The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That's raising the possibility that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. It's the latest chaotic and confusing...
Amazon's Homeless Shelter Faces Seattle Crisis, Criticism
SEATTLE — A homeless shelter built on Amazon’s perfectly manicured urban Seattle campus is a major civic contribution that pushes the company to face the crisis and criticism in the hometown it has rapidly transformed. Believed to be the first homeless shelter built inside a corporate office building, Amazon’s partnership...
UN Experts: Jeff Bezos Phone Hack Shows Link to Saudi Prince
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The phone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked after receiving a file sent from an account used by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United Nations experts said Wednesday. The two experts called for an “immediate investigation” by the United States into...
Bezos Says Enquirer Threatened to Publish Revealing Pics
LOS ANGELES — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday he was the target of "extortion and blackmail" by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the tabloid obtained his private exchanges with his mistress. Bezos,...
Amazon's Jeff Bezos to Start $2 Billion Charitable Fund
SEATTLE — Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he is giving $2 billion to start a fund that will open preschools in low-income neighborhoods and give money to nonprofits that helps homeless families. Bezos, whose stake in Amazon is worth about $160 billion, says that he'll call...
Amazon Is 2nd US Company to Reach $1 Trillion Market Value
NEW YORK — Amazon on Tuesday became the second publicly traded company to be worth $1 trillion, hot on the heels of iPhone maker Apple. Launched as an online bookstore in 1995, Amazon.com has changed the way people shop for toilet paper, TVs and just about anything else. In its...
Buffetcare Health Insurance, Anyone? How About Amazoncare?
Obamacare is being reduced to a faint pulse. Trumpcare isn't fully formed, and likely will never be. So why wouldn't three American billionaires put their ingenuity and their bankrolls into creating a health insurance company to service the needs of their employees? Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon delivered...
Buffetcare Health Insurance, Anyone? How About Amazoncare?
Obamacare is being reduced to a faint pulse. Trumpcare isn't fully formed, and likely will never be. So why wouldn't three American billionaires put their ingenuity and their bankrolls into creating a health insurance company to service the needs of their employees? Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon delivered...