Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 87 of 244

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

Sep 4, 2018, 4:26 PM

Amazon enlists Prime Air jet in cancer fight, aiming to take charitable profile to new heights

Amazon has been criticized in the past for not doing enough in terms of philanthropy. But it’s going to be… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 12:28 PM

Jeff Bezos on Amazon’s potential as an advertising behemoth and ‘working 2 or 3 years into the future’

In addition to being a retail giant, a cloud leader and a grocery heavyweight, Amazon is rapidly ascending to the… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 10:17 AM

Jeff Bezos hints at how Amazon’s two HQs could work together across time zones

It has been almost a year since Amazon surprised the world with plans for a second North American headquarters, with… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 9:32 AM

Amazon briefly tops $1T market cap, joining Apple among most valuable U.S. public companies

UPDATE: Amazon stock closed the day at $2,039.51, putting its market cap at $994.75 billion, according to Google Finance. Amazon became… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 8:58 AM

Third Amazon Go location opens a week after second store, accelerating Amazon’s quest to end grocery checkout lines

Amazon today debuted the third location of its checkout-less grocery concept Amazon Go, the second store opening in a week.… Read More

Aug 31, 2018, 2:52 PM

Amazon awarded $75K in dispute with e-book marketer over Kindle Direct Publishing scheme

Amazon has been awarded $75,000 in an arbitration case against an e-book marketer that allegedly inflated reader numbers artificially in… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 3:42 PM

TLDR: Amazon stock hits $2K, Microsoft’s new parental leave policy, Google debunks Trump video

Today’s featured stories Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 8:42 AM

Seattle among top 10 cities where people are Googling ‘Amazon package stolen’ the most

“Porch pirates” are the bane of shoppers who have shifted their allegiance to the convenience of online retail. Stolen packages… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 8:02 AM

Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5 trillion valuation

Amazon hit a new high mark this morning as its stock crossed the $2,000 threshold, and analysts are predicting even… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 4:11 PM

TLDR: Bernie Sanders targets Amazon, Uber & Lyft want to offer dockless bikes, WeWork Labs startup incubator to open in Seattle

Today’s featured stories Amazon calls Bernie Sanders’ crusade for warehouse workers ‘inaccurate and misleading’ Seattle could greenlight 3 bikeshare services… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 9:53 AM