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What challenges face Amazon without Bezos at the helm?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Erika Soderstrom and Daniel Shin
Jun 21, 2021
Brad Stone, author of “Amazon Unbound,” explains how Bezos shaped Amazon’s business and culture.
Bezos' personal dedication to innovation and obsession with preventing stagnation at Amazon influenced many of the company's successful projects, but also its failures and its problematic workplace culture.
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Is Jeff Bezos still in charge at Amazon?

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Daniel Shin
Feb 3, 2021
Despite Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, "it's still going to be his show," one corporate governance professor says.
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Your smart speaker is always listening

by Molly Wood
Apr 12, 2019
And someone on the other side of it may be listening, too.
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Amazon's HQ2 may be “the best thing that didn't happen”

by Erika Beras
Nov 13, 2018
What cities learn from competing can be a win.
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Amazon is 2nd U.S. company to reach $1 trillion market value

by Associated Press
Sep 4, 2018
Apple was the first.
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on June 18, 2014 in Seattle, Washington.
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The evolution of the race to the cosmos

by Christian Davenport
Apr 6, 2018
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are two of the biggest names in tech. They're also headlining the modern day space race.
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket sits on launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for tomorrow's lift-off on February 5, 2018 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 
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Billionaires will have to duke it out to dominate outer space

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 6, 2018
Private companies, not governments, are leading the quest to put people in space.
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Feb. 6, 2018, on its demonstration mission. 
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Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan Chase tackle US health care tapeworm

by Associated Press
Jan 30, 2018
The potential disruption from three renowned innovators in technology and finance sent a shock wave through the health care sector, erasing billions in market capitalization in seconds.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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There are tough specs for Amazon's second headquarters

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 7, 2017
But with tax incentives and other perks, competition is expected to be stiff among cities.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the second headquarters will be "a full equal" to its Seattle office.
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Amazon would be a disrupter if it sold prescriptions

by Reema Khrais
May 17, 2017
A report from CNBC says Amazon is getting more serious about becoming a place for you to buy your prescription drugs. Amazon could be a major disrupter, as it has been when it entered other sectors, from books to groceries. The hundreds of billions of dollars Americans spend on prescriptions every year make the pharmacy business […]
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