Page 16 - Latest Updates on Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to record $171.6 billion: Billionaires Index
Shares of the retailer surged 4.4 per cent to a record $2,878.70, boosting the founder's world-leading fortune to $171.6 billion.
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Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a 'copycat' over Amazon's acquisition of Zoox
Tesla CEO Elon Musk called Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos a copycat after the e-commerce giant announced its purchase of self-driving car company Zoox at an estimated value of over $1 billion
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Hurun's rich list 2020: Here are the top 10 richest people in the world
Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, retains the top spot on the list with $140 billion net worth, down $7 billion from last year, mainly due to the world's largest divorce settlement
In pics: Mukesh Ambani 9th among top-10 richest men. Who are the others?
With RIL's market capitalisation crossing the Rs 11-trillion mark on Friday, its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became the ninth-richest billionaire globally
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Perils of face-recognition
The technology has heightened privacy concerns
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'Black Lives Matter' movement not an insult to others: Amazon CEO Bezos
I have to disagree with you. 'Black Lives Matter' doesn't mean other lives don't matter, said Bezos
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Elon Musk calls for breakup of Amazon in tweet, slams 'wrongful monopoly'
Telsa chief comes out in support of author who was unable to self-publish a book on Amazon.
Wealth of US billionaires jumps $500 bn during Covid-19 pandemic: Report
During the 11 weeks from March 18, when US lockdowns started, the wealth of America's richest people surged by over $565 billion, while 42.6 million workers filed for unemployment
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The Flywheel of Jeff Bezos
You cannot build a business that touches hundreds of millions of lives and thousands of companies and become the richest man on earth without attracting attention
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Richer in pandemic: Bezos, Musk among US billionaires whose net worth rose
The wealth surge of America's richest men happened during a period marred by the coronavirus crisis, when as many as 22 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits
Antitrust case: Amazon refuses to send Jeff Bezos to testify in US Congress
Amazon's blog late on Friday did not commit to a specific person or consideration for who could eventually testify
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India business most affected due to Covid-19 outbreak, says Amazon
"The current crisis is demonstrating the adaptability and durability of Amazon's business as never before, but it's also the hardest time we have ever faced," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO.
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Amazon: How numbers lie at the centre of Jeff Bezos' management ethos
In 1994, Bezos had just discovered that web activity had increased by a factor of roughly 2,300% in the past year. Later, he quit the lucrative Wall Street job and began his own business.
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Stocks up, warehouses shut: Weal and woes of Amazon Inc during Covid-19
The company's website hit 2.54 billion visitors in March, which is a 65 per cent jump from the same period last year
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Coronavirus makes Amazon do the unthinkable: Nudging customers to buy less
Amazon is suppressing extraneous consumption in various ways, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Jeff Bezos gains $24 billion while world's rich reap bailout rewards
The pandemic has brought the global economy to a near standstill and pushed almost 17 million Americans onto the unemployment rolls in the span of three weeks.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Amazon begins making testing lab for workforce
Amazon acknowledges its ad-hoc effort may not accomplish much during the current pandemic.
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Covid-19 impact: Mukesh Ambani's net worth drops 28% to $48 bn in 2 months
LVMH Chief executive Bernard Arnault's wealth down by 28% to $77 billion
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Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse staff, Bezos 'ocused on COVID-19'
Hourly workers at Amazon's US warehouses will receive double pay after 40 hours for overtime.
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Amazon to hire 100,000 workers as orders surge on coronavirus worries
Amazon said it would invest over $350 million to raise the pays for these employees in the US and Canada by $2 an hour