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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.

Organizer Heather Goodall, who works at Amazon's warehouse near Albany, N.Y., leads supporters of the Amazon Labor Union in a march on Oct. 10.

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Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse

4:26pm October 18, 2022

This marks the second loss for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which previously formed Amazon's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island. Amazon is still fighting that historic first union win.

A large fire in a recently deforested area of the Amazon rainforest along Highway BR-319 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 25.

Brazil's election could determine the fate of the Amazon after record deforestation

7:01am October 01, 2022

by John Otis

Under President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in Sunday's vote, forest clearing and wildfires have surged in the Amazon.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces a lawsuit against Amazon in San Francisco on Wednesday.

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California sues Amazon, alleging its policies cause higher prices everywhere

4:08pm September 14, 2022

California's antitrust lawsuit alleges the company penalizes sellers and suppliers that offer cheaper prices at rival online stores.

A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., which became the company's first unionized U.S. facility in the spring.

Amazon warehouse workers in Albany will vote on unionization in October

2:02pm September 14, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

About 400 workers will vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which in the spring won a historic vote to form the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island.

Workers line up to vote on unionization at Amazon's warehouse in Staten Island on March 25.

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Amazon loses key step in its attempt to reverse its workers' historic union vote

7:40pm September 01, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

A federal labor official is recommending a dismissal of Amazon's objections after a lengthy hearing on the company's appeal against the historic union win at a warehouse in New York's Staten Island.

An endemic white-fronted spider monkey, an endangered species due to habitat loss, climbs a branch in Cristalino II State Park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil in July 2019.

Environment

A Brazil court reopens the case of a rainforest park larger than New York City

2:29am August 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.

Amazon said it will acquire the primary care organization One Medical for $3.9 billion.

Amazon buying One Medical is only its most recent dive into the health care industry

10:32am July 26, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

Amazon is buying One Medical, a primary care practice. The tech giant has already stepped into the health care world, but experts said this is a big step to expand Amazon's physical health presence.

A kindle e-book reader is pictured at the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2015.

Books

Authors are protesting Amazon's e-book policy that allows users to read and return

5:00am June 27, 2022

by Deanna Schwartz

Authors say readers are exploiting Amazon's seven-day return policy by using Amazon like a library and returning books after reading them.