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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Bezos announced the Climate Pledge, setting a goal to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Amazon vows to reduce its use of fossil fuels

by Joseph Pisani Associated Press, and Bani Sapra Associated PressSeptember 19, 2019

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo people walk into the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. The online shopping giant is holding job fairs across the country next week, aiming to hire more than 30,000 people by early next year, a 5% bump in its total workforce. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Looking to hire 30,000, Amazon plans nationwide job fairs

by Joseph Pisani Associated PressSeptember 9, 2019

People stand in the lobby for Amazon offices Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in New York. Amazon will not build a new headquarters in New York City, a stunning reversal to an ambitious plan that would have brought an estimated 25,000 jobs to the city. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Amazon drops plans for New York headquarters

by Joseph Pisani Associated Press, and Alexandra Olson Associated PressFebruary 14, 2019

This Nov. 14, 2018, photo shows the Standard Cognition cashier-less store on Market Street in San Francisco. Get ready to say good riddance to the checkout line. A year after Amazon opened its first cashier-less store, startups and retailers are racing to get similar technology in other stores throughout the world, letting shoppers buy groceries without waiting in line. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Retailers are shopping for ways to get rid of checkout lines

by Michael Liedtke Associated Press, and Joseph Pisani Associated PressFebruary 11, 2019

FILE- In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, speaks at The Economic Club of Washington's Milestone Celebration in Washington. Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man and CEO of Amazon, is publicly accusing The National Enquirer in a blog post of trying to blackmail him by threatening to release more intimate photos of him unless he calls off an investigation into how that information was obtained in the first place. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

For Amazon, it’s business as usual despite CEO drama

by Joseph Pisani Associated PressFebruary 11, 2019

This Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, photo shows a view of Washington from a revolving restaurant in Crystal City, Va. If any place in the U.S. is well positioned to absorb 25,000 Amazon jobs, it may well be Crystal City which has lost nearly that many jobs over the last 15 years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Amazon goes bicoastal: will open HQs in New York, DC suburb

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterNovember 13, 2018

FILE- In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, speaks at The Economic Club of Washington's Milestone Celebration in Washington. Amazon, which has faced political and economic pressure to raise pay for thousands of employees, is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month and said it will push for an increase in the federally mandated minimum wage, which now stands at $7.25 per hour. “We listened to our critics, thought...

Amazon raises hourly wage to $15

by Joseph Pisani Associated Press, and Michelle Chapman Associated PressOctober 2, 2018

A man tapes a sign to a door at a Starbucks Coffee shop, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Philadelphia. After the arrests of two black men, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, at this location, Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished image as a hangout where all are welcome.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Starbucks closes stores for anti-bias training

by Joseph Pisani Associated PressMay 29, 2018

In this June 15, 2017, photo, a person exits a Kroger grocery store in Flowood, Miss. Kroger said Thursday, March 1, that it’s raising the minimum age to buy firearms and ammunition at all Fred Meyers stores to 21 years old, a day after Dick’s and Walmart announced similar moves. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Retailers facing retribution over guns

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterMarch 1, 2018

FILE - This April 28, 2016, file photo shows bottles of Dr. Pepper on a store shelf at Quality Cash Market in Concord, N.H. Keurig is buying Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. to create a beverage business with approximately $11 billion in annual sales, announced Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Coffee brand Keurig to buy Dr Pepper Snapple

by Joseph Pisani AP Retail WriterJanuary 29, 2018