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Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as one of the top four or five technology companies by share price. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world" as well as the world's most valuable brand.

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Why You Might Want To Log Out Of Twitter, Like, Right Now Business Insider reports hackers linked to a cryptocurrency scam have broken into dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts. Among the known victims so far are Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and presidential.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:34Published 18 hours ago

Amazon Tells Workers To Uninstall TikTok App, Pronto Amazon employees have been told to remove the short-video app TikTok from their devices immediately. According to CNN, TikTok is owned by the world's most valuable startup, a Chinese company named.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:36Published 5 days ago

Amazon Tells Employees Delete TikTok Amazon Tells Employees Delete TikTok Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:27Published 6 days ago

Amazon Sales Predicted To Rise Amazon's global ecommerce sales will reach $416.48 billion in 2020, according to Business Insiders latest latest estimates. Consumers are relying more heavily on e-commerce due to COVID-19. The new.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:34Published 6 days ago

Walmart's Amazon Prime Rival May Launch Soon Walmart is reportedly set to launch Walmart+ ...the company’s answer to Amazon Prime. Walmart + will go live later in July, after the coronavirus pandemic delayed its initial springtime launch. A.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:35Published 1 week ago

Walmart to soon launch Amazon Prime rival -report Walmart is close to launching its membership program, in direct competition to online retail giant Amazon.com's overly popular Prime service, according to a published media report, citing sources... Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:50Published 1 week ago

Amazon Pushes Prime Day To October Amazon Pushes Prime Day To October Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:27Published 2 weeks ago

Bezos Richer Than Ever The economy is in a depression. However, Jeff Bezos' net worth has increased. CNN reports that he's now worth nearly $172 billion, a new record for the world's richest person. This week, Bezos beat his.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:31Published 2 weeks ago

Amazon Granting Front-Line Workers $500 Million in Bonuses According to CNET, the $500 million will go to those most at risk of being infected with COVID-19. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 01:40Published 2 weeks ago

Take some profit on COVID-19 stocks: wealth manager Kendall Capital's Clark Kendall says investors should trim their exposure to stocks that have run up on the coronavirus theme such as Zoom and Amazon. Rather, he tells Reuters' Fred Katayama they.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 03:28Published 3 weeks ago

Amazon Pledges $2 Billion Investment in Clean Energy On Tuesday, Amazon announced it will launch the Climate Pledge Fund with the $2 billion. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 00:55Published 3 weeks ago

Amazon pledges $2 bln venture fund for clean energy Amazon.com said on Tuesday it will launch a $2 billion venture capital fund that will focus on technology investments to reduce the impact of climate change and support sustainable development. Fred.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:13Published 3 weeks ago

PS5 Price Leaks On Amazon PS5 Price Leaks On Amazon Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:27Published on June 16, 2020

A Weighty Subject: As Gyms Remain Closed, Barbells Reach Top Of Amazon Best Sellers The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has shuttered businesses around the world, including fitness clubs. But according to Business Insider, Pelotons aren't the only workout equipment in high demand as people.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:45Published on June 13, 2020

Two States Looking Into Amazon Behavior To Sellers Two States Looking Into Amazon Behavior To Sellers Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:27Published on June 13, 2020

Sony unveils Playstation 5, teases new games Sony unveiled its new Playstation 5 games console on Friday, and teased more than two dozen new games. But it's keeping fans guessing about the price of its new machine. Julian Satterthwaite reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:26Published on June 12, 2020

Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition technology Amazon announced that it will ban police use of the company's facial recognition tool Rekognition for a year, in a blogpost dated Wednesday. Credit: Reuters - 3D Animations (Next Me Duration: 01:12Published on June 11, 2020

'Gone with the Wind' pulled over racist portrayals HBO Max has removed film "Gone with the Wind" from its recently launched streaming service over its depiction of slavery. It joins other media companies that have pulled controversial TV shows as.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:41Published on June 11, 2020

Amazon pauses police use of facial recognition Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it was implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software, reversing its long-time support of selling the technology to law.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:01Published on June 11, 2020

