Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces he’ll be stepping down, two FBI agents in Florida died in the field, and preparation for the Senate trial against former President Donald Trump is ramping up.
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Step Down as CEO
NEW YORK—Amazon said Tuesday that Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO later this year, a role he’s had since he founded the company nearly 30 years ago. Amazon said he’ll be replaced in the fall by Andy Jassy, who runs Amazon’s cloud business. Bezos will then become the company’s executive chairman. Bezos founded Amazon…
Walmart Plans Big Push to Challenge Amazon on Advertising
NEW YORK/DALLAS—Walmart Inc. plans to expand its advertising business, adding space for ads at its U.S. stores and sharing its vast trove of shopper data with brands, the world’s largest retailer said on Thursday, looking to challenge rival Amazon.com Inc. as a media powerhouse. The efforts are key to Walmart’s aggressive plan to achieve a…
Debate Heats Up Over How Countries Tax Big Tech Companies
FRANKFURT, Germany—An international debate over how countries tax big U.S. technology companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook is heating up, presenting a challenge for President Joe Biden’s new administration. A mid-year deadline is on the horizon for talks about a global deal to defuse trade disputes with France and other countries that are imposing…
Widespread Internet Outages Hit Northeast U.S.
Internet users across the northeast U.S. experienced widespread outages for several hours Tuesday, interrupting work and school because of an unspecified Verizon network issue. “An internet issue impacting the quality of our Fios service throughout the Northeast has been resolved,” said spokesman Rich Young in an emailed statement Tuesday afternoon. He said service levels “are…
Video: Facts Matter (Jan. 25): Texas Files Lawsuit Against Biden Administration For Endangering Citizens
Shortly after taking office, President Biden issued a 100-day freeze on deportations—meaning that illegal aliens here in the U.S. cannot be deported back to their home countries. However, Texas is fighting against this order, saying that it endangers its citizens. Sarah Huckabee Sanders just announced that she will be running for Governor of Arkansas—a position…
Amazon Trying to Block Voting by Mail in Unionization Election
Amazon is seeking to block mail-in votes in an upcoming unionization vote. Workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, are scheduled to vote soon on whether to unionize, with ballots being sent out on Feb. 8. The National Labor Relations Board said earlier this month that the vote would take place entirely by mail because…
Judge Rejects Parler’s Request for Order Forcing Amazon to Keep Hosting Service
A federal judge on Jan. 21 denied a request from Parler that sought to have the court order Amazon Web Services (AWS) to continue hosting the service. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, a Carter appointee, said that Parler failed to meet the standard for the issuance of a preliminary injection. “To be clear, the…
Amazon Offers to Help Biden Administration With CCP Virus Vaccine Distribution
E-commerce giant Amazon has offered to help the Biden administration with accelerating the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, while seeking to get its employees inoculated as early as possible. Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Dave Clark said in a letter to President Joe Biden on the day of his inauguration (pdf) that the company is willing…
Amazon to Open Five Facilities in Quebec and Create Over 1,000 Jobs
MONTREAL—Amazon says it will open five facilities in Quebec that will create more than 1,000 jobs and speed up customer deliveries. The U.S. online retail giant says it will add two sorting centres and its first three delivery stations in the province. Its largest sorting centre in the province, a 48,300-square-metre facility, will open this…
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