Category: Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Attacks the Biden Administration on Inflation, ‘Misdirection’

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, ramped up his criticism of President Joe Biden on May 15, stating that the “misdirection” coming from the White House is not helping the country. Bezos, like many economists, slammed the administration’s attempts to stoke an already overheated economy with further stimulus. He said inflation mostly harms the poor….


Jeff Bezos Criticizes Biden Administration on Inflation, ‘Misdirection’

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, ramped up his criticism of President Joe Biden on May 15, saying that the “misdirection” coming from the White House isn’t helping the country. Bezos, like many economists, criticized the administration’s attempts to stoke an already overheated economy with further stimulus. He said inflation mostly harms the poor. “In fact,…


Bezos Criticizes Biden Over Inflation Tweet, Says Disinformation Board Should Fact Check President’s Tweet

Amazon.com Inc. Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos on Friday criticized President Joe Biden for his recent tweet on inflation and corporate taxation. On Friday, Biden published a tweet about curtailing inflation by taxing large corporations in the United States. You want to bring down inflation? Let’s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share. — Joe Biden…


Elon Musk, Richard Branson & Jeff Bezos’ Best Advice for Ensuring Your Startup Doesn’t Fail

By Brook Zimmatore Imagine some sickness with a 90 percent mortality rate: Doctors would be scrambling for a cure and we certainly wouldn’t be lining up to catch said disease. Yet, even with a 10 percent chance of success, more people are starting their own businesses than ever before. In 2021, 5.4 million applicants filed to…


Jeff Bezos Raises Concerns About China’s Clout Over Twitter After Musk’s Takeover

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos questioned whether Twitter will fall under the influence of the Chinese regime, hours after Tesla CEO Elon Musk secured a $44 billion buyout of the social media firm. “Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?” Bezos wrote on Twitter, responding to a…


Musk Polls Followers on Converting Twitter HQ to Homeless Shelter; Bezos Likes Idea

Two of the world’s richest people are pitching in ideas to tackle the issue of homelessness, suggesting that Twitter Inc. convert its headquarters to a shelter home. Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos on Sunday backed an idea put forth by Elon Musk, who recently became Twitter’s largest shareholder, to convert the social networking firm’s San…


Amazon Signs Landmark Rocket Deal

Former Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos has reunited with his former company in a landmark deal to launch 83 satellites in upcoming years, in what has been described as the largest deal ever in the history of the commercial space industry. On Tuesday, Amazon announced that it would be partnering with numerous companies to launch…


Blue Origin’s 4th Astro-Tourism Flight Set to Launch Without Big Names

The fourth commercial flight of Jeff Bezos’ space tourism venture Blue Origin, offering short suborbital joyrides to well-heeled thrill-seekers and celebrity guests, has been delayed by two days because of poor weather conditions, the company said. Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft was scheduled for liftoff on Tuesday from the company’s launch site in rural west…


US Commission Asks Amazon to Support a Whistleblower Who Exposed Abuse at Supplier’s Chinese Factory

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Feb. 16 sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, asking the U.S. retail giant to support a Chinese whistleblower, who was jailed and tortured after he exposed poor working conditions at one of the company’s suppliers in China. Tang Mingfang, 43, was formerly an engineer at electronics manufacturer…


US Commission Asks Amazon to Support Whistleblower Who Exposed Abuse at Supplier’s Chinese Factory

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Feb. 16 sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, asking the U.S. e-commerce giant to support a Chinese whistleblower who was jailed and tortured after he exposed poor working conditions at one of the company’s suppliers in China. Tang Mingfang, 43, was formerly an engineer at electronics manufacturer…