Tag: Jeff Bezos
Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft
The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead...
Dan Sutter: State and local barriers to entrepreneurship
State and local governments lure businesses with incentive packages. Yet these governments impose rules stifling entrepreneurs starting new businesses, forgetting that Amazon,...
Union accuses Amazon of illegally interfering with vote
The retail union that failed to organize Amazon workers at a Alabama warehouse wants the results of a recent vote to be...
After union fight, Jeff Bezos to focus on Amazon workers
After a union battle at an Alabama warehouse, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said that as executive chairman he will focus on making...
Amid high-stakes union vote, Bernie Sanders to visit Bessemer Amazon plant
Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to visit the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, this Friday. Sanders will join Michael "Killer Mike" Render...
Labor movement targets Amazon as a foothold in the South
The South has never been hospitable to organized labor. But that may be changing, with an important test in Alabama, where thousands...
Blue Origin officially opens $200 million Alabama rocket engine factory
The $200 million investment is expected to create hundreds of jobs in north Alabama.
Donald Trump renews Twitter criticism of Amazon
President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on e-commerce giant Amazon, and he says the company is “doing great damage to tax paying retailers.”
Trump...
Blue Origin to invest $200M in Alabama rocket engine production facility
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced today that it will manufacture its BE-4 engine in a state-of-the-art production...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans Alabama rocket engine plant
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' private spaceflight company, Blue Origin, is planning to build a new rocket engine in Huntsville, Ala. the company and state officials announced...
