcommitee that Amazon now employs a million people and that it built an online marketplace that allows some third-party sellers -- independent “entrepreneurs” -- to make more than $100,000 a year. He acknowledges that Amazon is “a large company” but that its sprawling scale has created more than $1 trillion of wealth for its shareholders, which include “fire, police, and school teacher pension funds.
TECHNOLOGY Amazon's Bezos: The world needs giant companies too
In his first-ever appearance before Congress, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos offers a message his fellow tech CEOs will like: Big is good. “Just like the world needs small companies, it also needs large ones,” Bezos plans to tell a House Judiciary panel Wednesday, according to written testimony viewed by POLITICO. “There are things small companies simply can’t do. I don’t care how good an entrepreneur you are, you’re not going to build an all-fiber Boeing 787 in your garage.”
Amazon Sold Shoes Using The N-Word To Describe Their Color
Amazon is facing backlash after it featured brown shoes for sale that were described as “n****r brown.” A British lawmaker discovered the listing while shopping online and the listing has since been taken down. The fact that it was ever able to be featured on the retail giant’s website has many prompting for tighter controls on its item descriptions.
Whole Foods workers sue over alleged Black Lives Matter mask ban
More than a dozen workers sued Whole Foods after the grocery giant allegedly punished some of them for wearing “Black Lives Matter” face masks on the job. The 14 workers in four states say staffers were sent home without pay, formally disciplined or even fired for donning the masks in solidarity with the nationwide movement against police brutality. The crackdown has deterred other workers from wearing them for fear of losing their jobs, according to the suit filed Monday.
Amazon-owned supermarket embroiled in race row after alleged discrimination over BLM masks
AMAZON-OWNED supermarket Whole Foods is embroiled in a race row following its alleged sacking of a US worker for wearing a Black Lives Matter (BLM) face mask. The company denied that it had fired staff member Savannah Kinzer over the issue, stating: “No team members have been terminated for wearing BLM face masks or apparel.”
Anti-Amazon campaigners in France team up to say 'non' to firm’s expansion
COLOMBIER-SAUGNIEU, France (Reuters) - At his veterinary practice near the French city of Lyon one morning in June, Gilles Renevier prepared to perform a castration on a poodle. When not attending to animals, he turns to his other role: attempting to neuter the expansion ambitions of Amazon.com Inc.
Amazon under fire for marking up essential items during COVID-19 pandemic
The report from US consumer watchdog PIRG claims that Amazon has been marking up essential items such as masks and sanitizer, making them up to 1000 percent more expensive.
Federal Court in New York Dismisses COVID-19 Workplace Safety Case
On November 1, 2020, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Palmer et al. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al., No. 20-cv-2468, 2020 WL 6388599, dismissed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging failures to comply with New York law and “New York Forward” minimum requirements for businesses.
Amazon workers, community members protest outside Jeff Bezos' NYC home for better COVID-19 protections
Amazon workers and community members vying for stricter workplace safety standards during the COVID-19 pandemic took their fight to Jeff Bezos' Manhattan home Wednesday.
Workers Risking the COVID-19 Outbreak at Amazon’s Troutdale Warehouse Signed a Strict Confidentiality Agreement
On June 10, the Oregon Health Authority announced a COVID-19 outbreak at Amazon's Troutdale warehouse that has now lasted 25 weeks and infected 97 people with the virus, making it one of the largest workplace outbreaks in Oregon.
Amazon in Troutdale has 101 COVID-19 cases
On June 10, the Oregon Health Authority announced a COVID-19 outbreak at Amazon's Troutdale warehouse that has now lasted 25 weeks and infected 97 people with the virus, making it one of the largest workplace outbreaks in Oregon.
Amazon delves deeper into voice recognition, call-center work as COVID-19 drives cloud
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday announced voice recognition as part of a suite of call-center services for businesses, as the company sees growing demand for its cloud tools during the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at the company’s annual re:Invent conference, executive Andy Jassy announced Amazon Connect Voice ID, which uses machine learning software to authenticate customers who dial into call centers.
Activist Group Protests Amazon On Black Friday, Say Workers’ Health Is Suffering Amid COVID Pandemic
While many people turned to Amazon this Black Friday for gifts, others took to the streets, protesting for workers’ rights. The activist group Church of Stop Shopping held a rally for Amazon workers Friday at Madison Square Park.
Amazon is facing a lawsuit that accuses it of violating civil rights laws by failing to protect Black, Brown, and immigrant warehouse workers from COVID-19 while looking out for its mostly white managers
Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit that accuses it of violating state and federal civil rights laws by intentionally working harder to protect its managers, who are disproportionately white, from COVID-19, while not taking the same precautions with its overwhelmingly Black, Brown, and immigrant warehouse workers.