Amazon to invest $8.88b into Singapore cloud infrastructure
Amazon.com is ramping up its presence in Southeast Asia, announcing a S$12 billion ($8.88 billion) investment over…
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Google terminates 28 employees over Israel cloud contract
Google announced the termination of 28 employees on Thursday, following protests against the company's cloud…
French watchdog fines Amazon €32 mln over employee surveillance system
French data protection Watchdog fined Amazon.com Inc. €32 million ($34.9 million) over their employee surveillance…
Workers at Amazon Spain plan 3-day strike over wages
Workers at Amazon (AMZN.O) in northern Spain are planning a three-day strike over their wages, Reuters reported on…
Facebook fined $1.3 billion, given 5 months to stop EU-US data flows
Meta was fined a record $1.3 billion by its lead privacy regulator in the European Union for its handling of user…
Amazon to cut 9K more jobs in second round of layoffs
U.S. online retail company Amazon, plans to lay off about 9,000 in the next few weeks, mostly in AWS, PXT,…
On IWD, Nadine Abou El-Gheit shares Amazon’s women empowerment policies
Nadine Abou El-Gheit has been with Amazon as a MENA community engagement manager since June 2020.
Elon Musk losses world’s richest man title
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no longer the richest person in the world, conceding the title to chairman of Louis Vuitton…
Amazon opens customer service centre in Egypt, the largest in MENA
Amazon on Monday announced the opening of its largest customer service centre in the Middle East region. Located in…
Amazon opens its first of its kind African logistics centre in Egypt
Amazon.com Inc, the world's biggest online retailer, has opened on Tuesday a logistics facility in Egypt.
Amazon’s unit to offer auto insurance in India
Amazon.com Inc’s Indian unit on Thursday said it will begin offering auto insurance, making India the e-commerce…
Amazon’s exports from Indian sellers cross $2 billion
Amazon.com Inc’s total exports from small and medium sellers in India, part of a company programme to export…
Amazon bans and then unbans TikTok from employee mobile devices
In the span of a few hours on Friday, Amazon.com Inc banned and then unbanned the TikTok video sharing app from…
Amazon negotiates to buy $2bn stake in India’s telco Bharti Airtel: sources
Amazon.com is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in Indian mobile operator Bharti…
Amazon removes racist messages after they appear on some product listings
Amazon.com Inc said it was removing certain images after messages using extremely strong racist abuse appeared on…
Amazon says appropriate executive will be available, as US panel calls on Bezos to testify
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it would make an appropriate executive available to the U.S. House of Representatives…
Amazon tests screening merchants for fraud via video calls in pandemic
Amazon.com Inc is piloting the use of video conference calls to verify the identity of merchants who wish to sell…
Amazon fires three critics of warehouse conditions in pandemic
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had fired three critics of the company’s pandemic response for workplace…
US senators question Amazon CEO about firing of warehouse protest leader
Five Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wrote Amazon.com Inc to raise concern about its firing of a worker who…
Amazon to suspend delivery service to compete with UPS, FedEx in U.S.
Amazon.com Inc will suspend a delivery service that aims to compete with UPS and FedEx in the United States,…
Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers for potential screenings on employees
Amazon.com Inc has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test makers as it considers how to screen its…
Amazon to postpone Prime Day sales event due to coronavirus
Amazon.com Inc is postponing its major summer shopping event Prime Day until at least August and expects a…
Amazon.com entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay
Amazon.com Inc is offering higher pay to recruit its own warehouse employees to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries…
UK competition regulator to in-depth probe Amazon-Deliveroo deal
UK competition watchdog announced on Friday it would conduct an in-depth investigation into Amazon.com Inc’s buying…
Vodafone partners with Amazon’s cloud unit
Vodafone Group PLC on Wednesday said it is partnering with Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, to…
Amazon gets U.S. patent to use delivery drones as service for its customers
Amazon.com Inc is exploring using drones not just to deliver packages but also to provide surveillance as a service…
Amazon obtains U.S. patent to use delivery drones for surveillance service
Amazon.com Inc is looking to use drones not just to deliver packages but also to provide surveillance as a service…
Amazon’s stock market value hits $900bn, threatens Apple
Amazon.com’s (AMZN.O) stock market value reached $900 billion on Wednesday for the first time, marking a major…
Amazon lining up for staff in European insurance push
Amazon.com Inc is expanding its nascent European product insurance business, according to recent job adverts,…
Small banks oppose U.S. regulator offering olive branch to tech sector
Small Main Street banks vowed on Wednesday to fight any review of a ban that prevents retailers such as Wal-Mart…
Amazon cuts prices of products from third-party sellers to draw sales
Amazon.com is cutting prices of products from third-party sellers on its website, moving beyond its more typical…
Amazon lining up for new corporate office in Vancouver, to double headcount
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday that it will a open second corporate office in Vancouver, doubling its staff in the…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos passes Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world
A post-earnings rise in Amazon.com Inc. shares on Friday pushed Jeff Bezos to the top of the Bloomberg…
Amazon launches cash payments in Mexico to lure shoppers online
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) launched a cash payment service in Mexico on Tuesday, aiming to expand its customer base…
Google has pulled YouTube from Echo Show device in tech face-off; says Amazon
In a rare public feud between two large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said Tuesday its Echo Show devices…
Amazon weighs Boston in search for second headquarters
Several senior Amazon.com Inc. executives advocate putting a second headquarters in Boston, according to a…
Amazon to take over Whole Foods Market in deal valued at $13.7 billion
Amazon.com jolted the grocery industry on Friday when it announced plans to take over Whole Foods Market,…
Amazon says ‘committed to supporting’ employees affected by Trump’s…
Amazon.com said Sunday the company would support employees and their families affected by U.S. President Donald…
Amazon says new $1,500 selling fees won’t apply to existing merchants
It's been a nerve-racking week for Amazon.com sellers after the e-retailer implemented new rules requiring…
Amazon sends awkward email in Chinese to suspended sellers
The massive growth of Chinese sellers on Amazon.com's marketplace has caused all sorts of problems with U.S.…