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AMAZON.COM is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this week to raise pay to at least $15 an hour. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/JIM YOUNG

Amazon warehouse workers lose bonuses, stock awards for raises

Economic Activity 10/03/2018

NEW YORK - Amazon.com Inc. is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this...

AMAZON.COM INC. has raised its United States minimum wage to $15 an hour. / / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DAVID PAUL MORRIS

Jeff Bezos blinked; Amazon raises minimum wage in U.S., U.K.

Economic Activity 10/02/2018

NEW YORK - Jeff Bezos blinked. Bowing to political pressure, he announced plans Tuesday to raise the minimum wage for all Amazon.com Inc. employees in...

AT&T HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL to acquire Time Warner. BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/PATRICK T. FALLON

AT&T cleared by judge to buy Time Warner, create media giant

Economic Activity 06/12/2018

NEW YORK - AT&T Inc. was cleared by a judge to take over Time Warner Inc. in an $85 billion deal that the mobile-phone giant...

TRAFFIC AND CARGO both increased in March at T.F. Green Airport, as new discount carriers continued to have an impact on activity there and cargo traffic grew due to Amazon.com opening a fulfillment center in Fall River. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORP.

T.F. Green traffic increases 12.3% in March

Hospitality & Tourism 05/29/2018

WARWICK – March passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport increased 12.3 percent year over year to 347,598 passengers, an upswing of 38,113 fliers, according...

A RENDERING of a glass-laden Superman Building in the Commerce RI Amazon HQ2 pitch. / COURTESY COMMERCE RI

R.I. releases most details of Amazon HQ2 pitch

Government 04/06/2018

PROVIDENCE -The R.I. Commerce Corp. released its Amazon HQ2 Request For Proposals response Friday on its website, Rhode Island for Amazon. Commerce RI redacted the amount...

Amazon already reshaping health care

Advice 03/30/2018

Without having done much yet, Amazon.com Inc. is already transforming U.S. health care – and not necessarily for the better. The mere threat of the...

WALGREENS IS REPORTEDLY in talks to take over AmerisourceBergen Corp. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

Amazon threat looms as Walgreens surveys health care landscape

Health Services 02/13/2018

NEW YORK - The remaking of the U.S. health care industry is gaining speed, and some of the industry’s biggest players are racing to make...

Proposed Amazon HQ tax breaks draw criticism

Capital Goods 02/06/2018

NEW YORK - Jamie Eldridge, the son of an electrical engineer who grew up in suburban Boston, would seem like a natural cheerleader for Massachusetts’...

Amazon sweepstakes can help losers

Government 02/02/2018

The saga of Amazon.com Inc.’s search for a home for its second headquarters continues. The online retail giant recently announced that it has narrowed...