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Jay Carney, Amazon’s Top Policy Executive, Will Join Airbnb
SEATTLE — Jay Carney, who was press secretary for President Barack Obama, is leaving the top policy and public communications job at Amazon to join Airbnb. Airbnb said in a blog post on Friday that Mr. Carney would become its global head of policy and communications. Mr. Carney, a former journalist at Time magazine, joined […]
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Amazon C.E.O. Andy Jassy Breaks From the Bezos Way
When Jeff Bezos was chief executive of Amazon, he took an arms-length stance toward the company’s affairs in Washington. He rarely lobbied lawmakers. He testified only once before Congress, under the threat of subpoena. Andy Jassy, Mr. Bezos’ successor, is trying a different approach. Since becoming Amazon’s chief executive last July, Mr. Jassy, 54, has […]
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Dave Clark, Amazon’s CEO of Consumer Business, Steps Down
Dave Clark, the chief executive of Amazon’s consumer business, who was the architect of its massive warehouse operations, announced on Friday that he would leave the company after 23 years. He did not say what he would do next, and the company did not immediately name a successor. “It’s time for me to build again,” […]
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How Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer Beat Amazon
In the first dark days of the pandemic, as an Amazon worker named Christian Smalls planned a small, panicked walkout over safety conditions at the retailer’s only fulfillment center in New York City, the company quietly mobilized. Amazon formed a reaction team involving 10 departments, including its Global Intelligence Program, a security group staffed by […]
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House Committee Investigating Amazon Labor Practices
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has opened an investigation into Amazon’s labor practices during severe weather events, according to a letter members sent to Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive. “We are concerned by recent reports that Amazon may be putting the health and safety of its workers at risk, including by requiring them […]
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Amazon Posts Record Revenue; Cost of Amazon Prime Is Rising
An improving economy and a persistent virus are beginning to weigh on Amazon’s retail business, even as its cloud computing business grew and an investment lifted profits. The company, whose profits, employee count and share price swelled two years ago as Covid forced people to stay home, said on Thursday that its operating income in […]
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