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The internet giant said the new jobs would be in over 50 sites across the UK

Amazon to create further 7,000 jobs in UK this year

Online giant Amazon is to create 7,000 new jobs in the coming months at its warehouses and other sites across the UK.

Amazon has committed $6.5 billion in investment in India but is battling a complex regulatory environment there

Amazon faces new challenge from Indian online sellers

A group of more than 2,000 online sellers has filed a competition case against Amazon in India, alleging the US company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business, a legal filing seen by Reuters showed.

Business • 26 Aug 20

The new project in Co Galway adds to Amazon's existing projects in Esk in Co Cork and Meenbog in Co Donegal

Amazon invests in new Co Galway wind farm

Internet retail and web services giant Amazon has announced it is investing in a new 115-megawatt (MW) wind farm project in Ardderroo in Co Galway, which will begin operating in 2022.

Business • 24 Aug 20

Amazon has acquired the landmark Lord & Taylor building on Fifth Avenue in New York

Amazon to expand tech hubs, corporate offices in US

Amazon has today unveiled plans to hire 3,500 new employees as part of an expansion of its technology hubs and corporate offices across the US.

Business • 18 Aug 20

Smoke rises from an illegal fire in Amazon rainforest reserve, north of Sinop in Mato Grosso state

Brazil's Bolsonaro calls Amazon wildfires a 'lie'

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region.

World • 12 Aug 20

Amazon has not released a date for the launch of the website

Amazon starts preparations to launch in Sweden

Amazon has started preparations to launch in Sweden, marking its first step to establish a local presence in a Nordic country.

Business • 04 Aug 20

Jeff Bezos, who founded the company in 1994, said 'this was another highly unusual quarter' for Amazon

Amazon posts biggest profit ever at height of pandemic

Amazon.com has tonight posted the biggest profit in its 26-year history as online sales and its lucrative business supporting third-party merchants surged during the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 30 Jul 20

The House of Representatives hearing comes amid rising concerns over Big Tech dominance

Tech CEOs face tough questions in antitrust hearing

Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans in a much-anticipated congressional hearing with four of the US's most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat.

Business • 30 Jul 20

The new jobs will be based at Amazon's Cork and Dublin sites

Amazon to create 1,000 jobs across Irish operations

Amazon is to create another 1,000 permanent jobs in Ireland over the next two years, bringing its total permanent workforce here to 5,000 people.

Business • 27 Jul 20

Echo Auto is powered from the car's 12V power outlet

Amazon's car based Echo Auto goes on sale here

Amazon has begun selling the vehicle based version of its Alexa virtual assistant here in Ireland.

Business • 17 Jun 20

Elon Musk has repeatedly used Twitter to make controversial statements

Elon Musk calls for Amazon to be broken up

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has called for Amazon.com Inc to be broken up, after an author complained on social media about being unable to self-publish a book via the world's largest online retailer.

Business • 05 Jun 20

The 38,000 square kilometres destroyed in 2019 made it the third most devastating year for primary forests since the scientists began tracking their decline

Rainforest area the size of Switzerland destroyed

Vast tracts of pristine rainforest on three continents went up in smoke last year, with an area roughly the size of Switzerland cut down or burned to make way for cattle and commercial crops, researchers have said.

News Lens • 02 Jun 20

Sources says Amazon is in talks to rent a new Dublin office

Amazon in talks for new Dublin office - Bloomberg

Amazon.com is in talks to rent an office block in Dublin with space for about 750 workers, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Business • 29 May 20

Jeff Bezos' wealth grew over 30% to $147.6 billion in the two months since Covid-19 hit

Facebook, Amazon chiefs see wealth balloon amid Covid

The fortunes of US billionaires rose 15% in the two months since the coronavirus pandemic hit, a study found, with Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg seeing massive gains.

Business • 22 May 20

Amazon is set to invest heavily during the Covid-19 pandemic

Amazon warns of first quarterly loss in five years

Amazon.com said it could post its first quarterly loss in five years even as revenue surges because it is spending at least $4 billion in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including plans to test its workforce for Covid-19.

Business • 01 May 20

Amazon's purchase of a stake in Deliveroo has been provisionally cleared by the UK competition regulator

UK regulator clears Amazon investment in Deliveroo

Amazon's purchase of a stake in Deliveroo has been provisionally cleared by Britain's competition regulator in light of a potentially fatal deterioration in the online food delivery group's finances as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 17 Apr 20

The months-long outbreak is posing challenges to the e-commerce giant's operations

Amazon to focus on vital supplies and hire 100,000

Amazon will only receive vital supplies at its U.S. and UK and other European warehouses until April 5, its latest move to free up inventory space for medical and household goods in high demand as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Business • 17 Mar 20

Amazon founder launches Bezos Earth Fund saying 'climate change is the biggest threat to our planet'

Amazon CEO Bezos pledges $10bn to fight climate change

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon and the world's richest man, has said he is committing $10 billion to a new fund to tackle climate change.

Environment • 18 Feb 20

Pope Francis delivered his response three months after the proposal passed at a Vatican assembly

Pope pleads for social justice for Amazon basin

Pope Francis has pleaded for social justice and environmental respect for the Amazon basin, but did not recommend the controversial idea of married priests.

World • 12 Feb 20

The Barcelona congress will be off limits to anyone from the Chinese province of Hubei

Amazon, Sony skipping mobile congress due to virus

Amazon and Sony said today they will steer clear of the world's biggest mobile tech fair in Barcelona at the end of this month due to concerns over spread of the novel coronavirus.

Business • 10 Feb 20

Goldman Sachs may offer loans through Amazon - report

Goldman Sachs is in advanced talks with Amazon to offer small and medium-sized businesses loans in the United States on the e-commerce giant's lending platform, the Financial Times has reported.

Business • 03 Feb 20

The new Echo comes in four colour options

Review: Amazon Echo (3rd gen) and Echo Flex

Will Goodbody tries out some of the latest smart speaker offerings from Amazon.