Latest News Updates From Matt Day

Business, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Tells Warehouse Workers to Mask Up Again

Amazon .com Inc. is ordering frontline U.S. employees to resume wearing masks at work regardless of vaccination status, joining the ranks of companies ramping up precautions in response to the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant.

August 6, 2021
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Qualcomm Offers $4.6 Billion for Veoneer, Topping Magna Bid

Qualcomm Inc. offered to buy automotive technology company Veoneer Inc. for $4.6 billion, muscling in on a bid Magna International Inc. made for the supplier last month.

August 5, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics

Amazon鈥檚 Whole Foods Adds Delivery Fee in Some Cities

Amazon .com Inc. is tacking on a delivery fee for Prime members who shop at Whole Foods Market in several U.S. cities, an indication that the economics of grocery delivery continue to pose a challenge for even the world鈥檚 largest online retailer.

August 2, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics

Bezos: Amazon鈥檚 Andy Jassy Will Become CEO on July 5

Amazon .com Inc.鈥檚 new CEO will take the reins on July 5, the 27th anniversary of the company鈥檚 incorporation, outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos said during the annual shareholder meeting on May 26.

May 26, 2021
Business, Technology

Amazon Q1 Sales Beat Estimates

Amazon .com Inc. reported a big increase in sales and gave a bullish forecast, continuing a streak of rapid growth even as vaccine rollouts raised the prospect of a return to prepandemic shopping habits in the U.S.

April 29, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Amazon Violated Law in Firing Employee Activists, NLRB Says

Amazon .com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 prosecutors have found.

April 5, 2021
Business, Logistics

Amazon Spends $131 Million for Stake in Cargo Airline ATSG

Amazon .com Inc. has scooped up a minority stake in a cargo airline that operates a portion of its fast-growing air-cargo division, the latest sign of the retailer鈥檚 long-term ambitions to expand its airfreight operations.

March 8, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Amazon Sues N.Y. Attorney General, Claiming Excessive COVID Demands

Amazon .com Inc. is suing the New York State attorney general, arguing that she鈥檚 exceeding her authority in seeking to penalize the company for alleged failures in its pandemic safety protocols and treatment of workers at New York City warehouses.

February 12, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Amazon Bid to Delay Union Vote Rejected

The National Labor Relations Board has rejected Amazon .com Inc.鈥檚 request to delay a unionization vote at the company鈥檚 Bessemer, Ala., warehouse, clearing the way for the closely watched election to begin next week

February 5, 2021
Business, Logistics

Amazon Makes First Aircraft Purchase to Expand Delivery Network

Amazon .com Inc. is buying 11 used Boeing 767-300 planes, the first time the online retail giant has purchased, rather than leased, aircraft for its fast-growing air cargo operation.

January 5, 2021