Tag: JeffBezos
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Protesters marched outside Jeff Bezos’ luxury mansion to demand the Amazon billionaire pay more taxes and take responsibility for the 20,000 workers infected by COVID-19
Protesters marched to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Beverly Hills mansion to demand the company address environmental and labor issues that unraveled during the pandemic. The event saw a coalition of labor and environmental activists gathered at Will Rogers Memorial Park on Sunset Boulevard to decry Bezos and his multi-billion dollar e-commerce empire during ‘The Wrong…
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Jeff Bezos Sells One Million Amazon Shares Worth $3.1 Billion
[whohit]Jeff Bezos Sells One Million Amazon Shares Worth $3.1 Billion[/whohit]Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos sold $3.1 billion worth of Amazon shares in the first few days of August, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. After taxes, the billionaire will take home an estimated $2.4 billion. His last large Amazon sell-off…
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Congress documents reveal e-mails between Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO
[whohit]Congress documents reveal e-mails between Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO[/whohit]Now we know how Apple convinced Amazon to finally put Prime Video on the App Store in 2017: Apple agreed to only take 15% of revenue from Prime Video subscriptions made on iOS, versus the 30% they were taking from others. The document is among the many…
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Jeff Bezos testifies in a virtual hearing on antitrust laws
[whohit]Jeff Bezos testifies in a virtual hearing on antitrust laws[/whohit]The CEOs of the four biggest tech firms faced Congress on Wednesday, being accused of running monopolies, trampling small businesses and would-be competitors. For more than five hours Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple testified before the Antitrust,…
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Jeff Bezos’s hacked Twitter account sends messages asking for Bitcoin donations
[whohit]Jeff Bezos’s hacked Twitter account sends messages asking for Bitcoin donations[/whohit]Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama or Elon Musk were among the victims of the four-hour attack on Wednesday afternoon that saw hackers infiltrate Twitter’s internal systems and post bogus tweets from the high profile accounts asking people to send bitcoin. The scammers received more than $116,000 worth…
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Popcorn time! A whole movie about Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Have you seen it already?
[whohit]Popcorn time! A whole movie about Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Have you seen it already?[/whohit]Recently, Frontline – American television’s top long-form news and current affairs series released a movie called “Amazon Empire – The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos, which presents us the story and birth of one of the world’s most dominant companies…
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Jeff Bezos to invest billions into fighting against climate change
Today on 17.February Jeff Bezos announced in his Instagram post that starting summer 2020, he is going to get engaged in a fight against climate change by sponsoring various organizations, institutions, charities and individuals that are working on protecting the Earth. [whohit]Jeff Bezos to invest billions into fighting against climate change[/whohit]He will be setting up…
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Jeff Bezos buys a mansion in Beverly Hills for $165 million
[whohit]Jeff Bezos buys a mansion in Beverly Hills for $165 million[/whohit]Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just broke California’s home sale price record, paying $165 million for an estate in Beverly Hills, according to real estate sources with knowledge of the deal. The purchase is the most ever paid for a home in California. Bezos also owns…
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Hidden gem in Seattle – letter to Jeff Bezos painted on a building
[whohit]Hidden gem in Seattle – letter to Jeff Bezos painted on a building[/whohit]Today as I was walking back to my Belltown apartment in Seattle, I noticed this huge painted letter on the wall of a building. The building is just behind the Day One building of the Amazon HQ and I wonder if the recipient…
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Jeff Bezos issued with $16000 parking tickets during the renovation of his Washington DC house
[whohit]Jeff Bezos issued with $16000 parking tickets during the renovation of his Washington DC house[/whohit]Jeff Bezos, the Amazon billionaire reportedly paid a fortune in parking fines during the ongoing renovation works on his $23 million, Washington, DC mansion. A team of Bezos-employed appointees, who converted his home from a museum into a residence, racked up…
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Jeff Bezos Adds $13.2 Billion to His Fortune in Just Minutes
[whohit]Jeff Bezos Adds $13.2 Billion to His Fortune in Just Minutes[/whohit]Shares of Amazon surged by 12% to $2,100 in extended trading. Thursday in New York, after the largest U.S. e-commerce company reported fourth-quarter results that smashed Wall Street estimates. Bezos, already the world’s richest person, added $13.2 billion to his fortune in about 15 minutes. At the current price,…
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President Trump to hold Amazon responsible for sale of counterfeit items
[whohit]President Trump to hold Amazon responsible for sale of counterfeit items[/whohit]Bezos has been able to sidestep any liability for counterfeit goods. But the Trump Administration’s crackdown on counterfeit goods have backed the retail giant into a corner. The Trump administration unveiled new rules to combat counterfeit and pirated goods Friday. The new policies, which were published by…