Jeff Bezos

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Selling
Amazon Is Reportedly Sick of Hawking You Cheap 'Crap' That Doesn't Make It Any Money
Gizmodo - Catie Keck
Amazon, a company valued at $1 trillion earlier this year, is reportedly sick of selling you cheap shit that isn’t making it more money. The Wall …
Andrew Cuomo
Vote for the top 2018 New York newsmaker
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Early in 2017 comedian John Oliver warned that the nonstop news cycle soon would hit warp speed. “This is going to be exhausting,” the host of HBO’s …
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Space Tourism
Blue Origin Just Released Images of Its Sleek Space Tourism Capsule
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Ticket To Ride While SpaceX just successfully launched a reused rocket for the first time Thursday, Blue Origin has done it before. Jeff Bezos’ …
Harvard Business School
Birchbox: Success in small packages
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By Rebecca Jarvis updated Nov 16, 2012 / CBS News (MoneyWatch) Love to test new beauty products, but hate the commitment of buying (and frequently …
Flexible Working
Amazon sacked assistant for 'asking to collect kids from school'
smh.com.au - Patrick Hatch
On August 2, Ms Shafner made a formal application for a flexible working arrangement that would see her leave work at 3pm to collect her children, …
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Taxes
Corporate Welfare is Small-Scale Central Planning
fee.org - Patrick Tyrrell
Amazon’s taxpayer bidding-war robs taxpayers of their economic freedom. Amazon’s long search for its second headquarters has ended. New York and …
Opinion
Tucker Carlson's Trumpian anti-tome
washingtonexaminer.com - Jeremy Beaman
Book release media tours work. Or at least one worked on me because I hadn’t really considered reading Tucker Carlson’s Ship of Fools until I watched …
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Tech Industry
Amazon vs. Apple: A Tale of Two Corporate Expansions
TheStreet - Annie Gaus
Not one, but two tech giants could be putting down roots in a U.S. city near you. Weeks after Amazon (AMZN) announced plans to split its second …
Fortune
S&P 500
Why Leaders Should Expect Their Own Company's Collapse
Fortune - Micah Zenko
During an all-hands meeting at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, CEO Jeff Bezos was recently asked about the technology giant’s future in light of …
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Virgin Galactic
Digital Trends Live: Passenger spacecraft, Facebook data breach, and more
Digital Trends - Brie Barbee
On Episode 37 of Digital Trends Live, we discussed trending headlines from one of the first passenger spacecraft, another data breach (this is getting …
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Nvidia
How Will Tech Companies Make Money From Artificial Intelligence?
FOX Business - Fox Business
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a big idea with an equally big opportunity. AI is slated to add $15.7 trillion to global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030, according to research by PwC, and it's
Nonprofits
Amazon's Bezos donates $2.5 million to Minneapolis' Simpson Housing Services
kare11.com - Author: Adrienne Broaddus
MINNEAPOLIS — You've probably heard by now, the richest man in the world gave money to a Minneapolis non-profit that helps homeless families find …
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Inventions
Amazon's HQ2 Will Bring $15 Billion To NoVa, DC: Report (ICYMI)
Patch - Dan Taylor
Amazon's selection of Crystal City for its new headquarters will bring $15 billion and 62,000 jobs by 2030, claims a new study. Editor's note: This …
GQ
Donald Trump
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GQ - Condé Nast
This week, Amazon announced the location of its second headquarters, which turned out to be two new headquarters and which ended up exactly where anyone would have guessed they would without Jeff Bezos
CNBC
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston cut hair for $10 in high school—here's how 6 other celebs earned money early on
CNBC - Kathleen Elkins
Even the rich and famous have to start somewhere. Before Jennifer Aniston made it big in Hollywood, she was cutting hair as a high schooler. When …
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Oprah Winfrey
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Tim Cook
Trump thanks Apple’s Tim Cook for jobs expansion, but where’s the love for Jeff Bezos and HQ2?
geekwire.com - Kurt Schlosser
It’s a lot to ask to expect praise from President Donald Trump on Twitter. But the president did manage to tweet out a very real “thank you” to Apple …
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Space Station
ISS Commander: Bezos will have a bigger impact on space than Branson or Musk
CNBC
Former International Space Station Commander and NASA Astronaut Terry Virts discusses why he thinks Jeff Bezos has the greatest potential impact on …
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Aquaman
Amazon Prime offers early 'Aquaman' screenings for subscribers
FOX Business - Thomas Barrabi
Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to see the superhero flick “Aquaman” a full week before the general public, thanks to a collaboration between the e-commerce giant, Warner Bros. and Atom Tickets.
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Success
How to be a great leader, according to 7 business and political greats
Ladders - Nora Battelle
Photo: Steve Jurvetson Think of the best boss you’ve ever had — what tactics did she employ to get the team on board with her mission? Studies show …
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Career Development
This CEO Just Landed a $1 Million Investment from Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner—All for a Product That Keeps Beer
Money - By Allana Akhtar
Here's how Adam Callinan made BottleKeeper such a success—and why he tells employees to work from home. Many CEOs are known for encouraging employees …
Protest
Workers protest conditions at Amazon's Shakopee center
startribune.com - Liz Sawyer
Somali-American workers cite special challenges at local fulfillment center.
Forbes
South Park
'South Park' Finale Review: 'Bike Parade' Looks Back In Time And Into The Future
Forbes - Dani Di Placido
The 22nd season ends with an insightful, tremendously clever episode that reflects on the long history of South Park and how the world has changed since the show’s inception, while managing to tie every
CEOs
12 CEOs on Whether It’s Better to Be Liked or Feared
yahoo.com - Gabrielle Olya
This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: 12 CEOs on Whether It’s Better to Be Liked or Feared In “The Prince,” Niccolo Machiavelli …
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Bitcoin Cash
Satoshi Nakamoto is Bitcoin’s greatest asset and its biggest liability
decryptmedia.com - Tim Copeland
The inventor of Bitcoin’s pseudonymity helped it to flourish but may bring about its demise. If the Bitcoin Cash debacle taught us one thing, it’s …
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Opinion
Greater Seattle punches below its weight in philanthropy
seattletimes.com - Tony Mestres
The reality of Seattle’s charitable giving contradicts the illusion that we are one of the nation’s most generous places.
TheWrap
Time Inc.
Time Magazine Staffing Up Under New Ownership
TheWrap - Jon Levine
Under new ownership of Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff, Time now boasts 25 new job openings, 22 of which are in editorial Time Magazine is going …
Protest
Angry New Yorkers confront Amazon execs at city council meeting: 'You're Worth $1 Trillion. Why Do You Need Our $3 Billion?'
alternet.org - By Julia Conley / Common Dreams
After being kept in the dark about New York's $3 billion deal with Amazon, allowing the trillion-dollar corporation to build its new …
POLITICO
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Raffi Williams, deputy assistant secretary of public affairs at HUD
POLITICO - By POLITICO STAFF
How/where are you celebrating your birthday and with whom? “My wife Morgan Chalfant, a reporter at The Hill, is taking me to dinner.” How did you get your start in politics? “My first job in politics interning
St. Louis
Amazon may be working on 'database of suspicious persons' using facial recognition
stltoday.com - By Peter Holley Washington Post
A patent application filed by Amazon offers a vision of how doorbell cameras could be equipped with new technology that would allow the devices to …