All the headlines from our Amazon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2020 // A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to smite rivals, charged exorbitant fees and forced small...
Oct 2 2020 // Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said more than 19,000 of its U.S. frontline workers contracted the coronavirus this year, or 1.44% of the total, a disclosure sought by labor advocates who have criticized the COVID-19 response...
Sep 30 2020 // Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in the U.S. are getting hurt at a higher rate than the industry average, according to an investigative report.The rate of injuries contradicts more rosy assertions the company has made to...
Sep 2 2020 // NEW DELHI/MUMBAI — Amazon.com Inc. has added insurance and even gold to its menu of financial services in India, to expand its customer base and attract more subscribers to its Prime loyalty program in a battleground...
Sep 1 2020 // Two construction workers have died after an accident at the future site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Virginia.Suffolk city officials say the accident occurred Saturday afternoon at Northgate Commerce Parkway. News...
Sep 1 2020 // Amazon.com relies on extensive worker surveillance to boost employee output and potentially limit unionization efforts around the United States, says a research paper issued on Monday by the Open Markets Institute.The...
Aug 18 2020 // Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit will help Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. build a platform to help manage and monetize data gathered from the automaker’s global vehicle fleet, the companies said on...
Aug 14 2020 // Amazon.com can be held liable like other traditional retailers for injuries from defective products sold via its sprawling e-commerce marketplace, a California state appeals court ruled on Thursday.The decision overturned...
Jul 28 2020 // California’s attorney general and state and local agencies are investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. has taken adequate steps to protect its workers from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a court filing on...
Jul 22 2020 // Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet — not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out how many of Amazon’s 400,000 warehouse workers have fallen sick with the coronavirus.Amazon won’t...
Jul 15 2020 // Skin-whitening creams identified as containing potentially dangerous levels of mercury continue to be sold online more than seven months after a watchdog group raised the alarm, including on platforms run by eBay,...
Jul 15 2020 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited cockpit mistakes by the first officer and pilot in a February 2019 fatal crash of an Atlas Air cargo plane.The Atlas Air Boeing 767 jet transporting cargo for...
Jul 14 2020 // Giant online retailer Amazon.com announced it will pilot local employee health care centers near Amazon fulfillment facilities across the country.The retailer is partnering with with Crossover Health, a national medical...
Jun 24 2020 // A group of 29 global investment firms that manage $3.7 trillion are demanding meetings with Brazilian diplomats around the world to call on right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government to stop soaring...
Jun 16 2020 // Amazon Inc. is pairing cameras with artificial intelligence to enforce social distancing among employees in its offices and warehouses. The system gives employees real time feedback on whether they are complying with the...
Jun 8 2020 // Tony Banks told Amazon.com Inc. right away when he tested positive for Covid-19. More than a month later, he’s on the mend, but struggling with fatigue and shortness of breath that makes most physical activity feel...
Jun 4 2020 // Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die.The...
May 18 2020 // Amazon’s French warehouses are set to reopen on Tuesday with about 30% of employees, three union officials said, ending a month-long dispute over whether the e-commerce giant was doing enough to protect workers from...
May 11 2020 // Indiana’s safety agency prematurely released Amazon from citations and fines in the death of a warehouse employee who was crushed by a forklift, a federal investigation has found.Indiana Occupational Safety and...
Apr 29 2020 // Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s home southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, in May 2014.Stiner, 18, died of cardiac arrhythmia and seizure from...