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Amazon pauses construction in Virginia on its second headquarters

1:32pm March 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

Following a big round of layoffs, the Seattle-based company said it is delaying the beginning of construction of the second phase of its headquarters development in Northern Virginia.

Amazon packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse in Arizona.

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Amazon reports its first unprofitable year since 2014

6:15pm February 02, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

The biggest culprit was Amazon hefty investment in the electric automaker Rivian, whose value plummeted last year. Amazon also contends with the need to recalibrate after a pandemic-era upsurge.

An Amazon fulfillment center is seen before sunrise on March 29, 2021, in Bessemer, Ala. Amazon announced it is ending its charity donation program, AmazonSmile.

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Amazon ends its charity donation program AmazonSmile after other cost-cutting efforts

3:02pm January 19, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The company says the AmazonSmile program didn't have enough financial impact. But some charities say the support "made a huge difference," and shoppers have expressed disapproval on social media.

Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls speaks at a New York rally on Sept. 5. The company had fired Smalls from its Staten Island warehouse after he helped lead a pandemic-era walkout.

Amazon loses bid to overturn historic union win on Staten Island warehouse

10:55pm January 11, 2023

Amazon should recognize its first unionized warehouse in the U.S., a federal labor official ruled.

MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist. Last month she announced that her donations since 2019 have totaled more than $14 billion and helped fund around 1,600 nonprofits. But as much as the scale, it is her untraditional style of giving that is causing a stir.

MacKenzie Scott is shaking up philanthropy's traditions. Is that a good thing?

5:20pm January 10, 2023

by Andrew Connelly

Donations often come with rigorous applications and reporting requirements. Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, who divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019 and vowed to give away most of her fortune, does it her way.

Takakudjyti Kayapó, better known as Takakre, holds up a matrinxã fish. A community fishing monitor, he will measure and weigh the fish before recording its details in a spreadsheet to be sent to other members of the team studying how the mercury used in illegal mining is affecting fish populations in the Pixaxá River.

Is there mercury in the fish we eat? Amazonians tap WhatsApp to find out

8:46pm December 31, 2022

by Jill Langlois

A community of Indigenous peoples worried that mercury used by gold miners was contaminating the fish they eat. So they created a DIY team to find out more.

An Amazon worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery in New York City in July. A promotion that enabled shoppers to tip workers last week maxed out in less than 48 hours.

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Amazon launched a driver tipping promotion on the same day it got sued over tip fraud

5:01am December 14, 2022

by Emily Olson

An Amazon promotion that tipped delivery drivers $5 for every customer that sent a "thank you" message maxed out on the second day, raising questions about whether drivers deserve tips year-round.

A riverside fisherman pulls a captured pirarucu into his canoe in Lake Amanã on Nov. 15.

Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again

5:00am December 07, 2022

by John Otis

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

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Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 of its corporate and technology employees, The New York Times reported Monday.

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It's the end of the boom times in tech, as layoffs keep mounting

8:16pm November 14, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

Amazon will reportedly lay off 10,000 employees as soon as this week. That follows job cuts at Meta, Twitter, and Stripe, with CEOs citing economic uncertainty and a slowdown in online ad buying.

The two candidates in Brazil's presidential elections campaign leading up to a runoff election. Left: President Jair Bolsonaro in Guarulhos on Saturday. Right: Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro State on Oct. 11.

What to know about Brazil's election as Bolsonaro faces Lula, with major world impacts

5:18pm October 28, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Brazilians head to the polls Sunday to vote in a presidential election that is testing the world's fourth-largest democracy and could have a critical impact on the fight against climate change.