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Amazon begins new chapter as Bezos hands over CEO role
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
Andy Jassy, who ran Amazon’s cloud-computing business,…
José Maurício Caldeira speaks out about approval of the Budget Guidelines Law
The approval of the LDO (Law of Budgetary Guidelines) by the brazilian Congress, in remote sessions in the Chamber and in the Senate in one of the last sessions of 2020, consolidated the market's tendency to trust the premise that the…
Greenplac is investing on the expansion and verticalization of its the production process, says…
One of the major players among MDF producers in Brazil, Greenplac, a subsidiary of Asperbras, has sought self-sufficiency and sustainability in its production process. After the resin factory started its activities in early 2020, the…
The new Bonolat plant, owned by José Roberto Colnaghi, of the Asperbras Group, starts operating
In the midst of so many uncertainties in the world’s economic scenario due to COVID-19, one of the companies in the Asperbras Group goes against the power of bad news. On May 1, the day on which Labor Day is celebrated, the industrial plant…
Coronavirus: Amazon workers strike over virus protection
Pressure is building on Amazon and other delivery firms to improve protection for workers worried about getting infected with coronavirus.
Some workers at US food delivery firm Instacart and US and Italian workers at Amazon have walked…
Tesla produces its 1 millionth electric car
Only a few years ago, many people didn’t believe that Tesla could produce electric vehicles in any meaningful numbers, but the automaker managed to ramp up three electric vehicle programs: Model S, Model X, and Model 3. Now it is about…
The other reason behind Wall Street’s jitters
Until recently, Wall Street saw Donald Trump's re-election in November as all but guaranteed. In polls by Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and others, overwhelming majorities of investors have predicted his win. But as the spread of…
Southwest Airlines says it will give workers $125 million from Boeing 737 Max settlement
The Dallas carrier has been among the hardest hit by the grounding of Boeing Max 737 airplanes in March after a pair of deadly crashes. Without the planes, Southwest has said that it will cancel about 175 flights each weekday. Southwest had…
Hawaiian Gardens casino to pay California $3.15 million
The Gardens Casino, a card room that underpins the one-square-mile city of Hawaiian Gardens, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle allegations brought by the California attorney general’s office that the casino’s operators made no…
TRATON SE begins the year with a plus in profits of 22%
Operating profit in the first quarter increases by 21.9% to a record high of €470 million