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

January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 Marivic Cabural Summers

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…

Alibaba promises to create one million U.S. jobs in a meeting with Trump

January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 Marivic Cabural Summers

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…