Page 13 - Latest Updates on Jeff Bezos
Tech billionaires like Bezos must answer: Will they let workers unionize?
Amazon's decision to fire the activists was easy to make in the United States, where Amazon workers have no union and are left to fend for themselves
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How to fight against big tech's power, break out of the stranglehold
Expect the tech titans to be grilled over whether their companies have become so powerful and far-reaching that they harm rivals and all of us, too
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United in their ire, US lawmakers lash out at big tech cos leaders
For more than five hours, the 15 members of an antitrust panel in the House lobbed questions and repeatedly interrupted and talked over Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg
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Top headlines: Google Tax stumps foreign firms, Unlock 3 ends night curfew
From Maruti posting first quarterly loss in 17 years, VIral Acharya on larger role of foreign banks to govt approving new education policy, here are the top news of the day
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'They have too much power': US lawmakers grill Big Tech as Trump weighs in
Much-anticipated congressional hearing featuring the CEOs of four of America's largest tech firms kicks off.
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4 Big Tech CEOs under US Congress scanner on issues of competition, privacy
One of them is the world's richest individual (Bezos); another is the fourth-ranked billionaire (Zuckerberg)
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' ex-wife donates $1.7 billion for social causes
MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced that she has donated around $1.7 bn to groups involved in philanthropic causes such as healthcare, LGBT rights and racial justice
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In prepared remarks, big tech CEOs defend themselves ahead of US testimony
Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai to be grilled over the dominance in their fields of e-retail, smartphone software, social media and search.
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Jeff Bezos adds record $13 billion in single day to his fortune
Amazon.com. shares surged 7.9 per cent, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism about web shopping trends, and are now up 73 per cent this year.
Before Twitter hack campaign, online forum offered user accounts for $2,500
For $250, the seller promised to reveal the e-mail and for $2,500, the entire account
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Amazon infuses Rs 2,310 crore in India unit amid the Covid-19 pandemic
According to data analytics firm GlobalData, Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate the growth of India's e-commerce market taking it to about Rs 700,000 crore by 2023.
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World's richest in pics: Jeff Bezos to Mukesh Ambani, top 10 billionaires
According to the Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, daily ranking of the world's richest people, Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to record $171.6 billion
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Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to record $171.6 billion: Billionaires Index
Shares of the retailer surged 4.4 per cent to a record $2,878.70, boosting the founder's world-leading fortune to $171.6 billion.
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Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a 'copycat' over Amazon's acquisition of Zoox
Tesla CEO Elon Musk called Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos a copycat after the e-commerce giant announced its purchase of self-driving car company Zoox at an estimated value of over $1 billion
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Hurun's rich list 2020: Here are the top 10 richest people in the world
Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, retains the top spot on the list with $140 billion net worth, down $7 billion from last year, mainly due to the world's largest divorce settlement
In pics: Mukesh Ambani 9th among top-10 richest men. Who are the others?
With RIL's market capitalisation crossing the Rs 11-trillion mark on Friday, its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became the ninth-richest billionaire globally
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Perils of face-recognition
The technology has heightened privacy concerns
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'Black Lives Matter' movement not an insult to others: Amazon CEO Bezos
I have to disagree with you. 'Black Lives Matter' doesn't mean other lives don't matter, said Bezos
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Elon Musk calls for breakup of Amazon in tweet, slams 'wrongful monopoly'
Telsa chief comes out in support of author who was unable to self-publish a book on Amazon.
Wealth of US billionaires jumps $500 bn during Covid-19 pandemic: Report
During the 11 weeks from March 18, when US lockdowns started, the wealth of America's richest people surged by over $565 billion, while 42.6 million workers filed for unemployment
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