Howell cops bust fake Amazon scammer in $80K sting
HOWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Howell Township Police Department is warning residents about an ongoing scam targeting community members after a resident was nearly defrauded of $80,000 in a complex scheme involving…
Man Arrested for Attempted Carjacking at Amazon Parking Lot in Wilmington
WILMINGTON, DE – Delaware State Police arrested 38-year-old Daniel Russo for attempted robbery and related charges after an attempted carjacking at an Amazon facility in Wilmington. On Monday, at around 5:38 a.m.,…
Marketmind: Amazon cools, Intel warms, Japan hesitates
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After mega tech earnings inspired the best day for Wall St stocks in almost 4 months, online retail…
Amazon defeats consumer antitrust lawsuit over fulfillment centers
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Thursday defeated a private lawsuit in Seattle federal court that accused the national retailer of a scheme to curb competition for shipping and fulfillment…
BAT and Amazon in Italy probe over tobacco heater advertising
ROME (Reuters) – British American Tobacco and Amazon are under investigation in Italy over what regulators say is potentially misleading advertising for the Glo Hyper X2 tobacco heater, the Italian Competition Authority…
Amazon cranks up AI competition against Microsoft, Google with new cloud tools
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s cloud computing division on Thursday released a suite of technologies aimed at helping other companies develop their own chatbots and image-generation services backed by artificial…
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rises in March
By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose 14% in March from the previous year, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting the continued challenges for the…
South American chefs celebrate Amazon cooking with worm chili and tree bark
By Santiago Limachi and Monica Machicao (Reuters) – In the high altitudes of Bolivia’s La Paz, some of South America’s top chefs are paying homage to regional Amazonian culinary ingredients including gusanillo,…
White House touts Amazon EVs, Google EV tax credit tool
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday highlighted new U.S. company moves to support electric vehicles (EVs), as final rules on tax credits aimed at boosting the industry are…
Amazon has rolled out contactless tech to 200 locations including Panera cafes
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s palm-scanning or cashier-less checkout technology is in more than 200 establishments in and outside the company, a vice president told Reuters. The e-commerce and cloud-computing…
Amazon To Slash Another 9,000 Jobs
Amazon To Slash Another 9,000 Jobs Laurel Duggan on March 20, 2023 Amazon plans to cut another 9,000 jobs over the coming weeks due to concerns about economic uncertainty, according to a…
Amazon slams $265 million tax order as it seeks to get EU appeal thrown out
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – An EU decision ordering Amazon to pay about 250 million euros ($265 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg relies on “atmospherics” and is without merit,…
Exclusive-Colombia’s Amazon reserves suffer staffing delays, risking environmental damage
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) – Protected areas in Colombia’s Amazon region are at risk of increased damage because of lengthy staffing delays as the government has yet to renew contracts with…
Brazil’s Amazon must be protected to reach global climate goal, U.S. envoy says
By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – The world cannot meet its climate goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius unless it protects the Amazon rainforest, climate…
Ford’s Electric ‘Car Of The Future’ Relies On Refinery Accused Of Poisoning The Amazon: REPORT
Ford’s Electric ‘Car Of The Future’ Relies On Refinery Accused Of Poisoning The Amazon: REPORT Bronson Winslow on February 27, 2023 Ford Motor Company’s recently released electric F-150 truck allegedly sources a majority…
Amazon grants 1.5 million euros to Dutch seaweed farm project
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amazon.com has granted 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) to a Dutch project testing the viability of commercially growing seaweed in between turbines of offshore wind farms, the company and…
Itochu to supply renewable energy to Meta in U.S., Amazon in Japan
(Reuters) – Japanese trading house Itochu Corp has agreed to supply wind-generated power to Meta Platforms in the United States and solar energy to Amazon in Japan, it said on Wednesday. Itochu…
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon falls in first month under Lula
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell in January from a year earlier, satellite data showed on Friday, in the first monthly figures under President Luiz Inacio Lula da…
Exclusive-U.S. eyes joining Amazon Fund during Biden-Lula visit
By Gabriel Stargardter and Andrea Shalal RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is considering its first contribution to a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation, with a possible announcement…
Amazon still grasping for success with supermarkets, CEO says
By Jeffrey Dastin and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc, the online retailer long feared to disrupt the grocery sector, believes it has fallen short. The company has paused expansion of its…
Amazon workers in Barcelona strike over warehouse closure
MADRID (Reuters) – Workers at an Amazon logistics centre on the outskirts of Barcelona protested on Thursday on the second day of an indefinite strike sparked by the company’s plans to shut…
Amazon illegally threatened NYC workers ahead of union votes, judge finds
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc illegally threatened to withhold raises and benefits from workers at two New York City warehouses if they voted to unionize, a judge with the National…
Microsoft, Amazon results to highlight softening cloud business
By Yuvraj Malik and Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Slower cloud spending by inflation-hit businesses is expected to stall the sales momentum at Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp and add to the troubles…
Bezos Oversaw WaPo Editorial Meeting That Discussed Amazon, His Business Interests: REPORT
Bezos Oversaw WaPo Editorial Meeting That Discussed Amazon, His Business Interests: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on January 19, 2023 Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post and founder of Amazon, attended…
Amazon to hike prices of some music subscription plans from Feb
(Reuters) – E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it will increase the prices of some of its music subscription plans from February. The price of Amazon Music’s ‘Unlimited Individual Plan’ will go…
Amazon Cited By OSHA Based On SDNY Referrals For Serious Violations That Exposed Workers To Safety Hazards
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, announced that earlier today the United…
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