Economy Feb 28 Novel coronavirus fear creates a global run on face masks Many businesses are sold out, while others are limiting how many a customer can buy.
Economy Feb 13 Court halts Pentagon cloud contract work with Microsoft A federal court has ordered the Pentagon to temporarily halt work with Microsoft on a $10 billion military cloud contract that Amazon was initially favored to win.
Health Jan 31 Delta, American and United suspend flights between U.S., China United Airlines is suspending flights to three big Chinese cities but will continue flying to Hong Kong.
Nation Jan 02 Employees clash with Amazon over climate change Amazon has an enormous carbon footprint. And Amazon workers have been vocal in criticizing some of the company's practices.
Nation May 28 MacKenzie Bezos promises to give half her fortune to charity MacKenzie Bezos' divorce from Jeff Bezos earlier this year leaves her with a 4% stake currently worth more than $36 billion in the online shopping giant.
Nation May 08 Walmart raises minimum age to buy tobacco in its stores to 21 The world's largest retailer said the new rules will take effect in July in an effort to combat tobacco sales to minors.
Nation Apr 23 Coming to store shelves: cameras that guess your age and gender Eyeing that can of soda in the supermarket cooler? Or maybe you're craving a pint of ice cream? A camera could be watching you.
Nation Feb 16 Amazon’s exit from New York provoked by swell of push back, lack of transparency In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new campus. The city was eager to lure the company and its thousands of high-paying tech jobs, offering billions in tax…
Economy Nov 13 Amazon names New York, Virginia as two locations for new headquarters New York officials are expected to address Amazon's decision on new headquarters in a briefing at 1 p.m. ET today. Watch their remarks here.
Economy Nov 06 Amazon HQ2 could be split between two cities Amazon's second headquarters had come with the promise of 50,000 high-paying jobs. Now those jobs could be divided up between two locations.