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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Alibaba promises to create one million U.S. jobs in a meeting with Trump
Jack Ma, the Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE: BABA), promised to Donald Trump that his company would create one million new jobs in the United States over the next five years. The U.S. President-elect met Ma at the Trump Tower in New York on Monday. Their meeting lasted about 40 minutes. Alibaba to support small businesses “We’re focused on small business. We specifically talked about supporting one million small businesses especially in the Midwest America to sell products and services on our platform to China and Asia, especially…
Read MoreDonald Trump is the “father of lies” says billionaire David Tepper
David Tepper, the billionaire, founder and president of Appaloosa Management condemned Donald Trump and rejected assertions that the Republican presidential candidate is a generous person. Tepper is voting for Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States. The billionaire hedge fund manager supported President Barack Obama in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012. In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Tepper indicated that Trump, who is also a billionaire, is selfish because he did not donate money in the wake of disasters in the State of New…
Read MoreTrump: Women Getting Abortions Deserve “Some Sort of Punishment”
Republican front-runner Donald Trump said women getting abortions deserved some form of punishment if the government prohibits the practice. He made the statement during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Mathews. The billionaire told Mathews that some people in his party are conservative, and they believed that abortion should be outlawed. Trump also stated that he is pro-life, abortion is a “very serious problem,” and he is in favor of banning the practice. Trump said, “There has to be some sort of punishment.” Mathews asked, “For the woman? He said “Yeah”…
Read MoreContested Republican Convention More Likely: Speaker Paul Ryan
A contested Republican convention to select a presidential nominee is becoming increasingly possible, according to House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday. “This is more likely to become an open convention than we thought before, so we’re getting our minds around the idea that this could very well become a reality, and, therefore, those of us that are involved in the convention need to respect that,” according to the Republican House Speaker from Wisconsin. The Republican convention delegates will select the Party’s presidential nominee if none of the candidates— Donald Trump, Senator…
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