Amazon begins new chapter as Jeff Bezos hands over CEO role

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.

Lawsuit accuses Amazon of price gouging during COVID-19 pandemic

A class-action lawsuit accuses Amazon of hiking up prices for food, cleaning products, personal hygiene products and emergency or medical products during the pandemic.

Amazon to surpass Walmart as largest US retailer

Amazon is one of the few retailers that has benefited during the pandemic, and that growth is about to pull the company past Walmart as the largest U.S. retailer.

Judge tosses challenge to Seattle's tax on big businesses

The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce had challenged the city's new tax on big businesses, arguing it was a tax on employees and calling it "illegal, invalid, and unenforceable."

DC files antitrust case against Amazon over treatment of vendors

The District of Columbia is suing Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform.

Ex-Amazon worker in Everett sues over alleged discrimination

A former Amazon manager in Everett alleges that her supervisor made derogatory comments about her accent and Latin American heritage when she managed delivery operations for an Amazon robotics station.

Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

Amazon said Tuesday that it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced last year.

Amazon seeks to hire 75,000 workers; offers $100 to vaccinated hires

Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people in a tight job market and is offering bonuses to attract workers, including $100 for new hires who are already vaccinated for COVID-19.

Amazon blocked more than 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown, company says

Amazon has been under pressure to crack down on counterfeits on its site. The company said it blocked more than 10 billion suspected phony listings last year.

Amazon launches employee vaccinations in Washington state

Amazon has started to vaccinate thousands of its warehouse and delivery workers, contractors and their families in Washington state and plans to host more vaccination clinics to inoculate its employees.

Amazon begins rollout of pay-by-palm at Whole Foods near Seattle HQ

Amazon is rolling out pay-by-palm technology at some Whole Foods grocery stores near its headquarters to make paying quicker and more convenient.