NEW DELHI—Amazon.com Inc. launched in India on Friday eight global and local streaming services on its video platform, in a move aimed at boosting subscriptions. The move comes at a time of increasing competition from global and domestic rivals in an important market for the U.S. tech company. The Amazon Channels service will help customers…
Amazon Launches Service Aggregating Video Streaming Apps in India
September 25, 2021
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Amazon’s Cloud Unit to Create Data Centers, 1,000 Jobs in New Zealand
September 23, 2021
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Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit said on Wednesday it will launch data centers in New Zealand in 2024 and create about 1,000 jobs in the country over 15 years. After releasing an economic impact study, Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it plans to invest NZ$7.5 billion ($5.25 billion) in its new infrastructure hub—AWS Asia Pacific…
Newsom Signs Bill Targeting Production Quotas at Amazon and Other Warehouse Operators
September 23, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that restricts the ability of retailers like Amazon to enforce production quotas on warehouse workers, a move hailed by labor advocacy groups but opposed by business organizations as needless and burdensome. The measure, called AB 701, passed the state assembly earlier in the month and was signed into…
Newsom Signs Bill to Limit Production Quotas at Amazon, Other Warehouse Operators
September 23, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that restricts the ability of retailers such as Amazon to enforce production quotas on warehouse workers, a move hailed by labor advocacy groups but opposed by business organizations as needless and burdensome. The measure, called AB 701, was approved by the state Assembly earlier in the month and…
Thousands of Australian Delivery Workers Strike Across the Country for Job Security
Thousands of delivery workers at Australian courier company StarTrack have walked off the job for 24 hours from midnight Sept. 23 after negotiations over job security and pay broke down. Around 2,000 StarTrack employees are striking across the country after the Fair Work Commission approved the industrial action while rejecting StarTrack’s claim that it would…
More Than 30 Companies, Including Amazon, Facebook and Pfizer Vow to Create Economic Opportunities for Afghan Refugees
September 22, 2021
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More than 30 companies including Amazon, Facebook, Pfizer, and Tyson Foods have vowed to create economic opportunities and provide resources for Afghan refugees as they start their new lives in the United States. The 34 companies, which stem from all sectors including tech, retail, and food service industry, have joined the Tent Coalition for Afghan Refugees, which…
UK’s Johnson Discussed Taxation With Amazon’s Bezos
September 21, 2021
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LONDON—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed the issue of taxation when he met Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos in New York, Downing Street said. “The prime minister raised the issue of taxation, and hoped progress could be [made] in implementing the G7 agreement on tax,” a Downing Street spokesperson said in a readout of the meeting….
Teamsters Organizing Workers’ Unions at 9 Amazon.com Facilities in Canada
The Teamsters workers’ union has launched campaigns to organize employees in at least nine Canadian facilities of U.S. e-commerce company Amazon.com, according to Reuters interviews with union officials. The influential union took the first step earlier this week to organize employees at one of Amazon’s Canadian facilities, and the interviews reveal it is widening such…
Amazon Temporarily Blocked Advertisement for Book That Links BLM to Marxism
The Heritage Foundation on Thursday alleged that it has been temporarily blocked from advertising and promoting on Amazon a new book about the Marxist ideological root of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization. In a news release, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank said it was informed by Amazon that its advertisement for the book “BLM:…
Amazon to More Than Double Payroll in Spain to 25,000 by 2025
TOLEDO, Spain—U.S. online retail giant Amazon will more than double its payroll in Spain to 25,000 workers by 2025 from 12,000 last year, Mariangela Marseglia, Amazon’s vice president and general manager for Spain and Italy, said on Thursday. She added that Amazon will raise the number of its logistics centres in the country to 40…
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