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Originally priced at $18 a share when Amazon went public in 1997, the one share of stock — based on fuzzy journalist math — could be valued at more than $5,300 if it maintains a similar trajectory. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be 98 years old and probably have a net worth around $9 trillion moon units if he watches the time capsule opening via live stream in 2062 — from deeper space than the Space Needle. 
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Amazon now has a global full- and part-time workforce of 647,000, which is 50% more people than Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft combined. Among U.S. companies, only Walmart, with 2.3 million, employs more people, but Walmart’s total head count hasn’t budged significantly in years. By contrast, Amazon employs more than six times as many workers as it did when Galetti joined. It has been adding an average of 337 people a day and currently has 28,000 open positions.
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28,000 open positions... let that sink in.... . .
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Amazon plans to relocate its entire Seattle-based worldwide operations team to Bellevue, Wash., by 2023, adding thousands of employees to its new campus just across Lake Washington, according to an internal email obtained by GeekWire.
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Amazon - MOVING! . .
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Amazon’s Next Targets Are Now Clear: Google and Facebook
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does Amazon have plans to conquer the world? . .
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Amazon is buying American supermarket chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, the online retail giant announced today. The acquisition is technically happening as part of a merger agreement tha
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and soon you can get your organic veggies by drone.... do you think this is good or bad? or don't care? . .
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It’s Day 1 forever because Day 2 is death.
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NEVER Day 2..... Brilliant..... . .
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BEIJING — China's Singles' Day, otherwise known as the world's biggest online shopping event, was bigger and better this year, going by the numbers of its lead online shopping sites.
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MIND BOGGLING - $9.3 billion in 12 hours
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Amazon, which built its Prime subscription program on the promise of free two-day shipping, said it plans to shift that core benefit into free one-day shipping. The news came during an earnings call with Amazon chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky on Thursday, shortly after the tech giant…
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BOLD MOVE - buy it today, you got it tomorrow! . .
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Simon greeted Bezos and proceeded to mock his workspace.
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amazon - the early years.... . .
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“When communities come together, even a Goliath like Amazon realized you can’t win. You can’t push around 8 million Davids.”
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the author believes that New York residents won.... they may have prevailed, but did they really win? . .
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The new wage floor will provide a major cash infusion for workers, force other companies to consider their wages, and empower activists fighting for better pay.
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FINALLY - a bold move that hopefully sets the trend... it is LONG overdue.. GO AMAZON! . .
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Find out how much money you would have today if you invested in Amazon when it first went public in 1997.
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who knew..... . .
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Shoppers at North Star Mall in San Antonio and The Parks Mall at Arlington will be able to peruse the online retailer’s devices — including the Echo, Fire TV, Fire tablets, Dash Button and Kindle — and ask employees about Amazon’s services such as its Prime subscription at the kiosk-like stores, according to a page on the company’s website. According to Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records, Amazon is planning additional pop-ups at Willowbrook Mall in Houston, The Woodlands Mall in The Woodlands and Baybrook Mall in Friendswood. Sandeep Mathrani — CEO of real estate investment trust General Growth Properties Inc., which owns North Star Mall — said Amazon’s goal is to open “300 to 400 bookstores” during an earnings call in February, indicating that Amazon may be eyeing real estate in major retail centers.
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Seriously folks - is it not a little strange that the great clouds in the sky company is now landing on planet earth? .
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if you are young enough to likely still be around in 2062 - see how this plays out....
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