#Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday

#Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday

“#Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday” SEATTLE, May 5 – Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, is poised to open up ticket sales on Wednesday for suborbital sightseeing trips on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment as US firms strive toward a new era of private commercial space travel. Blue Origin is expected to announce details on how to purchase a seat,…

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#Amazon crushes earnings as Jeff Bezos prepares to leave

#Amazon crushes earnings as Jeff Bezos prepares to leave

“#Amazon crushes earnings as Jeff Bezos prepares to leave” Amazon shares rose after the e-commerce giant reported a record quarterly profit as pandemic-fueled demand for online shopping lifted its first-quarter earnings, helped by growth in its cloud computing business. The company reported sales of $108.5 billion, up 44 percent from a year prior, and a…

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#US regulator says Amazon’s union victory could be overturned

#US regulator says Amazon’s union victory could be overturned

“#US regulator says Amazon’s union victory could be overturned” Amazon’s landmark victory over a closely watched effort to unionize a warehouse in Alabama could be overturned amid accusations that the e-tailing giant used illegal intimidation tactics to sway employee votes, according to a US regulator. All but one of 23 objections filed by a labor…

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#Whole Foods will soon let customers pay with palm scan

#Whole Foods will soon let customers pay with palm scan

“#Whole Foods will soon let customers pay with palm scan” Whole Foods will soon let customers pay for groceries using its parent company’s palm-scanning technology. Amazon said Wednesday its palm-scanning system — currently used in about a dozen of its brick and mortar stores — will debut at a Whole Foods in Seattle’s Capitol Hill…

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#Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics in Ala. vote: union

#Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics in Ala. vote: union

“#Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics in Ala. vote: union” Amazon used illegal intimidation tactics that prevented a “free and fair” vote over whether to unionize an Alabama warehouse earlier this month, according to the labor union leading the campaign. The Seattle-based e-tailing giant, which on April 9 won the closely watched, hotly contested vote in…

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#Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk top Forbes’ billionaire list

#Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk top Forbes’ billionaire list

“#Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk top Forbes’ billionaire list” Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, the media company said on Tuesday. The ranks of the ultra-wealthy are expanding after a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended world economies and…

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#Bernie Sanders clashes with Elon Musk over massive fortune

#Bernie Sanders clashes with Elon Musk over massive fortune

“#Bernie Sanders clashes with Elon Musk over massive fortune” Elon Musk says he’s hoarding wealth for a good cause — but it’s not good enough for Sen. Bernie Sanders. The left-wing lawmaker targeted the billionaire Tesla CEO after Musk claimed he would use his giant fortune to support life on other planets. Sanders — a Vermont independent…

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