President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his belief that Amazon is to blame for the death of the US Postal Service. “Amazon and other companies love it, they come and they throw all their mail in a post office,” Trump said in an interview with “Fox & Friends.” “They drop …
Read More »Donald Trump says Amazon may be the biggest problem with USPS
The U.S. Postal Service defends against criticism that recent action taken by the postmaster general will hamper the expected rise of post-in-vote due to the coronavirus, President Trump said the agency’s biggest problem is dealing with behemoths like Amazon. “One of the biggest problems – perhaps the biggest problem with …
Read More »SoftBank-backed Plenty to supply 430 Albertsons stores in California
An Albertsons store in Laguna Niguel, California Scott Mlyn | CNBC Vertical Farmer Plenty, an ag-tech unicorn backed by SoftBank, announced a partnership with Albertsons on Wednesday, marking the company’s first major retail sale. Under the multi-year agreement, Plenty 430 stores at Albertsons in California will provide four types of …
Read More »Banks and tech companies including JPMorgan, Google and Amazon form New York Jobs Council
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEOs of banks, tech companies and consulting firms form a group to encourage hiring from underrepresented groups in New York. Leaders of 27 companies representing much of New York’s dominant industry have teamed up …
Read More »FCC approves Amazon’s offer to launch a constellation of more than 3,200 Internet satellites
Photo: Denis Charlet (fake pictures) The Federal Communications Commission gave Amazon go-ahead on Thursday for its ambitious Kuiper project, which would put 3,236 broadband satellites in orbit to transmit Internet coverage down to earth. With this regulatory milestone assured, Amazon posed to join SpaceX in the race to be the …
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