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TopicJeff Bezos

Topic: Jeff Bezos

SC to hear Amazon plea against Delhi HC verdict in Future-Reliance deal on 20 July

Advocate Harish Salve, representing Future group, informed that a Singapore tribunal will commence hearing from 12 July and requested the proceedings be adjourned for a week.

Pentagon cancels deal with Microsoft and that makes Jeff Bezos even richer

Jeff Bezos reached a record $211 billion net worth Tuesday. His record haul is even greater than during a 2020 Amazon stock surge, when his net worth topped out at $206.9 billion.

Indian-origin American Sirisha Bandla to take off with boss, Richard Branson, into space

Sirisha Bandla stresses the importance of youngsters and ‘people of colour’ to participate in the commercial space industry.

Some of America’s uber-rich dodging taxman, pay next to no income tax, ProPublica finds

Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 & 2011. Elon Musk's income tax bill came to zero in 2018, and financier George Soros went 3 straight years without paying federal income tax.

Jeff Bezos will fly to space next month on Blue Origin’s first passenger flight

Bezos-owned Blue Origin, one of several high-profile space-tourism companies, will carry out a suborbital space trip on 20 July, reaching an altitude of about 100km.

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.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.