All the headlines from our Amazon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 18 2017 // A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches and blurry vision.In court papers filed in federal court in...
Sep 5 2017 // A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches and blurry vision.In court papers filed in federal court last week,...
May 22 2017 // Amazon.com Inc.’s development of package-delivery drones is progressing to the point where the company is now thinking a lot about geese.The e-commerce company said Thursday it has started development of an...
Mar 23 2017 // Like many people who make their living selling stuff on Amazon.com Inc., Rob Griffin is terrified of getting kicked off the site. Two years ago the Atlanta resident was suspended for selling a banned health supplement and...
Nov 7 2016 // A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville.The Tennessean reports that the Fox family’s lawsuit says Amazon had information about the...
Nov 4 2016 // Amazon.com was sued by Illinois delivery drivers who say the company failed to pay them overtime for hauling its goods. Among the questions the judge will have to answer? Whether they actually worked for...
Oct 30 2016 // A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville.The Tennessean reports that the Fox family’s lawsuit says Amazon had information about the...
Sep 13 2016 // Now shopping for insurance is simpler than ever. Just speak up.Liberty Mutual Insurance has launched the first insurance-focused service for Amazon’s Alexa, a voice-controlled device that plays music; provides news,...
Jul 26 2016 // Amazon Inc. and the British government have announced a partnership to test the e-commerce giant’s aerial drone parcel delivery system after run-ins over the technology’s use.Supervised by the U.K.’s...
Jun 23 2016 // Authorities say a worker who died last week after falling from a catwalk at the Amazon distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz. had a preexisting medical condition.Phoenix police say the incident occurred about 1:15 a.m....
Jun 6 2016 // Amazon.com scored its sixth annual victory in the 24/7 Wall Street Customer Service Hall of Fame last year, with 59 percent of customers reporting that they received excellent customer service from the e-commerce giant....
Feb 18 2016 // Amazon.com Inc is quietly inviting drivers for its new “on-demand” delivery service to handle its standard packages, as the online retailer known for low prices and razor-thin profit margins looks to speed up...
Aug 24 2015 // Researchers have uncovered a “remarkably strong link” between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the hurricanes that ravage North Atlantic shorelines.The wildfire-hurricane association is a result of...
Jul 28 2015 // Google Inc., the company that brought order to the Internet, has set its sights on doing the same for the flocks of commercial drones expected to someday clog the skies.The search-engine pioneer is joining some of the...
Jun 23 2015 // I would like to tell you why I believe there is a good reason for you to strongly consider perpetuation for your agency. There is a sound and understandable economic justification that suggests that there is as much value...
May 18 2015 // An Economic Case for Internal PerpetuationIf you just sold your agency to one of the many private equity backed brokerage firms, congratulations, but you may want to flip this page. Now that the former agency principal has...
May 5 2015 // As U.S. regulators study how to govern commercial drones, corporate America is plunging ahead on using unmanned aircraft in a bid to speed the process and win concessions on proposed restrictions.Large companies including...
Mar 11 2015 // RSA announced it has signed a contract with Amazon Web Services to use its cloud computing services across the group. The technology will initially be used to host a number of RSA and MORE TH>N websites and other...
Dec 9 2014 // Workers don’t have a federal right to be paid for time spent in post-shift security searches, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision that will help Amazon.com Inc. fend off lawsuits seeking more than $100...
Jun 16 2014 // Amazon.com Inc.’s labor issues are growing at its sprawling network of fulfillment centers, where it ships everything from books to big-screen televisions.The U.S. Department of Labor said last week that it’s...