Amazon lashes out at climate change activists
Amazon has threatened to fire a group of employees for speaking out on environmental issues. According to a source they were told they were in violation of the company policies. Amazon told BBC that these were not new rules. The group has called to limit its work with fossil fuel companies and cut off ties with politicians and lobbyists denying climate change to achieve zero emissions by 2030.
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Amazon Adding Hundreds of Tech, Corporate Jobs in North Texas
Amazon is planning to add more than 600 new tech and corporate jobs in Dallas as they expand their Tech Hub in North Texas. The expansion is part of a national expansion of hubs in Detroit, Denver, New York, Phoenix and San Diego that will create more than 3,500 jobs across the country.
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Jeff Bezos added $13 billion in one day, largest single-day increase ever
According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth on Monday. It was the most significant single-day increase in personal wealth since the index started in 2012, Bloomberg reported after analysts raised their targets for Amazon's stock, which jumped 7.9 percent Monday, ahead of the company's second-quarter earnings report
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Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology
Amazon said the suspension of law enforcement use of its Rekognition software was to give US lawmakers the opportunity to enact legislation to regulate how the technology is employed. In recent months Congress has been weighing possible legislation of the technology as lawmakers, companies and civil liberties activists have called for stronger regulation of surveillance software.
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Saudi Arabia introduced new rules for salary cuts
Saudi Arabia has introduced a new set of rules to cap the wage cut at a maximum of 40%. Saudi newspaper Okaz said that the Saudi Ministry of Human Resource and Social Development has linked the salary cuts to a proportional cut in the working hours. Two conditions are, a direct impact of coronavirus on the organization, secondly, the wage cut should be commensurate with a cut in working hours
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