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April 17, 2021

Jeff Bezos

Article

5 challenges awaiting Amazon’s new CEO

February 6, 2021 Joe Pisani and Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

NEW YORK — In 1995, few could imagine that the modest online bookstore built by Jeff Bezos would turn into a $1.7 trillion behemoth that sells everything from diapers to sofas, produces movies, owns a […]

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping away

February 3, 2021 Joseph Pisani and Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Even after stepping aside as CEO, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appears likely to keep identifying new frontiers for the world’s dominant e-commerce company. His successor, meanwhile, gets to deal with escalating efforts to curtail its […]

Article

Amazon offers assist with US COVID-19 vaccine distribution

January 21, 2021 The Associated Press

SEATTLE — Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office. […]

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North Carolina HBCUs receive gift from MacKenzie Scott

December 16, 2020 The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM — Three historically black North Carolina colleges have received record financial gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gave Winston-Salem State University a record $30 million as part […]

Business

Prominent surgeon Gawande steps down as health venture CEO

May 14, 2020 The Associated Press

A health care venture created by three corporate giants to attack some of the system’s biggest flaws has lost its high-profile CEO. Harvard professor and author Dr. Atul Gawande is stepping down as chief executive […]

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