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Amazon To Raise Prime Prices In Europe As Retailer Wrestles With Costs
Amazon.com Inc will raise fees for its delivery and streaming service Prime in Europe by up to 43% a year, the online retailer said on Monday, as it moves to counter higher costs days before it reports quarterly financial results.
Jul 25, 2022
Amazon Issued 13,000 Disciplinary Notices At Single U.S. Warehouse
Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse's inventory over three days when his manager showed him a "Supportive Feedback Document."
Jul 12, 2022
U.S. Tech Industry Frets About Handing Data To States Prosecuting Abortion
The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement, in the wake of the U.S.
Jun 24, 2022
Amazon Has A Plan To Make Alexa Mimic Anyone's Voice
Amazon.com Inc wants to give customers the chance to make Alexa, the company's voice assistant, sound just like their grandmother -- or anyone else.
Jun 22, 2022
Amazon's Captive Staff Meetings On Unions Illegal, Labor Board Official Finds
A U.S. labor board official believes Amazon.com Inc violated federal law during mandatory staff meetings it held in New York City to discourage unionizing, a board spokesperson said on Friday, in what could lead to a new legal precedent.
May 06, 2022
Amazon's Captive Staff Meetings On Unions Illegal, U.S. Labor Director Finds
A U.S. labor board official determined Amazon.com Inc violated federal law during mandatory staff meetings it held in New York to discourage unionization, a board spokesperson said Friday, in what could lead to a new legal precedent.
May 06, 2022
Two Warehouses, Two Outcomes For Amazon's Union
Two warehouses facing another, each the length of four football fields, speed goods to Amazon customers in New York City and beyond from the western shore of Staten Island.
May 03, 2022
Amazon To Reimburse U.S. Employees Who Travel For Abortions, Other Treatments
Amazon.com Inc, the second-largest U.S. private employer, told its staff on Monday it will pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses annually for non-life threatening medical treatments including abortions, according to a message seen by Reuters.
May 02, 2022
Amazon To Get Hearing That Could Overturn NY Union Vote, Labor Board Official Says
Amazon.com Inc's objections to a landmark union election at a company warehouse in New York City justify a hearing that could overturn the result, a U.S.
May 01, 2022
Amazon's Net Loss Prompts Query: Has It Built Too Many Warehouses?
In recent years, Amazon.com Inc has spent billions of dollars on new warehouses that cut into profits, explaining to investors that it had no choice but to meet ever-rising consumer demand.
Apr 29, 2022
Amazon Union Leader Smalls Went From Rapper To Unlikely Voice Of Protest
The road to organizing Amazon's first union in the United States was a long one for Christian Smalls.
Apr 01, 2022
Amazon Workers Get Go-ahead For A Second Union Election In New York -organizer
Amazon.com Inc workers at a Staten Island sortation center have been given the greenlight to hold a vote on whether to unionize, according to a labor advocate, in what would be a second potential union election for the retailer in New York.
Mar 02, 2022
Exclusive-Amazon To Close All Of Its Physical Bookstores And '4-star' Shops
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday told Reuters it plans to close all 68 of its physical book stores, pop up shops and "4-star" stores in the United States and United Kingdom, ending some of its longest-running experiments in physical retail.
Mar 02, 2022
Amazon To Shut Bookstores, Some Other Physical Shops In Turning Point
Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop ups and shops carrying toys and home goods in the United States and United Kingdom, ending some of its longest-running retail experiments.
Mar 02, 2022
Amazon To Shut Its Bookstores And Other Shops As Its Grocery Chain Expands
Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods in the United States and United Kingdom, ending some of its longest-running retail experiments.
Mar 02, 2022
Amazon's Holiday Season Sales Outlook Misses Views; Shares Sink
Amazon.com Inc forecast holiday season sales and profit that missed Wall Street targets on Thursday, projecting revenue growth that would be the slowest in years, sending shares of the world's largest online retailer down 8 percent in after-hours trade.
Oct 25, 2018
Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women
Amazon.com Inc's machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
Oct 09, 2018
Microsoft Takes Aim At Amazon With Push For Checkout-Free Retail
The software giant is developing systems that track what shoppers add to their carts.
Jun 14, 2018
