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Sep 13, 2018, 8:05 PM

TLDR: Bezos Creates “Day One Fund” With $2 Billion

GeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian M. Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 3:49 PM

How Jeff Bezos’ new $2B ‘Day One Fund’ stacks up to other tech billionaires’ philanthropy

Jeff Bezos’ donation of $2 billion to his newly announced charitable fund clearly isn’t chump change. But in the world… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 9:58 AM

‘The child will be the customer’: How billionaire Jeff Bezos will bring a key Amazon value to philanthropy

Customer obsession has driven Jeff Bezos from the day he founded Amazon as a tiny online bookseller. Full text: Amazon… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 8:38 AM

Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday revealed a new $2 billion philanthropic initiative called “Bezos Day One Fund” that… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 8:09 AM

Jeff Bezos unveils $2B ‘Day One Fund’ focusing on homeless families and preschool education

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled his eagerly-awaited philanthropic initiative, announcing a new “Bezos Day One Fund” that will focus… Read More

Sep 12, 2018, 2:31 PM

Amazon again puts disaster relief efforts in motion as Hurricane Florence set to punish Carolina coast

Hurricane Florence, the monster Category 3 storm taking aim at the North and South Carolina coastline, is expected to make… Read More

Sep 12, 2018, 10:17 AM

Amazon HQ2 speculation swirls as Jeff Bezos heads to DC

Mr. Bezos is going to Washington, with the eyes of the nation on him. The Amazon CEO arrives in Washington,… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 9:01 PM

Amazon expands Whole Foods grocery delivery to its hometown of Seattle, service now available in 38 cities

Amazon continues to expand grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market across the U.S., and the latest batch of 10 cities… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 3:59 PM

Fir real? Amazon cuts further into holiday tradition and will ship 7-foot-tall Christmas trees this season

One of the things I love most about Christmas every year is the ritual of picking out the right tree… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 1:42 PM

Beyond the cloud: Amazon Web Services hiring engineers for ‘big, audacious space project’

According to two recently deleted job postings on the internet, where nothing can ever really be deleted, Amazon Web Services… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 11:32 AM

Amazon’s business sales marketplace hits $10B in annual revenue, reaching milestone faster than AWS

Amazon Business, the company’s marketplace for business, government, healthcare and educational organizations has hit $10 billion in sales this year,… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 8:40 AM

Amazon to surpass Walmart as top U.S. apparel retailer with $30B in annual sales, analyst says

Amazon is becoming a go-to clothing destination for U.S. shoppers. A Wells Fargo analyst expects Amazon’s gross apparel and footwear… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 4:21 PM

TLDR: Why Amazon wanted to put workers in cage-like devices + GIVEAWAY

Today’s featured stories Years after patenting the concept, Amazon admits putting workers in a cage would be a bad idea… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 9:55 AM

Key question in Toronto’s bid for Amazon HQ2: ‘Does Jeff Bezos want to piss off Trump?’

Toronto is the only city outside the U.S. in the running for Amazon’s storied second headquarters. That sets the Canadian… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 6:31 AM

The multibillion-dollar question: What in the world (or universe) will Jeff Bezos do with his riches?

Jeff Bezos transformed the modern economy, using disruptive thinking to reshape how people buy products and read books, and how… Read More

Sep 8, 2018, 9:39 AM

Is Amazon responsible for Seattle’s housing cooldown? Real estate experts weigh in

Seattle’s housing market has risen to record levels — for better or worse — fueled in part by Amazon’s historic… Read More

Sep 7, 2018, 12:38 PM

Amazon Go is coming to New York City, 3rd market outside Seattle for checkout-less grocery concept

Amazon Go is headed to the Big Apple. An Amazon spokesperson said the company plans to open a store in… Read More

Sep 7, 2018, 10:34 AM

Win or lose, Amazon HQ2 put 20 cities on the map — and some are already reaping the rewards

After pitching aggressively and offering up millions of dollars in tax incentives, Denver landed a coveted economic development deal earlier… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 3:58 PM

TLDR: Amazon HQ2 hints?

Today’s featured stories Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears ‘Alexa, start Halo’:… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 2:09 PM

Whole Foods worker group urges employees to unionize to fight changes under Amazon

Some workers at Whole Foods Market are making the case to unionize, expressing frustration over changes that Amazon has made… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 10:49 AM

Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears

It has been a year since Amazon surprised and captivated the world by announcing plans to open a second headquarters… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 6:00 AM

Amazon refreshes Fire HD 8 tablet to add hands-free Alexa integration

Amazon today unveiled the next generation of its Fire HD 8 tablet and Fire HD 8 Kids Edition, refreshing the… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 6:07 PM

Why this top Amazon exec just placed a bet on a future Seattle NHL franchise

Andy Jassy runs the world’s largest cloud computing business. He also just joined an NHL franchise ownership group trying to… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 5:36 PM

TLDR: Will Scener reinvent TV?

Today’s featured stories Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media Fresh patents served up… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 10:55 AM

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy joins NHL ownership group aiming to bring pro hockey to Seattle

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, has joined the investor group aiming to bring an NHL expansion team to… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 10:49 AM

Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ to require employers to cover federal aid for workers

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders escalated his attack on Amazon Wednesday, introducing the Stop BEZOS Act, a piece of legislation that… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 10:11 AM

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos contributes $10M to With Honor PAC’s effort to elect veterans to Congress

Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, are donating $10 million to With Honor, a cross-partisan, veteran-focused super PAC. The donation,… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 8:28 AM

Amazon orders 20,000 vans for Delivery Service Partners program, more than quadrupling initial order

Amazon has boosted its order for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans to 20,000 vehicles for its Delivery Service Partner program, up from… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 8:23 AM

Amazon doubling San Diego presence with new office with room for 500 people

Amazon is expanding its presence in San Diego, scooping up a new 85,000-square-foot office space with room for 500 people.… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 5:48 PM

TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon… Read More