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Streaming platforms tighten grip on Hollywood with producer award nods
Six of the 10 movies shortlisted by the Producers Guild of America were released by streamers - up from two last year.
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Amazon accused of race-gender bias in workplace
Charlotte Newman, who is black and heads Underrepresented Founder Startup Business Development at Amazon Web Services, said in the suit she has been harassed, sexually assaulted, and kept from advancing to positions she deserved in the corporation.
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Biden backs Amazon workers' right to unionize
Amazon does not officially oppose unions but it has campaigned against efforts by staff at the warehouse in Bessemer to unionize.
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Amazon seeks to build on soaring growth as Bezos hands over
Here are some key questions and answers following Tuesday's surprise announcement of a change in top management at Amazon.
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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO
The world's richest person based on his Amazon stake, Bezos said he will transition to the role of executive chair in the third quarter, handing over the CEO role to Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services.
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Bolstered by pandemic, tech titans face growing scrutiny
Governments and users are belatedly coming to terms with the power held by the likes of Apple and Amazon, particularly in focus this year thanks to their role in everything from setting up video meetings to doing our shopping for us.
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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon surges to 12-year high
Environmentalists say those policies fuel the destruction of the Amazon, about 60% of which is in Brazil.
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Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers got COVID-19
Data on the e-commerce giant's 1.37 million frontline workers, including those at its Whole Foods Market grocery stores in the United States, showed a lower infection rate than expected, Amazon said.
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Namaste, Alexa: Amazon signs up Bollywood superstar Bachchan
In a blog post on Monday, Amazon India said Amitabh Bachchan's 'voice experience' feature will become available for purchase on Alexa next year.
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Amazon blazes burn forest, farmland and threaten homes
Experts say the fires that threaten the world’s largest rainforest are rarely a natural phenomenon and are mostly set deliberately by speculators to clear land for pasture.
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MacKenzie Scott gives nearly $1.7 bn of Amazon fortune to social causes
Scott, who formerly went by the name MacKenzie Bezos, last year signed a 'giving pledge' to donate the bulk of her wealth to charity.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: COVID-19 job loss tsunami will be tough - but we have plans
While we had an unemployment crisis and weak economic growth pre-coronavirus, there is reason for optimism, writes President Cyril Ramphosa.
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MultiChoice looks to Netflix and Amazon in strategy shift
The partnership move marks a shift in MultiChoice’s strategy from trying to compete with such players to working with them instead.
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Amazon offers permanent jobs to 125K temp hires
Amazon expanded its workforce with 175,000 new positions in March as restrictions on movements shuttered real-world shops and had people staying home to avoid the virus.
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Amazon hit from all sides as crisis highlights growing power
Amazon's market value has hovered near record levels around $1.2 trillion dollars as it reported rising revenues and lower profits in the past quarter.
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Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers
Hourly workers at Amazon’s US warehouses will receive double pay after 40 hours for overtime, up from the 1.5-times rate, from 15 March through 9 May.
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Amazon boosts pay, recruitment as virus triggers demand
The Seattle-based firm expects to spend more than $350 million to bump up hourly pay in North America and Europe for employees and partners in distribution centres, transportation operations and stores.
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Bezos launches $10 bn fund to combat climate change
The e-commerce tycoon said the Bezos Earth Fund would 'fund scientists, activists, NGOs - any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world.'
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'Game of Thrones' actors among Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' cast
The TV adaptation will explore new storylines preceding author J.R.R. Tolkien’s 'The Fellowship of the Ring', the first instalment in the famed fantasy trilogy set in the fictional land of Middle-earth.
