Amazon workers in Chicago stage walkout to demand better pay

10:13pm, Wednesday, 22'nd Dec 2021 CBS News
Ecommerce giant faces heightened labor activism as warehouse employees push for job enhancements.

Top 10 Themes For 2022: Part 1

09:40pm, Wednesday, 22'nd Dec 2021 Zero Hedge
Top 10 Themes For 2022: Part 1 In its comprehensive take of the top 10 themes for 2022, Deutsche Bank''s Luke Templeman asks if covid is the only theme that matters ? He correctly responds that "that is not the right question. In fact, covid is now not so much a theme as it is the backdrop against which most things are evolving in economics, finance, and corporates." So what themes matter in 2022? As part of Deutsche Bank''s look ahead analysis, Templeman, director of the bank''s thematic research group, addresses the big macro topics the risk of the global economy overheating given stimulus measures and the change in attitude of central banks towards employment goals. Then there is how tight labor markets may further boost inflation. A flow on is higher bond yields and the end of free money that has propped up markets since the financial crisis. As he notes, while "stock markets may not crash, they could witness the return of fundamental investing." It certainly would be welcomed even if it comes with the S&P several hundred/thousand point lower.

Amazon, Facebook scrap CES plans in Las Vegas after virus surge

09:10pm, Wednesday, 22'nd Dec 2021 Pasadena Star News
Several big names are pushing ahead with plans for the event, a 54-year-old institution that typically attracts tens of thousands of people and has previously showcased products such as the VCR, DVD and Microsoft Corp.s Xbox.
This morning, dozens of warehouse workers at two Amazon facilities near Chicago staged a pre-Christmas walkout during the busiest time of the year to demand better treatment and higher wages. We have been passed over for raises. We are being overworked, even when there is sufficient people to work here, a worker at the DLN2 []

Amazon limits Covid test kit purchases amid Omicron wave

08:08pm, Wednesday, 22'nd Dec 2021 Russia Today
Amazon has announced a limit to the number of at-home Covid test kits per customer as demand surges amid a rise in cases since the discovery of the Omicron variant. Walgreens and CVS also introduced purchase limits. Read Full Article at RT.com

Debate: Is Amazon good for small business?

08:00pm, Wednesday, 22'nd Dec 2021 GeekWire
Amazon is a seedbed for new small businesses while providing unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs and vital convenience and pricing for consumers a necessary hotrod engine for the U.S. economy. Or, Amazon is a monopoly that bullies its workers and illegally undercuts the businesses it hosts on its platform and, as a result, is an innovation killer and should be regulated by the U.S. government. Which assertion is true? Both? Neither? This is what Intelligence2 set to find out when it organized its most recent online debate: Amazon Is Good For Small Business. The provocative premise is intentional, according to Read More
The policy, reinstated due to Omicron, covers all US Amazon warehouse workers, even if they''re vaccinated or don''t have local mask mandates, per CNBC.
The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) this week backed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) probe of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Square and PayPals payments policies, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 22) report from Financial Regulation News. Citing concerns over the possibility that tech companies could intentionally avoid consumer protection laws, CUNA, in a letter []
Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O is taking Indias financial crime fighting agency to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, a court
The Amazon Echo 4th-gen smart speaker has dropped to $59.99 through Amazon and today you can get it with a Sengled Bluetooth smart bulb added on for free. Thats $40 off the Echos regular price and the lowest weve ever seen, but the drop to $60 has been around since the start of Black Friday. [] The post Get Amazons Echo smart speaker and a Bluetooth smart bulb on sale for $60 total appeared first on TECHTELEGRAPH .
Amazon, Biotech Firms Lead Local Leasing Activity
Seeking to quash Future deal probe, Amazon has sued Enforcement Directorate NEW DELHI: Amazon.com Inc is taking Enforcement Directorate (ED) to court, seeking to quash an
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