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David Zapolsky

Gov. Bob Ferguson taps Amazon, Microsoft and others as concerns over Washington economy grow

The group includes leaders from technology, aerospace, organized labor, higher education, tribal governments, ports and economic development organizations who will advise the governor on policies aimed at strengthening Washington’s economy. Read More

Microsoft and Amazon, together on housing: Tech giants find common ground in push for policy changes

Microsoft and Amazon are rivals in the cloud, but on the same page when it comes to Washington’s housing crisis — literally, in the case of a joint op-ed and full-page ad in The Seattle Times. Read More

‘We are not going anywhere’: Key Amazon exec reaffirms tech giant’s commitment to Seattle region

The comments by David Zapolsky, Amazon chief global affairs and legal officer, follow years of political disputes in Seattle over taxes and other policies that contributed to Amazon shifting more of its workforce to Bellevue, Wash., and Northern Virginia. Read More

FTC’s case against Amazon hinges on internal messages and secrets yet to be revealed

What lurks beneath all that blacked-out text? That’s the immediate question for anyone reading the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark antitrust… Read More

Amazon shareholders approve 20:1 stock split, vote down record 15 proposals at annual meeting

Faced with a barrage of proposals on issues ranging from unionization to the environment, a majority of Amazon shareholders followed… Read More

Did Amazon lie to Congress? Lawmakers give CEO Andy Jassy ‘final opportunity’ to correct record

Citing news reports indicating that Amazon gamed its marketplace to favor its own products, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Seattle… Read More

Joe Biden’s campaign funding ‘bundlers’ include some top names in Seattle tech

Former vice president Joe Biden on Saturday released a list of 820 key fundraisers who’ve helped juice the candidate’s war… Read More

Amazon VP quits over employee firings, saying they were ‘designed to create a climate of fear’

Tim Bray “snapped.” The Amazon vice president and distinguished engineer left the company on May 1 — a historic day… Read More

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