Enlarge / The Pentagon in its natural habitat—Arlington, Virginia—in 2018. Amazon is continuing to fight the Department of Defense over a $10 billion contract, as the Pentagon has completed its review of the deal and determined once again that it was correct to award the entire project to Microsoft. The DOD launched bidding for the […]
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image copyrightGetty Images image captionEdward Snowden (l) and General Keith Alexander (r) A former National Security Agency (NSA) chief who was in the post when the Edward Snowden scandal broke has joined Amazon’s board as a director. Gen Keith Alexander, whose appointment was made public on Wednesday, became known to the public after Mr Snowden
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Despite COVID19 closing numerous businesses, especially those engaged in the mortar-and-brick setup, it also provided spurred opportunities for ecommerce brands. Platforms such as Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba have seen dramatic surges in online demand. So while many of the world’s billionaires saw massive declines in their fortunes, the likes of Jeff Bezos saw spikes in
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Amazon sets up a Counterfeit Crimes Unit. Angela Lang/CNET After coming under pressure from lawmakers to go after knockoffs being sold on its sites, Amazon on Wednesday said it set up a Counterfeit Crimes Unit to address the problem. The global team will investigate and launch legal action against counterfeiters. It’ll mine the e-commerce giant’s
At a town hall in 2017, after Michael Brown, Philando Castile and Sandra Bland had already become household names, an employee asked Mr. Bezos about the lack of diversity on his team. Mr. Bezos said his top deputies had been by his side for years, and he saw the low turnover as an asset. Any
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Amazon launched a $2 billion venture fund to invest in companies developing ways to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, marking the latest corporate effort to allocate major resources to combating climate change. Investment areas: In a press release, Amazon said the new fund would focus on startups that could help it and other businesses achieve “net zero”
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with Tonya Riley Tech industry leaders are aggressively criticizing President Trump’s immigration crackdown, warning the move could prevent them from recruiting the most highly-skilled workers from around the world. Many major companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter and top industry groups came out swinging against Trump’s sweeping order to block a broad range of worker visas
Covid-19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon, unlike the case with many other firms. Its share price has actually increased since March – hitting a record high last week. It turns out online retail isn’t a bad space to be in when all the shops are shut. Jeff Bezos’ mantle as the
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Amazon is a platform to distribute products, not a sales strategy. How this author used superfans to cut through the noise and create demand for his book series. By Kristin MacLaughlin June 17, 2020 Eric R. Asher is a former bookseller and cellist living in Saint Louis, Missouri. When he is not writing, you can
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Porter says that using algorithms to check whether workers are following Amazon’s workplace rules fits with a management catchphrase of Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos: “Good intentions don’t work, but mechanisms do.” Some Amazon workers say the company’s intentions and mechanisms are both failing to keep them safe. Those workers have talked with WIRED and other
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