BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) -Some workers at Amazon sites in Germany and France downed tools on Black Friday, as part of a move across the world to target the online retailer on one of the busiest shopping days of the year with calls for better pay. The Make Amazon Pay initiative, which made the call for strikes,…
Amazon Workers Protest at Some German, French Sites on Black Friday
NTD Business (Nov. 25): Musk’s ‘Woke’ Entertainment Warning; Will Gov’t Boost CBDC After FTX Fall?
Billionaire Elon Musk is warning about the entertainment industry pushing “woke” content. What does he say it’ll do to civilization? Amazon is facing Black Friday protests in over 30 countries. NTD catches up with protestors in New York City. Frustration is reaching a boiling point in China over stricter virus controls, as the country reports…
What, You Don’t Want a Surveillance Tool in Your Home?
Commentary Amazon has just announced a dramatic cutback in its division that develops Alexa, that space-age box in your home with whom you can have long conversations but assures us that she is not spying on us. And the data she collects is super secure and would never be shared with government. Right. It turns…
Amazon CEO Says Job Cuts Will Run Through Next Year
After confirming that it has begun terminating employees, Amazon has now revealed that the layoffs will continue into 2023 as well. On Nov. 16, Dave Limp, Amazon senior vice president of devices and services, announced the job cuts, saying that the company had decided to “consolidate some teams and programs” due to which “some roles will…
Amazon Confirms Jobs Cuts as Rumors Swirl of 10,000 Layoffs
Amazon on Wednesday confirmed it started laying off employees, days after several news outlets reported the retail giant would cut as many as 10,000 employees in the near future. Dave Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and services, told employees that some roles and teams won’t be needed. Some employees were told Tuesday that…
Country Music Legend Dolly Parton Awarded $100 Million by Jeff Bezos for Charity Work
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos awarded country music star Dolly Parton with $100 million over the weekend as part of the Bezos Courage and Civility award. Bezos and his partner Lauren Sanchez presented the award to Parton, 76, on Saturday evening for her philanthropic work. The award “recognizes leaders who aim high, find solutions and who always do…
Amazon Makes History After Losing $1 Trillion in Market Value Amid Tech Stock Rout
Amazon has become the first publicly traded company in history to lose $1 trillion in market valuation amid a volatile economy that has sparked a broad tech selloff. The Jeff Bezos-founded company, valued close to $1.88 trillion on July 2021, saw its shares fall 4.3 percent on Wednesday, pushing its market value down to $878 billion. Amazon stock…
Amazon Disappears Two Books on Islam
Commentary In a time when even the conservative imprints of corporate publishing houses are under pressure not to accept books that are too offensive to woke sensibilities (witness the widening protest against Penguin Random House’s contract with Amy Coney Barrett), the New English Review Press, based in Nashville and London, is a priceless cultural institution….
UK MPs Warned That Anonymised Data Can Be ‘Reverse Engineered’
A committee of MPs has been told of the danger of connected technology and data mining by experts who said Britain should bring in regulation to protect individuals and especially workers. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is investigating “the impacts of the increasing prevalence of smart and connected technology” such as Alexa, Siri, and…
Wall Street Loses Over $200 Billion in Value After Report From Amazon
Over $200 billion in U.S. stock market value went up in smoke in extended trade on Thursday, after a weak forecast from Amazon added to a string of downbeat quarterly reports from Big Tech companies. Amazon’s stock tumbled 17 percent after the bell, wiping out $190 billion in market capitalization after the retail and technology…
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