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Seattle joins list of nation"s top 10 regional economies, with Amazon and Microsoft leading the charge

The Seattle metro area has broken onto the list of the top 10 regional economies in the United States, Greater Seattle Partners announced Tuesday. After growing its real gross domestic product by 5.1% to $382.6 billion in 2019, the region outpaced fo.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 14th, 2021

Amazon restricts employee travel to China "until further notice" as coronavirus spreads

Amazon joins a growing list of U.S. technology companies that have limited work in China due to the coronavirus outbreak. Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Apple have all announced similar moves......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralJan 30th, 2020

Amazon restricts employee travel to China "until further notice"

Amazon joins a growing list of U.S. technology companies that have limited work in China due to the coronavirus outbreak. Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Apple have all announced similar moves......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralJan 30th, 2020

Facebook dethrones Amazon as the stock most popular with hedge funds, according to Goldman data

The same companies comprised the top five in the bank's hedge fund VIP list: Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Alibaba. In this photo illustration, the stock market information of Goldman Sa.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytMay 21st, 2021

Amazon was ranked by LinkedIn as the best place to grow your career. But the list omitted major factors like pay and race.

LinkedIn weighed factors like promotion rates, skill development, and gender diversity, but salaries and racial diversity weren't among its criteria. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, ranked Amazon as the be.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 1st, 2021

Seattle judge allows data privacy suits against Microsoft, Amazon to proceed

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Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 16th, 2021

NLRB will file complaint against Amazon if it doesn’t settle with fired tech workers

The NLRB notified two tech workers, who were fired last April for criticizing the e-commerce giant’s climate policies and warehouse workplace conditions, that the agency's Seattle regional office found merit in their unfair labor practices claims......»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 5th, 2021

Here"s a full guide to reopening your workplace, according to top companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks (MSFT, AMZN, SBUX, COST)

Elaine Thompson/AP A Seattle-based venture group surveyed the region's largest companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Costco to find out how they are planning to return em.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 10th, 2020

Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft, Twitter And More

Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included e-commerce and software giants. Bearish calls included airlines and the leading electric vehicle maker. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 4th, 2020

Do more to stop coronavirus price gouging, U.S. states tell Amazon, Walmart, Facebook

A group of 32 U.S. states have a message for the nation's leading online platforms: You are not doing enough to stop price gouging amid the coronavirus crisis......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 25th, 2020

Oracle, Apple, Google, and Amazon are among the largest global companies who have restricted travel or asked their employees to work remotely as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Here"s the full list.

Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images Oracle, Twitter, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and other major companies have restricted employee travel because of the coronavirus outbreak. To safeguard employees from the outbreak, compa.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 12th, 2020

Apple, Google, and Amazon are among the largest global companies who have restricted travel or asked their employees to work remotely as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Here"s the full list.

Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images Twitter, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and other major companies have restricted employee travel because of the coronavirus outbreak. To safeguard employees from the out.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 10th, 2020

Amazon and Microsoft kick $1 million each toward Seattle-based fund for coronavirus response as Washington state suffers 19 deaths from virus

Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for WIRED25 Amazon and Microsoft are each donating $1 million to a fund for Seattle-area rapid response to the coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 Respons.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 9th, 2020

Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Twitter ask employees to stay away from Silicon Valley and Seattle HQs as they bunker down against coronavirus

Tech giants including Facebook, Amazon, and Google have asked employees to work from home amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Facebook and Amazon have confirmed that they have had workers in their Seattle offices test positive fo.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 6th, 2020

Big tech firms ask Seattle employees to work from home over coronavirus fears

Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday joined Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp in recommending employees in the Seattle area to work from home, after many were infected with the coronavirus in the region......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 5th, 2020

Twitter and Amazon are among 31 of the largest global companies who have restricted travel or asked their employees to work remotely as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Here"s the full list.

Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images Twitter, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and other major companies have restricted e.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 5th, 2020

Amazon, Facebook ask Seattle employees to work from home over coronavirus fears

Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc on Thursday joined Microsoft Corp in recommending employees in the Seattle area to work from home after several people in the region were infected with the coronavirus......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 5th, 2020

Amazon may expand telemedicine services to HQ2 employees

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) employees working at its second headquarters could join the company's Seattle workers in chatting with their doctors through the company's mobile app, according to those in charge of public policy. Last year, the compa.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 3rd, 2020

Twitter and Amazon are among 30 of the largest global companies who have restricted travel or asked their employees to work remotely as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Here"s the full list.

Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images Twitter, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and other major companies have restricted employee travel because of the coronavirus outbreak. To safeguard employees from the outbreak, comp.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 2nd, 2020

Let"s come together to tax tech giants, say G20 officials eyeing $100 billion boost

Leading world economies must show unity in dealing with aggressive "tax optimization" by global digital giants like Google , Amazon and Facebook , G20 officials said on Saturday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersFeb 22nd, 2020

Let"s come together to tax tech giants, say G20 officials eying $100 billion boost

Leading world economies must show unity in dealing with aggressive "tax optimization" by global digital giants like Google , Amazon and Facebook , G20 officials said on Saturday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersFeb 22nd, 2020