Controversial 'Gone With The Wind' becomes Amazon's number one bestseller The classic film was temporarily removed from the streaming platform HBO Max, due to it's "ethnic and racial prejudices" Credit: Bang Media World Duration: 00:58Published on June 10, 2020

Jeff Bezos 'Happy to Lose Customers' Over Solidarity With Black Lives Matter Bezos took to Instagram to share a screenshot of an email from a customer who was annoyed by Amazon's statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 00:59Published on June 10, 2020

Jeff Bezos responds to Amazon customer who was angry over Black Lives Matter message: ‘My stance won’t change’ Jeff Bezos responds to Amazon customer who was angry over Black Lives Matter message: ‘My stance won’t change’ Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:25Published on June 6, 2020

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Europe threatens digital taxes without global deal, after U.S. quits talks France said a U.S. decision to quit global talks on how to tax big digital firms such as Google, Amazon and Facebook was a "provocation" and the European Union said it could impose taxes even if no.. Reuters - Published on June 18, 2020
EU ready to go it alone on taxation of digital firms The European Union is ready to go it alone with taxing digital services of firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook or Apple if there is no global deal on such a tax this year, European Economic.. Reuters - Published on June 18, 2020
Kayapó chief Payakan dies from COVID-19, led protest against Amazon dam Brazil's indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID-19 on Wednesday with the death of Paulinho Payakan, a Kayapó chief who led protests against the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020

Catholic priest gives out masks in coronavirus-stricken Amazon favela As the coronavirus has spread rapidly in the poorest parts of the Amazon's biggest city, a local priest has begun to make masks in his church and hand them out across his parish. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020
Amazon mayor warns of indigenous genocide as coronavirus spreads The mayor of the largest city in the Amazon rainforest said the coronavirus pandemic is killing indigenous people and warned of a "genocide" if Brazil's right-wing government fails to protect.. Reuters - Published on May 20, 2020
Regional health body warns of COVID-19 spread in Amazon tri-border area The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Tuesday that new coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the tri-border area of the Amazon between Brazil, Colombia and Peru and threatens to infect.. Reuters - Published on May 19, 2020

Brazilian doctors medevac indigenous COVID-19 cases to Amazon city The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID-19 patients by plane to the.. Reuters - Published on May 19, 2020
MOVIE REVIEW: My Spy by Graham Pierrepoint - MY SPY IMDb Dir: Peter Segal Starring Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, Ken Jeong 4 STARS (out of 5) My Spy is an interesting one. Trailers for this movie.. One News Page Staff - Published on May 18, 2020
In Amazon city, indigenous chief felled by COVID-19 buried with dance and singing He had asked them to sing and dance at his funeral, and that is how they said goodbye to Chief Messias Kokama on Thursday. Reuters - Published on May 15, 2020
As deaths mount in Brazil's Amazon, official COVID-19 toll under scrutiny The death toll from COVID-19 in the worst hit part of Brazil's remote Amazon region may be three times the official count, according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters, as the spread of.. Reuters - Published on May 8, 2020

