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Apr 02 from https://www.cnbc.com/technology/

Amazon to add 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge for sellers as Iran war drives up energy prices

An Amazon employee works to fulfill same-day orders during Cyber Monday, one of the company's busiest days, at an Amazon fulfillment center in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 2, 2024. Amazon is adding a 3.5% "fuel and logistics-related surcharge" to fees it collects from third-party sellers who use its fulfillment services, as the war in Iran stretches into its fifth week, driving up oil...

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Apr 02 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/

Trump labor board orders Amazon to bargain with Teamsters

Amazon has been ordered by the Trump administration’s labor board to recognize and bargain with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at a warehouse in Staten Island, following a multiyear standoff that halted the workplace’s union bid. Workers at the giant Amazon facility voted to unionize in April 2022, in the first union victory at the country’s second-largest private employer and a...

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Mar 20 from https://mashable.com/tech

Amazon is launching a phone again

Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything. Hopefully it'll do better than the Fire Phone. Honestly, we're surprised that the company waited this long to...

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