Category: Business
The explosion of e-commerce has made life easier for consumers all over the country, but it is also true that there are only so many people that any firm can hire to make their deliveries and a tech solution was always on the cards. Over the years leading tech companies and e-commerce firms have been […]
New businesses and manufacturing coming to a state is always a great thing, even if that happens to be a largely industrialized state like Washington. However, what makes the imminent arrival of Mullen Technologies to Washington a particularly path-breaking development is the fact that it is an electric vehicle company and if experts are to […]
As the conflict continues with respect to Sound Transit contractors, Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff is reportedly considering letting hiring private contractors to allotment of work in four Sound Transit Express routes between the Eastside and Seattle. The step is being opposed by labor leaders who called the move a threat to existing union jobs. […]
In an unusual turn of events, the Machinists union of Boeing has successfully negotiated a rare mid-contract pay raise for thousands of its members. It would give a $4-per-hour increase in minimum pay rates. The Machinists’ current contract was approved five years ago, and it had set pay rates through 2024. However, last year, after […]
Seattle based e-commerce Amazon now plans to open dozens of grocery stores in U.S. cities, as per the Wall Street Journal’s report. It has cited unnamed sources, a move that would expand the retail and technology giant’s grocery footprint beyond its Whole Foods Market chain. The first few stores will open in Los Angeles as […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was staggered by Seattle based Amazon’s decision to pull out of its plans for a campus in New York City, is actively working behind the scenes to lure the company back, and even connecting with Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, and CEO, to make a personal pitch. The Governor has reportedly had […]
Jerry Stritzke has spent the past five years assisting build REI’s brand as one of the most ethical players in the outdoor retail business in the country. Recently REI’s CEO Jerry Stritzke admitted that he himself had gotten on the wrong side of the rules. According to a statement from the company, on Tuesday, staffs […]
The house and the garage where Amazon was started are up for sale. This can be bought for a mere $1.49 million. For the first time in 10 years, the West Bellevue house where Jeff Bezos started the company in 1994 went up for sale Monday. The property consists of a garage attached to the […]
As per the attorney of The National Enquirer’s CEO, the tabloid has neither extorted nor blackmailed Amazon chief, Jeff Bezos by threatening to publish intimate photos with his alleged mistress. Elkan Abromowitz, an attorney for American Media Inc. chief executive David Pecker, said on Sunday that the information had been fetched from a reliable source […]
The news of the most expensive divorce that is going to happen between the Amazon founder and his wife was a quick hit over the internet. Just after the news broke in, a tabloid revealed that he’d been having an affair, releasing texts and photos of him and his mistress. And adding to these recently […]