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…
India lines up banks for e-commerce effort to take on Amazon, Walmart
By Munsif Vengattil and Nupur Anand NEW DELHI -India’s effort to break Amazon Inc and Walmart Inc’s dominance of its e-commerce sector, by establishing its own open network, has begun lining up…
Amazon shareholders vote against investor-led proposals
NEW YORK – Amazon.com Inc shareholders on Wednesday voted against all 15 investor-led resolutions that challenged the company’s policies – including its use of plastics and certain concealment clauses in contracts –…
Two New Yorkers plead guilty in scheme to bribe Amazon employees for inside information and platform manipulation
Seattle – Two significant players in a scheme to bribe Amazon employees and contractors pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to various federal charges, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. …
Third Point’s Loeb turns back on Disney, cools on Amazon in first quarter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Third Point liquidated its position in Walt Disney Co during the first quarter, two years after the hedge fund first invested and began urging the media company…
Amazon To Foot The Bill For Employees’ Abortion Tourism
Amazon To Foot The Bill For Employees’ Abortion Tourism Laurel Duggan on May 2, 2022 Amazon will fund up to $4,000 in annual travel expenses for employees seeking abortions, according to a…
Amazon workers vote against unionizing second New York warehouse
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc workers have voted against unionizing a second warehouse in New York City, a ballot count on Monday showed, representing a defeat for labor organizers who just weeks ago…
Amazon Employees Melt Down Over ‘Traumatic’ Children’s Book In Leaked Video: REPORT
Amazon Employees Melt Down Over ‘Traumatic’ Children’s Book In Leaked Video: REPORT Laurel Duggan on April 26, 2022 Amazon leaders reportedly held a special meeting to discuss “Johnny the Walrus,” a children’s…
Amazon workers in Canada’s Alberta, Northwest Territories file for union vote
(Reuters) – A Teamsters group, which represents roughly 7,000 Amazon.com Inc fulfillment center workers across Canada’s Alberta and the Northwest Territories, has filed an application with the Labor Board to hold a…
Man broke into Philadelphia business to steal Amazon package
PHILADELPHIA, PA –On April 15, 2022, at 1:29 am, an unknown male gained entry to a commercial business located on the 1xx block of W. Girard Avenue by forcing open the front…
Amazon, SpaceX snag NASA space communications contracts
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON – Amazon’s satellite venture, SpaceX’s Starlink network and other satellite firms on Wednesday won a combined $278.5 million in contracts from NASA to demonstrate communications in space as…
Amazon Prepares To Go On The Offensive Against Newly Unionized Employees
Amazon Prepares To Go On The Offensive Against Newly Unionized Employees Harry Wilmerding on April 8, 2022 Amazon plans to go on the offensive against the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) following its…
Amazon Unionization Has Corporate America Terrified
Amazon Unionization Has Corporate America Terrified Harry Wilmerding on April 7, 2022 Amazon workers at a facility in Staten Island, New York City voted to unionize on Friday, prompting major corporations to…
Job wars: Employers wince as Amazon warehouse rises in Indiana town
By Timothy Aeppel ELKHART, Ind. – What happens when Amazon.com Inc plops over 1,000 new jobs in one of the hottest blue-collar job markets in the country? The RV Capital of the…
Over 50 Amazon warehouses in U.S. contact union after New York vote
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc labor organizer Christian Smalls said on Tuesday more than 50 warehouses of the e-commerce giant in the U.S. reached out after its warehouse in New York City voted…
Staff walk out over pay at Amazon France’s eight logistics centres
PARIS – All eight logistics centres of U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon in France were hit by staff walkouts tied to a dispute over pay after employees at the Boves centre in northern…
Amazon considered creating app for its workers and blocking words like ‘union’ -The Intercept
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc staff included the words “union,” “grievance,” and “living wage” on a preliminary list of terms to block from an internal messaging app it was considering creating to boost…
Analysis-Big victory at Amazon gives unions promise – but no end to challenges
By Jeffrey Dastin, Danielle Kaye and Julia Love (Reuters) – A vote by Amazon workers to organize their warehouse in New York surprised and inspired long-time labor backers, for whom a new…
Biden was glad to see Amazon workers’ voices were heard in union vote – White House
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden was glad to see that the voices of Amazon.com Inc workers were heard, the White House said on Friday, after warehouse workers in New York City voted…
Three U.S. House Democrats seek documents from Amazon on labor practices
(Reuters) – Three U.S. House Democrats including the chair of the Oversight Committee on Friday asked Amazon.com to turn over documents detailing Amazon’s labor practices especially during severe weather. “We are concerned…
Amazon to double cashback rewards on fuel purchases as fuel prices rise
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is launching a program to double cashback rewards on fuel purchases to up to 12% for Amazon Flex debit cardholders, to help Flex delivery partners amid a rise…
Amazon gets rare ‘underperform’ rating on risks from higher expenses, inflation
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc received a rare “underperform” rating from BNP Paribas Exane on Wednesday, with the French brokerage saying the e-commerce giant faces a bumpy ride ahead due to surging inflation…
Hacienda Heights Man Admits Bilking Amazon in $1.3 Million Refund Scam and Will Plead Guilty to Federal Fraud Charge
LOS ANGELES – A third-party seller on Amazon.com Inc. has admitted gaming the online retailer’s payment system in a scheme that defrauded the company out of more than $1.3 million, the…
Amazon, Future talks have failed, lawyers tell India’s Supreme Court
NEW DELHI – Talks between Amazon.com Inc and India’s Future Retail aimed at resolving a long-running dispute over whether Future’s retail assets can be sold to Reliance Industries have failed, lawyers for…
Amazon may be days away from closing deal to buy film studio MGM
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES – Amazon.com Inc could be days away from closing its deal to buy MGM, the fabled studio behind “Rocky” and “James Bond,” as a mid-March deadline for regulators to challenge…
Amazon latest megacap to join stock split squad
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK – Stock splits are becoming fashionable for megacap U.S. companies. Amazon unveiled a 20-for-1 stock split late on Wednesday, only weeks after megacap peer Alphabet did the…
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