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Amazon to create 100,000 new jobs in the United States

Marivic Cabural Summers
Amazon employee

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced its plan to create additional 100,000 full-time, full-benefit jobs in the United States over the next 18 months. The e-commerce giant is already considered one of the largest employers in the country with more than 180,000 employees at the end of 2016. Amazon said its U.S. workforce is expected to reach over 280,000 by mid-2018, an increase of more than 50%. The company said the new job opportunities are for people with all types of experience, education, and skill levels from engineers, software developers, and those…

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Amazon Says its Men and Women Employees Get Equal Pay

Marivic Cabural Summers
Amazon employee

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) said its men and women employees receive equal compensation for the same job in the company based on the results of its recently conducted survey. The e-commerce giant made the statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected its request to remove from its annual ballot the proposal on gender pay equality by an activist investor. The Commission ruled that Amazon must allow its shareholders to vote on the proposal. Results of Amazon’s survey on gender pay equality Amazon estimated that its female employees account 39% of…

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Amazon Leases 20 Planes to Start Operating Air Cargo Network

Marivic Cabural Summers

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is finally operating an air cargo network after leasing 20 planes to serve its customers in the United States. It was reported in December that the e-commerce giant was negotiating with Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG), Atlas Air and Kalitta Air to lease 20 Boeing 767 freighters. Today, ATSG announced that Amazon Fulfillment Services, a subsidiary of the e-commerce giant, signed commercial agreements to lease 20 Boeing 767 freighters. The deal also included gateway and logistics services by aircraft-leasing company’s LGSTX Services. In a statement, ATSG President and…

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Amazon Removes Encryption on Fire Tablets

iRebyu Staff
Amazon Fire Tablets

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) removed the local data encryption on its Fire Tablets that were introduced in September because its customers were not using the feature, according to the company’s spokesperson. Technology observers noted the removal of the encryption as the company released updates to the older versions of the Fire operating system this week. The company’s move also attracted attention because it came amid the ongoing legal battle between Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the U.S. government regarding the iPhone encryption. Amazon still maintains high standards of encryption Robin Handaly, the spokesperson…

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