The local jobs are among the 150,000 positions that Amazon is hoping to fill, as part of efforts to prepare for the holiday season. 

Thursday Amazon announced that they have decided not to open a new headquarters in New York City blaming local politicians who “had opposed our presence and will not work with us.” In December Amazon announced it would build a campus in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens for 25,000 employees, fueled by $3 billion […]

  The products in question had images of pyramids above the slogan “Slavery gets s–t done.  The offensive clothing was being sold as part of the Amazon Marketplace program, which allows individuals to sell what they’d like on Amazon. The seller, Styleart, had an entire line of t-shirts, mugs, baby bibs, tote bags and sweatshirts with the phrase. […]

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Vladimir Putin has decided that he won’t expel any U.S. diplomats in response to President Obama’s sanctions on Russian diplomats and intelligence agencies.

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The Fraternal Order of Police requested the removal of BLM shirts from Amazon after Walmart discontinued sales last week.

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Local governments are offering tax breaks, subsidies and other incentives in corporate welfare to corporations like Amazon and Disney.

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A Gambian model, who has gained notoriety for her rich, dark skin tone, came under attack on social media after a follower accused her of being a White woman in blackface.

The agreement between the shopping gargantuan and Texas Comptroller Susan Combs was announced today, ending the state’s two-year effort to collect $269 million for uncollected…

According to Boston Consulting Group, high prices continue to be a barrier to eReader adoption. The consumer sweet spot for eReader cost (is) between $100 and $150.