Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe today Amazon workers went out on strike at multiple locations across Europe today as protests against the US e-commerce giant's working practices picked up pace on … Business • 24 Nov
CCPC flags safety concerns on online products to Amazon The consumer watchdog has written to retail delivery giant Amazon dozens of times this year about safety alerts over products that were being sold online. Business • 22 Nov
Amazon says cloud stabilising, but shoppers cautious Amazon.com last night said growth in its cloud business is stabilising as it signed new deals, but warned that consumers remained wary about spending going … Business • 27 Oct
Amazon discloses 181 million users in EU in report Amazon has more than 181 million users in the European Union and directly employs more than 150,000 people in the region, the company said today, … Business • 25 Oct
Meta took down 1.1bn fake accounts in six-month period Meta took down more than a billion fake accounts in the first half of the year, an Oireachtas committee has heard. Politics • 25 Oct
UK regulator wants Amazon, Microsoft competition probe Britain's media regulator has today asked the country's antitrust authority to investigate US tech giants Amazon and Microsoft's dominance of the UK cloud market. Business • 05 Oct
Amazon faces landmark monopoly lawsuit from FTC The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell … Business • 27 Sep
Amazon steps up AI race with $4bn Anthropic investment Amazon said today it would invest up to $4 billion in AI firm Anthropic, as the online retail giant steps into an AI race dominated … Business • 25 Sep
Amazon secures permission for three new data centres Amazon Web Services (AWS) has secured planning permission for contentious plans to construct three new data centres in north Dublin. Business • 20 Sep
Vodafone teams up with Amazon's Project Kuiper Vodafone plans to work with Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite constellation Project Kuiper to extend the reach of its 4G and 5G telecoms networks in … Business • 05 Sep
Amazon emissions soared under Bolsonaro - study The Amazon rainforest's carbon emissions doubled in 2019 and 2020, as a decline in environmental policing under Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro led to a surge … Climate Change • 23 Aug
Movie, business: The new wave of films about firms The business world has long been a rich source of material for Hollywood, with even seemingly obscure stories telling us something about the human condition, … Business • 23 Aug
Amazon nations launch alliance to fight deforestation Eight South American countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing at a summit in Brazil to stop the … World • 09 Aug
Amazon forecasts bright Q3 on resilient cloud sales Amazon.com last night reported sales growth and profit that beat Wall Street's expectations as the company delivered goods faster and more cheaply to shoppers while … Business • 04 Aug
Ocado keeps guidance after return to H1 profit Ocado, the British online supermarket and technology group, kept its financial guidance for the year as it reported a return to underlying profit in its … Business • 18 Jul
Investors brace for earnings from 'Magnificent Seven' The massive growth and technology names that have dominated the US stock market in 2023 are set to report earnings in coming weeks, potentially determining … Business • 17 Jul
Colombian children rescued from jungle leave hospital Four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Colombian Amazon have been released from a military hospital after a month long stay, authorities said, … World • 15 Jul
Amazon in first Big Tech challenge to EU content rules Amazon is challenging its inclusion in a group of companies subject to tough European Union online content rules, in a move that may prompt other … Business • 11 Jul
Brazil says sharp fall in Amazon deforestation Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon fell by one-third in the first six months of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration compared to the same … World • 07 Jul
Amazon duped millions into enrolling in Prime - US FTC The US Federal Trade Commission has accused Amazon.com of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making … Business • 22 Jun
Amazon should not pay $268m in Luxembourg back taxes Amazon should not pay €250m in back taxes to Luxembourg as ordered by EU competition enforcers, an adviser to Europe's top court said today, as … Business • 08 Jun
Amazon cloud and ad revenue grows as shoppers cautious Online retail titan Amazon last night said its cloud and ads units helped it beat earnings expectations in the first quarter of this year despite … Business • 28 Apr
Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers worldwide Amazon is to cut another 9,000 jobs from its global workforce. Business • 20 Mar
Council raises questions over Amazon's data centre plan Fingal Co Council has stated that it is not satisfied Amazon Web Services (AWS) has fully demonstrated that its plan to build three data centres … Business • 20 Feb
Amazon workers at UK warehouse set further strike dates Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Britain will walk out for seven further days in an escalation of a dispute over pay, their trade union … Business • 13 Feb