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Amazon drops the hammer on remote work and orders employees back to office 5 days a week starting January
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to employees the company was returning to "the way we were bef…
Dominick Reuter
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Amazon's CEO shares his top career advice for getting ahead at work
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shared his "best career advice" with LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky in a new int…
Alexandra Bacon
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Amazon Prime Day delivery workers say they're planning to grab early-morning shifts and take toilet paper with them
Amazon Prime Day is one of the busiest times of year for Flex drivers as they deliver packages. Som…
Alex Bitter
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Jeff Bezos shared a note from a couple that bought 2 shares of Amazon in 1997 - and are now using the proceeds to buy a house after the company's 172,499% post-IPO run
In 1997, a family bought two shares of Amazon. 24 years later, they're using the proceeds to buy a …
Emily Graffeo
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Amazon's 1997 shareholder letter is a free MBA class on leadership - here are 4 lessons from it
The letter provides a glimpse into the brilliance of Jeff Bezos. Among the biggest takeaways: Leade…
Alex Lieberman
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says his letter to shareholders follows one of the toughest economic years in recent memory. Read it in full.
Jassy addressed the company's shareholders on Thursday in the annual letter, saying 2022 had been a…
Sam Tabahriti
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Amazon's infamous 1997 letter to shareholders was reportedly co-written by the company's first CFO, Joy Covey
"One was the hardcore visionary, in Jeff, and one was the person who was trying to keep it all as s…
Ben Gilbert
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Amazon India product pages are down across the website as buyers begin their Monday morning shopping
We tried accessing several product pages and can confirm that the error exists. On the other han…
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's pay package totaled more than $212 million during his first year running the company
A large portion of Jassy's pay package in 2021 came from a stock award totaling $211,933,520, per t…
Zahra Tayeb
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An unearthed video from 1997 shows a young Jeff Bezos explaining why he built Amazon's empire on books
"Three years ago I was in New York City working for a quantitative hedge fund when I came across th…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Finance professor Aswath Damodaran praised Amazon's relentless evolution, warned Meta's growth phase is over, and touted Microsoft's gaming deal at a recent event. Here are the 12 best quotes.
The "Dean of Valuation" trumpeted Apple's disciplined spending, dismissed Facebook's rebrand, and q…
Theron Mohamed
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Jeff Bezos once got so frustrated with Alexa's lack of intelligence that he told Alexa to 'shoot yourself' - and Amazon's engineers heard it
Engineers thought the project was done for, according to Brad Stone's new book, "Amazon Unbound: Je…
Natasha Dailey,Avery Hartmans
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How Andy Jassy got his start as Jeff Bezos' 'shadow' before building AWS into a $40 billion business and getting tapped as the next CEO of Amazon
Known for his obsession with the customer experience and his high standards, Jassy appears to be th…
Avery Hartmans
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Before Jeff Bezos became the richest person on the planet, he used to write entertaining Amazon reviews. Read them here.
Public profile unearthed by Inc. magazine reveals six years of five-star reviews by Jeff Bezos. He …
Joshua Zitser
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'I Know What You Did Last Summer' reboot cast revealed they had bets on who the killer was while filming
Madison Iseman, the Amazon Prime series' lead, told Insider that the cast was not told who the kill…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Billy Porter explains why he's playing a genderless Fairy Godmother in 'Cinderella' remake: 'Magic has no gender'
The Emmy Award-winning actor also gushed about landing "the Whitney Houston" part in this remake th…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Amazon says Jeff Bezos will be involved in 'one-way door' decisions in his new role - here's what that means
Bezos announced that in the third quarter of 2021, he'll move into a new role as executive chairman…
Avery Hartmans
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A Jeff Bezos letter from 1997 about 'reversible decisions' sheds some light on the shock Amazon HQ2 u-turn
"Rather than addressing the legitimate concerns that have been raised by many New Yorkers Amazon sa…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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Jeff Bezos thanked Amazon workers for paying for his space flight. For some, the feeling isn't mutual.
Bezos thanked Amazon employees and customers after his Blue Origin flight, saying "you guys paid fo…
Tyler Sonnemaker,Aleeya Mayo,…
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A 16-year-old entrepreneur reportedly brought in $1.7 million reselling video games, outdoor heaters, and above-ground swimming pools at sky-high prices during the pandemic
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, 16-year-old New Jersey resident Max Hayden spoke abou…