Earth is the best planet, Bezos says, unveiling climate commitment Amazon has made its biggest climate commitment in the company's 25 year history. Paige Browning
Amazon Makes 'Climate Pledge' As Workers Plan Walkout Amazon's plans include being carbon-neutral by 2040 and buying 100,000 electric delivery vans. It faced outcry from workers, hundreds of whom planned to join the Global Climate Strike on Friday. Alina Selyukh
Brazil Rejects G-7's Offer Of $22 Million To Fight Amazon Fires Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he don't want the cash — unless it comes with an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron. Bill Chappell
Amazon sells products that are banned, unsafe, or deceptively labeled, says WSJ investigation Paige Browning talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Shane Shifflett about his investigation into Amazon's third-party sellers. Paige Browning
Bernie Sanders Again Attacks Amazon — This Time Pulling In The Washington Post The newspaper's editor responded, accusing Sanders of peddling a "conspiracy theory" about the influence of the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, who is also the founder and CEO of Amazon. Domenico Montanaro
Bernie's wrong, fact-checkers say: Amazon is paying taxes One of Seattle's largest employers, online retaiAmazon ... was a frequent target during this week's debates ... among Democratic presidential candidates. Derek Wang
Tech Firms To Face Lawmakers Over Antitrust, Digital Currency Lawmakers in the Senate and House will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues, including whether they're so big they stifle competition. Aarti Shahani
Majority of U.S. households are Amazon Prime members Amazon’s Prime Day began in 2015 as a sale day for Prime members, who were then a fraction of American consumers. Now the majority of households in the US are Prime members, says Andrew Lipsman, an analyst at New York-based eMarketer. Carolyn Adolph
Amazon is offering 100,000 warehouse workers tech training Amazon plans to invest $700 million to train a third of its U.S. workforce for higher-skilled jobs. The company acknowledged that workers could use their new skills to seek jobs outside Amazon. Amy Scott
Using Food Stamps For Online Grocery Shopping Is Getting Easier Walmart is expanding a program for food stamp recipients to buy groceries online and pick them up in stores. It's the latest move to give them more options in the era of online shopping. Amy Scott
