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Amazon Stops Sending Products to Russia

Amazon .com Inc. says it has stopped shipping products sold on its retail website to customers based in Russia and cut off access to its video streaming service there.

March 9, 2022
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Amazon’s Holiday-Quarter Sales Forecast Suggests Pandemic Boom Is Over

Amazon .com Inc. gave a forecast for holiday sales that fell short of analysts’ estimates, signaling the pandemic’s boost to online shopping continues to fade.

October 28, 2021
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Amazon Tries to Calm Fears Over Supply Chain Woes

Amazon .com Inc. is talking up the size of its delivery operation to ease public alarm that a supply chain crisis could strangle holiday shopping.

October 25, 2021
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Amazon Lottery Offers Vaccinated Workers Cars, $500,000 Cash

Amazon.com Inc. will offer cash prizes of as much as $500,000 as well as cars and vacation packages to frontline employees who can prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

August 9, 2021
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Amazon Tells Warehouse Workers to Mask Up Again

Amazon .com Inc. is ordering frontline U.S. employees to resume wearing masks at work regardless of vaccination status, joining the ranks of companies ramping up precautions in response to the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant.

August 6, 2021
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Qualcomm Offers $4.6 Billion for Veoneer, Topping Magna Bid

Qualcomm Inc. offered to buy automotive technology company Veoneer Inc. for $4.6 billion, muscling in on a bid Magna International Inc. made for the supplier last month.

August 5, 2021
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Amazon’s Whole Foods Adds Delivery Fee in Some Cities

Amazon .com Inc. is tacking on a delivery fee for Prime members who shop at Whole Foods Market in several U.S. cities, an indication that the economics of grocery delivery continue to pose a challenge for even the world’s largest online retailer.

August 2, 2021
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Bezos: Amazon’s Andy Jassy Will Become CEO on July 5

Amazon .com Inc.’s new CEO will take the reins on July 5, the 27th anniversary of the company’s incorporation, outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos said during the annual shareholder meeting on May 26.

May 26, 2021
BusinessTechnology

Amazon Q1 Sales Beat Estimates

Amazon .com Inc. reported a big increase in sales and gave a bullish forecast, continuing a streak of rapid growth even as vaccine rollouts raised the prospect of a return to prepandemic shopping habits in the U.S.

April 29, 2021
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Amazon Violated Law in Firing Employee Activists, NLRB Says

Amazon .com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board’s prosecutors have found.

April 5, 2021