NEW YORK — Amazon is rolling out pay-by-palm technology at some Whole Foods grocery stores near its Seattle headquarters to make paying quicker and more convenient.
April 21, 2021Amazon
Business, Technology 
Customers exit an Amazon Go store in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)
Amazon Offers Pay-by-Palm at Some Whole Foods
Customers exit an Amazon Go store in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) Business, Logistics 
A Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union supporter holds a sign outside of the union headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. on March 26. (Andi Rice/Bloomberg News)
Union Appeals Amazon Election Loss, Claiming Misconduct
A Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union supporter holds a sign outside of the union headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. on March 26. (Andi Rice/Bloomberg News)Accusing Amazon .com Inc. of misconduct, the retail union that lost a hotly contested election at the company’s Alabama warehouse has asked federal officials to set aside the results.
April 19, 2021 Business 
A banner encourages workers to vote in labor balloting at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on March 31. (Saul Martinez/Getty Images via Bloomberg News)
Amazon Secures Enough Votes to Block Union Effort
A banner encourages workers to vote in labor balloting at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on March 31. (Saul Martinez/Getty Images via Bloomberg News)Amazon has secured enough votes to block a union effort at a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., proving the might of the online shopping giant and cutting off a path that labor activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond.
April 9, 2021 Government, Business, Logistics 
A truck passes an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Amazon Violated Law in Firing Employee Activists, NLRB Says
A truck passes an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)Amazon .com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board’s prosecutors have found.
April 5, 2021 Business, Logistics 
A Deliveroo food courier cycles along Oxford Street in central London. (Bloomberg News)
Amazon to Sell Deliveroo Stake of Up to $148 Million in IPO
A Deliveroo food courier cycles along Oxford Street in central London. (Bloomberg News)Amazon .com Inc. could raise as much as $148 million (107 million pounds) by selling some of its stake in Deliveroo Holdings in the food-delivery startup’s London initial public offering.
March 23, 2021 Business, Safety, Logistics 
Amazon Prime semi-trailers at a fulfillment center in Baltimore, Md. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
Amazon Closes Canadian Facility Hit by COVID
Amazon Prime semi-trailers at a fulfillment center in Baltimore, Md. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)Amazon .com Inc. has been ordered to close a facility outside Toronto for two weeks as public health officials worry about rising COVID-19 cases inside the complex.
March 12, 2021 Business, Logistics 
Amazon signage is displayed in front of a company warehouse in Staten Island In March 2020. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Amazon Spends $131 Million for Stake in Cargo Airline ATSG
Amazon signage is displayed in front of a company warehouse in Staten Island In March 2020. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)Amazon .com Inc. has scooped up a minority stake in a cargo airline that operates a portion of its fast-growing air-cargo division, the latest sign of the retailer’s long-term ambitions to expand its airfreight operations.
March 8, 2021 Business, Logistics 
Chicago Rockford International Airport
As Amazon Air Expands, Report Sees Potential Challenge to UPS, FedEx and USPS
Chicago Rockford International AirportAmazon Air is poised for a summertime growth spurt that could send its daily schedule to more than 160 flights per day.
March 2, 2021 Government, Business, Safety 
In this March 30, 2020, file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)
New York Sues Amazon Over Worker Safety During Pandemic
In this March 30, 2020, file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)New York is suing Amazon, claiming the company failed to provide workers with a safe environment at two warehouses in the state as COVID-19 infections surged nationwide.
February 17, 2021 Government, Business, Logistics 
A worker carries Amazon packages during a delivery in New York. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News)
Amazon Sues N.Y. Attorney General, Claiming Excessive COVID Demands
A worker carries Amazon packages during a delivery in New York. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News)Amazon .com Inc. is suing the New York State attorney general, arguing that she’s exceeding her authority in seeking to penalize the company for alleged failures in its pandemic safety protocols and treatment of workers at New York City warehouses.
February 12, 2021