# amazon - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Warehouse Collapse
# Warehouse Collapse
The regulators will look into whether or not workplace safety rules were followed by Amazon at the site.
# amazon - Wednesday 8 December, 2021
# Frozen Out
# Frozen Out
The e-commerce giant said it has “identified the root cause and are actively working towards recovery.”
# amazon - Friday 19 November, 2021
# Brazil
# Brazil
13,235 square kilometres of forest was lost from August 2020 to July 2021.
# amazon - Wednesday 17 November, 2021
# Card Declined
# Card Declined
The online retail giant said it has made the decision due to ‘the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions’.
# amazon - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Amazon
# Amazon
An area more than half the size of the city of Rio de Janeiro of Amazon ’s lush rainforest was cleared.
# amazon - Monday 1 November, 2021
# Not Rocket Science
# Not Rocket Science
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has also offered millions to tackle desertification
# amazon - Saturday 11 September, 2021
# Workplace Relations
# Workplace Relations
“Our employees have the choice of whether or not to join a union,” an Amazon spokesperson said.
# amazon - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# Baldonnell
# Baldonnell
The facility is due to open next spring and will be the first of its kind in Ireland.
# amazon - Wednesday 21 July, 2021
# Working Conditions
# Working Conditions
The company is facing increasing pressure to improve working conditions.
# amazon - Tuesday 20 July, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Everyone should have the right to a living wage, job security and decent work conditions, writes Victor Duggan.
# Final Frontier
# Final Frontier
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made the voyage on 11 July, narrowly beating Bezos.
# amazon - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Teamsters
# Teamsters
“Amazon workers face dehumanizing, unsafe and low-pay jobs, with high turnover and no voice at work.”
# amazon - Monday 21 June, 2021
# Scotland
# Scotland
A probe found that items earmarked for destruction at a Scottish warehouse.
# amazon - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# New Ceo
# New Ceo
Jeff Bezos will hand the role over to Andy Jassy, who currently heads up Amazon Web Services.
# amazon - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
# On The Telly
From The42
# On The Telly
Financial Times reports that a three-year rollover of the current €5.8 billion deal is imminent.
# amazon - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Closer Look
From The42
# Closer Look
The Pogmentary will follow the life of the France international, giving a unique insight into his life on and off the pitch and will air in 2022.
# amazon - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Stepping Down
# Stepping Down
Bezos will be succeeded in the role by Andy Jassy.
# amazon - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Explainer
# Explainer
At the height of its powers, Parler had 10 million users.
# amazon - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Big Tech
# Big Tech
Amazon , Google, Facebook and Apple all faced heavy regulatory scrutiny in 2020.
# amazon - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Cookies
# Cookies
The data watchdog said users were “either insufficiently informed or never informed” of cookies being placed on their computers.
# amazon - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Ringing Up
# Ringing Up
Amazon will pay the cost of returns for faulty items, but the cost of returning any other products will be incurred by the buyer.
# amazon - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Brazil
# Brazil
11,088 square kilometres of forest was destroyed in Brazil last year.
# amazon - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
The Commission has also opened a second investigation into the online retail giant.
# amazon - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Tech Giants
# Tech Giants
Democrats in the US are hoping to rein in the power of the tech giants.
# amazon - Friday 2 October, 2020
# Testing
# Testing
The admission comes after months of pressure from workers and labour groups calling for the company to divulge the number of those infected.
# amazon - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
Rieli Franciscato was accompanied by a police patrol at the time.
# amazon - Saturday 5 September, 2020
# Rose Tinted Glasses
From The42
# Rose Tinted Glasses
The latest batch of episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s All or Nothing documentary series is released on Monday and features a row between Danny Rose and Jose Mourinho
# amazon - Monday 17 August, 2020
# Brazil
# Brazil
Brazil has the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the pandemic, after the US.
# amazon - Wednesday 12 August, 2020
# Brazil
# Brazil
Data from his own government shows the number of blazes in the rainforest is rising.
# amazon - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
# UK
# UK
The CMA said that the deal was unlikely to ‘substantially lessen’ competition.
# amazon - Monday 27 July, 2020
# They're Hiring
# They're Hiring
The new roles will be created over the next two years.
# amazon - Saturday 11 July, 2020
# Tech
# Tech
Amazon cited “security risks” from the China-owned service in the email.
# amazon - Thursday 11 June, 2020
# Facial Recognition
# Facial Recognition
Demonstrations since the death of George Floyd have focused attention on how police use software to track people.
# amazon - Saturday 23 May, 2020
# Page Turner
# Page Turner
Some shops are well equipped to weather the crisis while others have had to get creative.
# amazon - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
The court said Amazon France had “failed to recognise its obligations regarding the security and health of its workers”.
# amazon - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
The online retailer Amazon that Bezos runs has an enormous carbon footprint.
# amazon - Sunday 1 December, 2019
# Green Christmas
# Green Christmas
Want to avoid giant retailers and go green this Christmas? It’ll take a little bit of extra research – but it is possible.
# amazon - Saturday 30 November, 2019
# JAIR BOLSONARA
# JAIR BOLSONARA
The criticism follows a police raid at the headquarters of two nonprofit groups this week.
# amazon - Monday 18 November, 2019
# Brazil
# Brazil
It follows a series of major fires in the region earlier this year.
# amazon - Sunday 3 November, 2019
# Brazil
# Brazil
A logger also died in the attack on Friday night in Maranhao, Brazil.
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