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This week in business: Netflix shakes up Wall Street, Amazon trims down, and shoppers gear up
If you blinked this week, you might’ve missed a few major moves. Netflix decided it’s time for a stock split, Amazon trimmed thousands of…
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Wall Street gains on Amazon boost but rate caution tempers enthusiasm
Wall Street’s main stock indexes closed higher on Friday (Oct 31), with their biggest boost coming from Amazon’s upbeat earnings forecast,…
Business
Amazon lifts markets to close out another winning week and month
Amazon is leading the U.S. stock market on October 31 to the finish of another winning week and month. The S&P 500 was virtually flat…
Business
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq opens higher as Apple, Amazon forecasts lift mood
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Friday (Oct 31) after upbeat forecasts from Apple and Amazon helped calm nerves, a day after…
Business
Asia: Markets mostly up on heels of Apple, Amazon earnings
ASIAN stock markets mostly rose Friday morning, with a surge in Japanese shares coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US…
Business
Amazon reports cloud unit grew at fastest rate since 2022
The company has invested heavily in data centres and chips to build and operate AI models capable of generating text or images and…
Business
How Amazon is using its delivery infrastructure to get disaster supplies to Jamaica
When Hurricane Melissa began moving toward Jamaica earlier this week, Amazon’s chief meteorologist was watching closely—not just for the…
Lifestyle
The CFDA Foundation Teams With Bezos Earth Fund for New Initiative
The CFDA Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund are joining forces to try to rev up sustainable fashion innovation. Through a $6.25 million…
Business
Michelle Obama’s New Style Book Just Dropped, and It’s Already an Amazon Bestseller — Pre-Order Here
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission.…
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Amazon confirms massive job losses in corporate division
Amazon has confirmed it plans to cut thousands of jobs, saying it needs to be "organised more leanly" to seize the opportunity provided by…
Business
Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts: sources
The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10 per cent of its roughly 350,000 corporate…
Business
Amazon Plans Massive Layoffs After Nine Months of President Trump
“Republicans’ reckless decisions are causing prices on everything to go up, from groceries to gas—Wisconsinites cannot afford to pay even…
News
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Defends Trump’s ‘Aggressive’ Demolition of White House East Wing; Amazon Is Among Donors to $300 Million Ballroom
The editorial board of the Washington Post, owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, expressed approval of President Donald Trump‘s…
Fashion
A$AP Rocky to Receive Fashion Icon Award at the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards
The Council of Fashion Designers of America will award A$AP Rocky, the multihyphenated artist, entrepreneur and actor, as the Fashion Icon…
Business
The best use yet for Amazon drivers—delivering for food banks
In some cities, as Amazon delivery vans make the rounds with your latest order, they’re also delivering something different—free food to…
Business
Amazon services 'recovering' as Snapchat and banks among sites hit by outage
Liv McMahonTechnology reporter and Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent Amazon Web Services (AWS) said late Monday that it…
Business
Brazil green-lights oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River ahead of U.N. climate summit
Brazil's government approved on Monday exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River. The…
Business
Amazon Web Services Outage: ‘Significant Signs of Recovery’ After Snapchat, Roblox and Other Major Websites Go Down
Amazon Web Services experienced a significant outage on Monday morning, taking Snapchat, Roblox and several major banks offline for users…
Business
Amazon Web Services global outage hits multiple websites, apps
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, are among those affected AMAZON’S cloud services unit AWS was hit by an…
Business
Amazon Web Services has fixed global outage that hit multiple websites, apps
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, were among those affected AMAZON Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest…
Business
Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, were among those affected MANY popular Internet services, from streaming…
Business
Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ Lands at Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists
Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie‘s next collaboration, a movie titled “Lizard Music” — which sees Johnson as a 70-year-old called “Chicken…
Business
Don’t eat these recalled rice products from Target and Amazon. They could damage your digestive tract
Households that have bought Ben’s Original rice products will want to check their pantries right away. The brand, owned by food giant…
Business
Unlocking Amazon’s Power for Beauty Brand Growth
What brands do off Amazon is equally as important as what they do on Amazon — “even if you’re off Amazon, you’re on Amazon.” That was the…