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Amazon to Slash More Than 18,000 Jobs in Escalation of Cuts

Amazon.com Inc. is laying off more than 18,000 employees the biggest reduction in its history in the latest sign that a tech-industry slump is deepening.

January 5, 2023
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Amazon Builds Last-Mile Shipping Facility in Montana

Amazon .com Inc. is creating its first big foothold in Montana with a last-mile shipping delivery facility for the entire state, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Dec. 16.

December 22, 2022
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Amazon Agrees to EU Antitrust Truce in Marketplace Data Probe

Amazon settled European Union antitrust investigations over how the U.S. ecommerce giant allegedly abused rivals sales data to unfairly favor its own products and squeeze out other traders on its platform.

December 20, 2022
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Clean Energy, Amazon Expand RNG Fueling Locations

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced the opening of a renewable natural gas fueling station that will provide an anticipated 1.4 million gallons of the clean fuel annually for Amazon .com Inc. and other truck fleets in the greater Chicago area.

December 20, 2022
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District of Columbia Sues Amazon for Stealing Delivery Driver Tips

The attorney general for Washington, D.C., is suing Amazon.com Inc., seeking civil penalties for allegedly misleading consumers who thought they were tipping delivery drivers but had the money diverted to cover the couriers base pay.

December 7, 2022
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Judge Orders Amazon to Stop Retaliations Against Organizers

A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism, issuing a mixed ruling that also hands a loss to the federal labor agency that sued the company earlier this year.

November 21, 2022
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Amazon CEO Says Job Cuts Will Continue Into 2023

Amazon.com Inc. CEO Andy Jassy said the e-commerce giant will be cutting jobs into 2023 as it adjusts to business conditions, his first public comments about the cost-reduction plans roiling Amazon since reports that it planned to wipe out about 10,000 jobs.

November 18, 2022
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Amazon Employees Fear No One Is Safe as Layoffs Roil the Ranks

No one is safe. So wrote an Amazon.com Inc. employee on an internal chat room as the company began the largest round of layoffs in its history.

November 16, 2022
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Amazon Unveils Smaller Delivery Drone That Can Fly in Rain

Amazon.com Inc. unveiled a new delivery drone on Nov. 10 thats smaller, makes less noise and can fly through light rain, the latest effort to get the troubled and long-developing project off the ground.

November 10, 2022
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Amazon to Take Hawaiian Airlines Stake in Cargo-Hauling Deal

Amazon.com Inc. is poised to take a stake in the parent of Hawaiian Airlines as part of a deal to expand the e-commerce giants cargo-hauling operations.

October 21, 2022