Sunday, 26 March, 2023
TopicJeff Bezos

Topic: Jeff Bezos

From grocers to tailors, Amazon is fighting door to door to beat Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance

Amazon is permeating the complex tapestry of the only billion-people-plus market open to it by tweaking its business models to suit local preferences.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg are exception not rule — not all startup founders should be CEOs

In ‘Everything Started as Nothing’, Bhaskar Majumdar writes on how to build and sustain startups and scalable businesses in today’s ruthless marketplace.

Which billionaire has the greatest carbon footprint? We calculated — mansions, yachts included

Elon Musk, Roman Abramovich to Bill Gates, we combed 82 databases of public records to document billionaires’ houses, vehicles, aircraft and yachts.

What’s next for Amazon after Jeff Bezos? He won’t disappear easily

Andy Jassy will replace Bezos as CEO of Amazon. Jassy has been with the company since 1997.

Amazon to pay Flex drivers $61.7 million after US trade body finds company had withheld tips

Federal Trade Commission says Amazon used customer tips to subsidise drivers' base pay. Jeff Bezos company will now have to get drivers' permission before changing policy on tips.

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO this year, Andy Jassy to replace him

Jassy’s likelihood as successor seemed inevitable last year when Jeff Wilke, who was the consumer business chief & was also seen as a CEO candidate, announced he’d be leaving.

Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos are fighting over celestial real estate for satellite fleets

Musk asks US regulators for nod to operate its Starlink satellites at a lower orbit than first planned. This could risk collision with Amazon's Kuiper satellites, says Bezos.

Tesla’s Elon Musk is now world’s richest person, surpasses Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

The South Africa-born engineer’s net worth was $188.5 billion in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.

Elon Musk is close to surpassing Jeff Bezos as world’s richest person

Over the past year, Elon Musk's net worth soared by more than $150 billion in possibly the fastest bout of wealth creation in history. His net worth was $181.1 billion on Wednesday.

Shipping groups call on Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to save thousands of stranded seafarers

Industry bodies said global trade would simply cease to exist without seafarers and urged Bezos to exert pressure on incoming Biden administration to recognise them as key workers.

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File photo of smog in Delhi. Some doctors have called air pollution a bigger threat than Covid-19.| Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Air quality is better but not enough to banish air purifiers. Here are options for your room & car

What’s the solution for people who cannot leave Delhi? Air purifiers from Dyson's expensive range to Xiaomi's affordable ones can be of help.

NFRA to conduct audit quality inspections of five audit firms

New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) will carry out audit quality inspections of five audit firms, including the...

Defence

The Defence Services Staff College in Wellington | Image credit: dssc.gov.in

In a first, six women officers to enter prestigious Defence Services Staff College

As many as 15 women appeared for the examination, out of which six were selected, including one who has made it to the course along with her husband. 

Why military is more for asserting political will, not just about controlling territory

No matter what tactics, doctrine, or weapon system is used, the objective of any war is to control territory, argues Gen. MM Naravane (retd). But it's politics that matters most.