The company launches a program that aims to teach more than 10 million students a year how to code.
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More companies turn to streaming video, but prying users away from Netflix and YouTube won’t be easy
Walmart, AT&T and Disney are hoping to carve their own niches.
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Now playing at Amazon: Cape Elizabeth native gets promotion to co-head of movies
Julie Rapaport is promoted to build the retail and entertainment giant’s slate of big-budget films.
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Amazon’s new $15 minimum wage rankles some of its longtime warehouse workers
Those already earning at least that much will be paid an extra $1 an hour, but they also will lose two valuable benefits, resulting in a net loss overall.
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Amazon raising minimum wage to $15 for more than 350,000 workers in U.S.
The company says it also will become an advocate for better pay everywhere in the country by pushing for an increase in the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour.
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Jeff Bezos to start $2 billion charitable fund
The fund will open preschools in low-income neighborhoods and give money to nonprofits that help homeless families.
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Amazon to sell and ship fresh, full-sized Christmas trees
The company says they’ll be sent within 10 days of being cut down or sooner, but competitors say that takes the fun out of a pick-your-own tradition.
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Amazon joins Apple in trillion-dollar club
The online retailer is the second publicly traded company, after Apple, to be worth $1 trillion.
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Amazon ‘ambassadors’ defend their employer, say workers are all smiles
The company has full-time tweeters who proclaim their job satisfaction and defend working conditions from online critics.
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‘Uh-oh’: Amazon’s website goes down on Prime Day
Analysts say the crash probably sent shoppers elsewhere during one of the company’s busiest sales periods.