VAN HORN, Texas — For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains, read simply: “Farming, ranching, mining.” And while there is still […]
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival Jeff Bezos. […]
Jeff Bezos will be aboard for Blue Origin’s first human space flight next month. In an Instagram post early Monday, Bezos said he, his brother, and the winner of an ongoing auction, will be aboard […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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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