Republican donor named U.S. postmaster general A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service, which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon.com more for package delivery. Reuters - Published on May 7, 2020
Amazon city resorts to mass graves as Brazil COVID-19 deaths soar Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves. Reuters - Published on April 29, 2020
Brazil to deploy troops to protect Amazon as deforestation surges Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said on Wednesday, in an effort protect the world's largest rainforest.. Reuters - Published on April 29, 2020	Peru indigenous warn of 'ethnocide by inaction' as coronavirus hits Amazon tribes Indigenous tribes in Peru's Amazon say the government has left them to fend for themselves against the coronavirus, risking "ethnocide by inaction," according to a letter from natives to the United.. Reuters - Published on April 24, 2020
Doctor working with Amazon tribe tests positive for coronavirus A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus, Brazil's Health Ministry said on Friday, ringing alarm bells that the epidemic could spread to vulnerable.. Reuters - Published on March 27, 2020	Delivery drivers face pandemic without sick pay, insurance, sanitizer On his delivery route through Orange County, California, Joseph Alvarado made 153 stops one day last week for Amazon.com Inc , touching the inside and outside of his van, more than 225 packages, and.. Reuters - Published on March 25, 2020
Whole Foods' New York employee tests positive for coronavirus A Whole Foods Market employee working at one of its grocery stores in New York City tested positive for the coronavirus and was placed in quarantine, a spokeswoman for the Amazon.com Inc-owned company.. Reuters - Published on March 20, 2020	Coronavirus work-from-home push means long nights, employee health checks for cloud firms Italian IT shop owner Simone Merlini joined a 2 p.m. call on Wednesday to do something that sounded fairly straightforward: demo three Amazon.com Inc cloud services to a new client. Reuters - Published on March 13, 2020
Cloud firms turn to long nights, employee health checks to survive work-from-home rush Italian IT shop owner Simone Merlini joined a 2 p.m. call on Wednesday to do something that sounded fairly straightforward: demo three Amazon.com Inc cloud services to a new client. Reuters - Published on March 13, 2020	Amazon confirms two employees in Italy have contracted coronavirus Amazon.com Inc said late on Sunday that two employees in Milan, Italy, have contracted the coronavirus and are under quarantine. Reuters - Published on March 2, 2020
Amazon defers 'non-essential' moves even in U.S. as corporate travel bans spread Amazon.com deferred all non-essential travel, within the U.S. and beyond, and Google set new restrictions for travel to South Korea and other places, as corporations moved to protect employees from the.. Reuters - Published on February 28, 2020	Amazon tells employees to defer all non-essential travel due to coronavirus Amazon.com Inc said all employees should defer non-essential travel including within the United States, in a significant escalation by the world's largest online retailer to guard against the spread of.. Reuters - Published on February 28, 2020
Amazon headquarters in Madrid briefly evacuated after false bomb threat: police The Madrid headquarters of U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc were temporarily evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat which proved to be false, Spanish police said. Reuters - Published on February 13, 2020	Amazon Catholics pledge to press on after Pope says no to married priests Catholic communities across the Amazon said they would keep pushing for married men to be allowed to celebrate Mass in the remote rainforest region, after a papal decision on Wednesday blocked their.. Reuters - Published on February 12, 2020
Pope dismisses proposal to ordain married men as priests in Amazon Pope Francis, in one of the most significant decisions of his papacy, on Wednesday dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in the Amazon region to ease an acute scarcity of.. Reuters - Published on February 12, 2020	Brazil prosecutors seek to remove ex-missionary from indigenous post Federal prosecutors sought on Tuesday to reverse a controversial decision by Brazil's right-wing government to appoint a former evangelical missionary to protect isolated and recently contacted.. Reuters - Published on February 11, 2020
Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecoms conference over coronavirus Amazon.com Inc has pulled out of this month's Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry's biggest gatherings which attracts over 100,000.. Reuters - Published on February 9, 2020	Amazon withdraws from Barcelona's Mobile World Congress tech conference over coronavirus: El Mundo Amazon (AMZN.O) withdrew on Sunday from attending an international telecoms conference in Barcelona later this month because of the new coronavirus. Reuters - Published on February 9, 2020
U.N. says officials barred from using WhatsApp since June 2019 over security United Nations officials do not use WhatsApp to communicate because "it's not supported as a secure mechanism," a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday, after U.N. experts accused Saudi Arabia of using the.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020	White House says it takes reports of Amazon chief Bezos' phone hack seriously The White House on Thursday said it is taking reports about the hacking of Amazon chief and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos' phone seriously, after reports raised questions about the possible.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020
