Jeff Bezos launches $2 billion philanthropic fund targeting homelessness, preschool education The Amazon founder, the world’s wealthiest person, said on Twitter on Thursday that he would commit $2 billion to fund existing nonprofits working to help homeless families, and create a network of new no[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bezos’
May 16th, 2018 - 1:31 am § in The Ave Scene
AMAZON: The history
For sale! You can buy the very first sketches of the Amazonian warrior princess who battled on the side of good before Jeff Bezos brought her talents to an industrial edge. The sketches made in 1941, predating even Mr, Bezos’ birth, came from the estate of comic book illustrator H.G. Peter. Wo[...]
Bezos vs Seattle: Amazon fights back
Amazon has paused construction planning on a new downtown Seattle tower as the City Council considers a new tax on large employers The action is a bold political move of the kind Amazon has rarely made in Seattle and could lend weight to a big-business backlash against the proposed tax. A maj[...]
January 18th, 2018 - 9:17 am § in Misc.
Amazons Final 20: The Ave Bets
Amazon’s choices of its top 20 look a lot like what I expected. The key words would be … access to DC, access to Europe, good mass transit, good housing stock and GREAT TALENT POOLS. My bets have been and still are on Toronto and Philly. These two share a lot. High on the list [&he[...]
April 10th, 2017 - 8:28 am § in America
Amazon at $1,000, Wall Street’s Not-So-Bold Call Ten analysts predict shares will eclipse that mark in the next year
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April 7th, 2017 - 1:14 pm § in Misc.
United Launch Alliance cuts Atlas rocket price amid competition
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. United Launch Alliance has dropped the price of its workhorse Atlas 5 rocket flights by about one-third in response to mounting competition from rival SpaceX and others, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday.[...]
March 27th, 2017 - 8:46 am § in Misc.
AMAZON ATTACKS RETAIL
Amazon’s Ambitions Unboxed: Stores for Furniture, Appliances and More The online retailing giant is trying to bring its own formula to traditional retailing. If it is successful, it could change how all stores operate. NYTIMES.COM[...]
December 1st, 2016 - 9:49 am § in America
Amazon Uber Alles
BEZOS GROWING MONOPOLY... AMAZON captured 31% online spending over Cyber Weekend…[...]
November 13th, 2016 - 12:26 am § in Misc.
Trump vs Bezos
Trump’s first dustup with Bezos came late last year. Bezos bought the Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million. Trump has claimed he used the paper to influence politicians in Washington D.C. and keep them from taxing Amazon. Follow Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump The @washingtonpost, which lo[...]
Jeff Bezos Is Not Just The World’s Richest Man, as Owner of the Washington Post He is not Just Breaking News, He is Reinventing Journalism
Bezos May Have Saved The Free Press As the Internet devastated traditional media, we were left with the ugly world of Fox News with its alternative reality and the confusing hope of the now failed model of a news aggressors, led by the Huffington Post. TV News was taken over by the entertainment[...]