blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 12/16/2008
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One thing I learned early on in this beat is that the British news outlets dedicate much attention to the Seattle-based company, because it does a lot of business in the U.K.
business.timesonline.co.uk - 12/16/2008
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business.timesonline.co.uk —
Amazon, Britain s most popular website for Christmas
shopping, is making its staff work seven days a...
week and threatening them with the sack if they take time off sick. The company charges among the lowest prices for products ranging from books and ...
(more)
Revealed: Amazon staff punished for being ill
mediamemo.allthingsd.com - 12/15/2008
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mediamemo.allthingsd.com —
Amazon has been selling digital music from all
the big music labels for nearly a year now....
It hasn't changed Apple's grip on that business in any way, and it hasn't made any money for Amazon. But don't write it off as a failure just yet.
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Amazon’s MP3 Store, One Year In: No iTunes Killer; ...
techflash.com - 12/12/2008
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techflash.com —
James Hamilton, one of the big brains behind
Microsoft's data center strategy, has left the company, according...
to a note on his Microsoft home page . And we just confirmed that he's headed across town to Amazon.com, one of Microsoft's key rivals in ...
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Key data center architect leaves Microsoft, headed for ...
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Is Amazon U.K. a Modern-Day Sweatshop?
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... to reduce breaks to 15 and 20 minutes on an eight hour shift in order to cut the total working day by half an hour.”
Could things be as extreme as they seem? Amazon U.K. certainly didn’t deny any of it. The U.S.-based wing of the company, however, suggested some of the observations may have been off, pointing to the suggested seven-day-a-week schedule as an example.
“Don’t believe everything you read!” an Amazon spokesperson tells the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
“There were many inaccuracies in the ...
Sunday Times: Christmas Joy from Amazon.com Powered by Sweatshop Labor [Amazon]
Gizmodo —
... in the original report, now says, "There were many inaccuracies in the U.K. article. Case in point: We don't allow FC (fulfillment center) associates to work more than 6 days a week in any location — they must have at least 1 day off." Oh gee, I'm sure that single day off is very comforting. ...
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