CEOs should still do work with Saudi Arabia despite report: Mnuchin American business executives should still do business with Saudi Arabia, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday after a report on the kingdom's possible involvement in the hacking of.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020	U.N. experts demand probe into alleged Saudi hack of Amazon boss Bezos U.N. experts have demanded an immediate investigation by U.S. and other authorities into allegations that Saudi Arabia's crown prince was involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. Reuters - Published on January 22, 2020
Saudi prince may have been involved in Bezos phone hacking: U.N. experts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have been involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon's billionaire boss Jeff Bezos, United Nations experts said on Wednesday. Reuters - Published on January 22, 2020	Saudi prince helped hack Amazon boss Bezos' phone? Absurd, says minister Saudi Arabia's foreign minister dismissed allegations that the crown prince may have been involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos as "absurd" on Wednesday, seeking to head off a.. Reuters - Published on January 22, 2020
Saudi foreign minister calls claim that Crown Prince hacked Bezos phone 'absurd' Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Wednesday that an allegation the kingdom’s crown prince had been involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon founder Jeff.. Reuters - Published on January 22, 2020	Saudi involved in hacking of Amazon boss Bezos' phone, U.N. report will say Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' phone and both the kingdom and the United States.. Reuters - Published on January 22, 2020
Saudi dismisses reports it is behind hacking of Amazon boss Bezos' phone Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that a media report that the Kingdom is behind the hacking of Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' phone was "absurd." Reuters - Published on January 22, 2020	This French firefighter fought the Amazon blaze, he’s shocked by our bushfires A team of five French firefighting experts are in Australia to provide support in the bushfire crisis. But the experienced team say they've never seen fires like this before. SBS - Published on January 15, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls activist Thunberg a 'brat' Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro called Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg a "brat" on Tuesday after she criticized mounting violence against indigenous people in which two.. Reuters - Published on December 10, 2019	France to forge partnership with Brazil states on Amazon, bypassing Bolsonaro France and a group of Brazilian states plan to announce a partnership to preserve the Amazon rainforest, the group's leader said on Monday, bypassing Brazil's federal government after a spat between.. Reuters - Published on December 9, 2019
Brazil's climate negotiators in dark on Bolsonaro's aims: sources Brazil's negotiators already face a tough job at United Nations climate talks, given anger at President Jair Bolsonaro's stance on the Amazon, but it has become doubly difficult as they are in the dark.. Reuters - Published on December 2, 2019	UK's Labour vows action on 'tax and wage cheat' multinationals Britain's opposition Labour Party will hold a rally outside an Amazon depot on Saturday as it highlights its promise to target multinational firms it accuses of dodging taxes and cheating workers.. Reuters - Published on November 23, 2019
Brazilian state creates task force to protect Amazon tribe from loggers The government of the Brazilian state of Maranhao set up a police task force on Monday to protect the Guajajara tribe from illegal loggers that killed one of its warriors in a clash over deforestation.. Reuters - Published on November 4, 2019	Pope asks forgiveness for theft of controversial Amazon statues Pope Francis asked for forgiveness from Amazon bishops and others at a Church assembly on Friday after conservative Catholic militants stole statues they considered pagan idols from a church and dumped.. Reuters - Published on October 25, 2019
Controversial Amazon statues stolen from Rome church, dumped in river Ultra-conservative Catholic militants admitted they stole statues they consider to be Amazon pagan idols from a church near the Vatican on Monday and dumped them from a bridge into the Tiber River. Reuters - Published on October 21, 2019	Germany shooting streamed on Amazon's Twitch site Footage from shooting attacks in the German city of Halle on Wednesday was livestreamed on Amazon's video gaming platform Twitch, according to a Twitch spokeswoman. Reuters - Published on October 9, 2019
Poll shows Brazilian Catholics do not agree with Bolsonaro on Amazon A majority of Brazilian Catholics believe global warming is a scientific fact and preservation of the Amazon rainforest is vital to reduce the effects of climate change, contrary to the view of.. Reuters - Published on October 8, 2019	Rains help douse Bolivian forest fires after two-month inferno Heavy rains over recent days in the Bolivian Amazon have helped put out forest fires that have raged for two months across the land-locked South American nation, charring more than 4 million hectares.. Reuters - Published on October 7, 2019
Rains, military response help curb fires in Brazil's Amazon in September The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has receded, falling 36% in September from August to well below a 20-year historic average for the month, amid improved weather conditions and.. Reuters - Published on October 4, 2019	Amazon sued for marketing charcoal produced on land seized by Cuba in 1960s A Florida resident is suing Amazon for marketing charcoal produced on land he says Cuba confiscated from his grandfather after the 1959 revolution, the latest in a recent slew of lawsuits regarding the.. Reuters - Published on September 26, 2019

Amazon (company)

American technology and e-commerce company

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