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Understanding Amazon

Book review of AMAZON UNBOUND: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

Today, what really is essential?

We've cheered "Essential Workers", as the light has been shone on the people in the shadows, who actually make the world go round

Amazon invests Rs 225 cr in India digital payments arm to ramp up presence

Last October, ahead of the festive season, Amazon had invested Rs 700 crore in Amazon Pay

Amazon to hire 75,000 workers, offers $100 extra for vaccination proof

It will also pay a sign-on bonus of up to $1,000

Amazon wins $303-million court fight in blow to EU tax crusade

Setback renews calls from lawmakers in EU for an international corporate tax deal

Competing in a digital world

Book review of Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age

Bezos wraps up Amazon stock sale for $6.7 billion, continues to hold 10%

Jeff Bezos sold $1.7 billion of Amazon.com Inc. stock, bringing the amount he's unloaded this month to about $6.7 billion.

Amazon begins Covid-19 vaccinations for its front-line workers in India

The Jeff Bezos-led company is hosting on-site vaccination events run by licensed health care providers, at a few of its buildings in Delhi initially

Amazon blocked 10 bn phony listings last year in counterfeit crackdown

Amazon, which has been under pressure from shoppers, brands and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site, said Monday that it blocked more than 10 billion suspected phony listings last year

Amazon postpones Prime Day sale in Canada, India due to Covid-19

India, which is suffering severe shortages of medical equipment, on Thursday reported 412,262 new virus cases and 3,980 deaths, both daily records

Jeff Bezos sells $2.5 billion of Amazon and signals more coming

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, continues to hold more than 10% of Amazon.com.

Book excerpt: The untold story of how Jeff Bezos beat the tabloids

When a gossip paper went after the Amazon CEO, he retaliated with the brutal, brilliant efficiency he used to build his business empire. An excerpt from the new book Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone

Supreme Court defers hearing Amazon, Future case amid Covid-19 surge

The Supreme Court has not stopped Future Group and Reliance Industries from working towards a deal.

Breaking up giant corporations

As a good Minnesotan, Ms Klobuchar traces in her book the roots of antitrust to the Midwest, when farmers rebelled at the end of the 19th century against the exploitative practices of the railroads

AWS leads $42 bn global Cloud services market in Q1, Microsoft follows

Amazon Web Services was the leading cloud service provider with 32% market share in Q1 2021, as cloud infrastructure services spending grew 35% to $41.8 bn in the first quarter

Amazon expects spring windfall as US economy reopens, posts record profits

Amazon said it expects operating income for the current quarter to be between $4.5 billion and $8 billion, which assumes about $1.5 billion of costs related to Covid-19

Amazon to raise pay for more than 500,000 workers to attract more workers

Amazon has been criticised for not paying its workers enough

From Amazon to Tata, industry steps up to combat India's coronavirus crisis

On Tuesday Amazon said it would ship 100 ICU ventilator units to India from the United States.

CEO pay remains stratospheric, even at companies battered by pandemic

While millions of people struggled to make ends meet, many of the companies hit hardest in 2020 showered their executives with riches

Covid-19 second wave: Amazon to airlift over 10,000 oxygen concentrators

The e-commerce giant has joined hands with ACT Grants, Temasek Foundation and Pune Platform for Covid-19 Response to airlift over 8000 oxygen concentrators and 500 BiPAP machines from Singapore