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Amazon workers group calls for strike over virus and climate concerns
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice urges colleagues to call in sick on April 24, accusing the company of firing workers protesting a lack of coronavirus precautions and environmental action
Amazon boss Bezos launches $10B fund to combat climate change
The Bezos Earth Fund is meant to 'fund scientists, activists, NGOs – any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world' says the executive
Investigation points to Saudi prince role in Bezos phone hack
A video sent to the Amazon CEO by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivered the malware, according to a report by technical experts hired by Bezos
U.N. experts urge probe into alleged Saudi hacking of Bezos phone
Riyadh rejects the allegations, its embassy in Washington branding them 'absurd'
Amazon's Jeff Bezos promises $1 billion investment in India
'We will use our global footprint to export $10 billion worth of 'Make in India' products across the world by 2025,' Jeff Bezos says, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign to boost national production
MacKenzie Bezos to donate half her fortune to charity
'I have a disproportionate amount of money to share,' says MacKenzie Bezos, whose divorce with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is being finalized
Amazon's Bezos, wife reach biggest divorce deal in history
'Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone who reached out to us in kindness,' writes MacKenzie Bezos
Investigator says Amazon chief's phone hacked by Saudis
The investigator links the hack to the Bezos-owned Washington Post's extensive coverage of the Jamal Khashoggi murder
Bezos, Gates and Buffett still top the world's ultra rich – Forbes
According to the list by Forbes, the riches of Jeff Bezos, 55, have swelled by $19 billion in one year and he is now worth $131 billion
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Bezos case exposes billionaires' vulnerability to hackers
'It's a curious irony that billionaires demonstrate astounding acumen related to their own industries, and yet seemingly ignore the minutiae of common-place security measures,' says one cybersecurity expert
Lawyer denies National Enquirer blackmailed Jeff Bezos
'It absolutely is not extortion and not blackmail,' says the lawyer who represents National Enquirer parent company American Media Inc (AMI)'s chief executive David Pecker
Bezos accuses Enquirer of 'blackmail' over intimate photos
The Enquirer threatens the Amazon CEO that they will release his intimate photos if he doesn't stop investigating the motives behind the leak – which could allegedly be political in nature
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Amazon's Bezos, world's wealthiest man, to divorce
'As our family and close friends know, after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,' the couple says in a statement
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We’ve rounded up everything from Elon Musk’s Twitter antics to disinformation campaign in social media
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Virgin Galactic's new flight test to soar closer to edge of space
The US company run by British tycoon Richard Branson is aiming to be the first to take tourists on brief trips into microgravity
Google, Amazon suffer market setbacks on sales outlook
Amazon and Google suffer slides in their share prices after releasing their quarterly earnings, declines that fuelled pessimism in Asian and European stock markets on October 26
Amazon bumps U.S. minimum wage to $15 amid scarce labor
The pay raise will apply to 250,000 employees starting November 1 and to the more than 100,000 seasonal workers the company expects to hire for the holiday shopping season
Jeff Bezos space project lands big rocket partnership
Bezos' space project Blue Origin partners with the Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance
Bezos unfazed by antitrust concerns on Amazon
'All big institutions of any kind are going to be and should be examined, scrutinized and inspected,' the Amazon CEO says
Amazon's Jeff Bezos unveils $2B philanthropic fund
Bezos makes the announcement on Twitter a year after asking for ideas on how he could use his personal fortune for charitable efforts
First space tourist flights could come in 2019
Got $250,000? Virgin Atlantic, one of the companies paving the way for space tourism, can take you to space for that price
Trump assails Amazon on taxes, retail competition
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is also the owner of the Washington Post, a frequent target of Trump over its news coverage
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Henry Sy still leads Filipinos on Forbes' 2018 billionaires list
The number of Filipinos on the list drops from 14 last year to 12 this year, but their combined net worth increases from $45.8 billion to $55.2 billion
Amazon opens plant-filled 'The Spheres' buildings
Amazon's new workplace is billed as 'more like a tropical rainforest in the clouds than an office'
Amazon to launch 'Lord of the Rings' TV show
(UPDATED) The internet streaming site confirms that it will be developing a TV adaptation based on the Tolkien classic
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Bezos drops back to 2nd, after being world's richest for a few hours
The net worth of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos falls back to 88 7 billion just hours after hitting 90 5 billion due to a temporary rise in Amazon stock
Amazon sales surge to $38-B, but spending bites into profit
Net sales increase by 25 compared to the same period last year but profits drop 77 to 197 million
Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person
Forbes magazine says its real time tracking of personal fortunes showed Bezos with a net worth of 90 5 billion ahead of the 90 billion for Gates
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Amazon's Bezos gives $1 million to press freedom watchdog
The gift from Bezos who also owns the Washington Post newspaper is announced at the organization s awards dinner on Tuesday May 23
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Trump sits down with tech execs, including critics
UPDATED The afternoon summit at Trump Tower in New York gathered some of the wealthiest and brightest brains in the tech industry around the same table as the incoming billionaire Republican president
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin's rocket
Blue Origin the aerospace company headed by Amazon com chief Jeff Bezos runs a successful test of an emergency escape function aimed at saving space travelers lives in case of catastrophe
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Amazon's chief Jeff Bezos unveils new rocket design
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unveils plans for a massive rocket called New Glenn designed to launch people to space and propel satellites into orbit
Amazon's Jeff Bezos bets on India with $3B investment
The investment announced on June 7 comes on top of 2 billion Amazon invested in India in 2014 and will boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi s campaign to attract foreign cash to create much needed jobs
Tech industry titans urge US to better fund computer science ed
Access to computer science in school is an economic imperative for our nation to remain competitive says a petition aimed at the US Congress
Bezos space firm duplicates reusable rocket breakthrough
Blue Origin says the same New Shepard booster – which blasted off and landed in November – had repeated the feat hitting an altitude of 333 000 feet before gently returning to Earth
Amazon shares surge after surprise profit report
Amazon shares vault 17 in after hours trade to 568 Analysts had been expecting a net loss for the Seattle based firm
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Bezos names new publisher at Washington Post
Fred Ryan is the new publisher and chief executive replacing family scion Katharine Wymouth
Amazon unveils Fire Phone
The Fire Phone joins Amazon s lineup of devices such as the Kindle ebook reader the Kindle Fire tablet and the FireTV set top box
Amazon unveils 'Prime Air' delivery-by-drone plan
Amazon said the octocopters would be ready to enter commercial operations as soon as the necessary regulations are in place
