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Pakistan eyes big business prospects with inclusion on Amazon Sellers List
In a promising development for entrepreneurship, Pakistani businesses would now be able to use the global e-commerce platform Amazon to sell their products from within the country after the giant platform added the South Asian country...May 7, 2021 618 0 -
Amazon founder pledges $10 billion to combat climate change
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, has pledged to devote $10 billion to fighting climate change under a new plan to be known as Bezos Earth Fund. “Climate change is the biggest...Feb 17, 2020 1036 0 -
Leonardo DiCaprio refutes Brazilian president’s claim the actor funded Amazon fires
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is a deeply conservative politician, who appears to oppose anything that climate advocates say or pursue, and his government sees climate change as a hoax. In his latest outburst, Bolsonaro has blamed...Dec 1, 2019 962 0 -
NYC mayor sees no special treatment if Amazon expands presence in the city
If Amazon wants to expand its presence in New York City, it will have to do so on its own like any other technology company, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. He was responding to a...May 28, 2019 581 0 -
Amazon to invest $2.5 billion each in Arlington and Long Island City as HQ2 locations
Arlington County, Image Credit: Arlington County/ Wikimedia Commons Amazon will invest $2.5 billion in Arlington to set up its HQ2 which will be split in Norther Virginia and New York with 25,000 new employment opportunities in...Nov 13, 2018 835 0 -
Crystal City in Arlington, Long Island City likely to host two-site Amazon HQ2
Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia Photo: Wikipedia Amazon has decided to have its $5 billioin HQ2 divided into two places – Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia and Long Island City in New York. Availability of talent...Nov 6, 2018 958 0 -
Washington metro area emerging as the top contender for Amazon HQ2
Photo: Skyline of Tysons Corner at sunset, Credit :Grayscapturedmoments/Wikimedia Commons Amazon is holding out the multi-billion prize of its second headquarters but staying silent about which cities it considers as front-runners among those competing to house...Mar 12, 2018 1469 0 -
DC, Northern Virginia, Montgomery County on Amazon’s top 20 list for 2nd HQ
A scene of sunset in Tysons Corner, Virginia Photo: Grayscapturedmoments/Wikimedia Commons Three places in Washington metro area, the District, Northern Virginia and Montgomery County, are in competition with 17 other locations to host Amazon’s second headquarters....Jan 19, 2018 979 0 -
Pakistani Mohsin Hamid’s ‘Exit West’ among Amazon’s top 2017 books
Photo: Screenshot/PBS NewsHour In a year of intense competition, Amazon has assigned fourth place to Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West on its 2017 list of top books. The novel Exit West is a story on...Nov 9, 2017 1891 0 -
D.C. proposes 4 locations for Amazon HQ2
Washington Monument, Photo: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Wikimedia Commons Five billion dollars in investment, 50,000 new jobs. Still, that is not all that is driving American cities to house the second headquarters of commerce...Oct 17, 2017 1409 0
