Jeff Bezos becomes the world's richest person
Amazon's founder and CEO snagged the crown as the world's richest human...for a bit
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Trump's misfired tweet about Amazon sales taxes
He apparently thinks the e-commerce giant doesn't pay sales taxes, but it does collect them in every state that levies them
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans Alabama rocket engine plant
The private spaceflight company will invest $200 million in a Huntsville facility, which would employ as many as 350 people
Why Amazon has so many fans on Wall Street
Even with the powerful run-up over $1,000 share, these bulls see even better days coming as Amazon keeps disrupting
Are Apple and its ilk struggling to innovate?
Apple selling speakers, Tesla starting a music service, and Amazon owning grocery stores? These aren't good signs
White House's Kushner to host top tech CEOs for elite-level brainstorming session
Apple's Tim Cook and Amazon's Jeff Bezos will attend the event
Amazon swallows Whole Foods, and supermarkets blanch
The e-commerce giant's $13.7 billion acquisition of the organic grocer is a seismic jolt to the entire sector
Amazon's IPO after 20 years: How you'd have profited
Investors who held onto their Amazon shares would have made an enormous profit, although not without some bumps along the way
Amazon closes in on $1,000 per share
The online retailing giant's shares have popped as earning surge, fueled by its cloud and Prime services
Time reveals list of 100 most influential people
The annual list is broken down by pioneers, artists, leaders, titans and icons
Will Amazon become the first $1 trillion company?
Some analysts predict its shares will zoom past $1,000, while CEO Jeff Bezos is now the world's second-richest person
India calls Amazon on the carpet over a flag doormat
Narendra Modi’s government went well beyond a public expression of anger about what it felt was an insulting product
Donald Trump's wealth ranking tumbles 200 spots on Forbes list
The president's net worth shrinks by $1 billion, down to 544th place, in the magazine's billionaire rankings
Space competition heats up between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
The space industry is watching a heated competition – not between two countries, but between two billionaires
World's 8 richest men worth as much as 3.6B people
Widening inequality means just eight billionaires control as much wealth as the world's poorest half of humanity
Amazon may be sprinting into athletic apparel
By launching its own lines, it could challenge market leaders such as Nike and Under Armour
Tech leaders to make peace, or press their case, with Trump
After deriding president-elect as a "disaster," industry luminaries expected to push for tax cuts, deregulation
Blue Origin stages spectacular spacecraft abort test
Launch commentator: “There it is! There you go, New Shepard, look at her! What a test!”
Jeff Bezos unveils details of new Blue Origin rocket
Amazon founder says the "New Glenn" rocket his space company Blue Origin is developing will be ready for test flights by the end of the decade
What's behind Amazon's push into physical stores
The ecommerce giant is adding bricks-and-mortar stores at a time traditional retailers are knocking them down
Amazon's Jeff Bezos now richer than Warren Buffett
Battle of the billionaires! Amazon founder's stock wealth pegged at $65.1B, while Berkshire Hathaway chief's falls to $65.0B
Blue Origin launches reusable rocket on third flight
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard reusable rocket and crew capsule Saturday for the third time in a little more than four months
How to make $1 billion overnight? Think software
One noted tech entrepreneur is riding his company's rebounding stock price to even greater riches
Bezos company plans human space flights by 2017
Amazon.com founder says private space travel enterprise Blue Origin will turn a profit by selling rocket engines
Will a cancer test backed by Gates, Bezos do the job?
Despite a lot of skepticism, they're betting on Ilumina and its plans to develop a groundbreaking screening technology
Trump and Zelenskyy say they're nearly in agreement on Ukraine peace plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lauded "strong security guarantees" from the U.S. after Sunday's meeting with President Trump in Florida.
Winter storm could become "bomb cyclone" over Great Lakes and Northeast
A powerful winter storm system could become a "bomb cyclone" over the Great Lakes and Northeast regions this week.
Trump and Netanyahu meeting at Mar-a-Lago to discuss Gaza peace plan
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting to discuss the peace plan for Gaza.
D.C. pipe bomb suspect told authorities "something just snapped," DOJ says
Brian Cole told investigators he believed that the 2020 election had been tampered with and he felt "someone needs to speak up," the DOJ alleges in court documents.
Actor accusing Tyler Perry exchanged texts with him years after alleged assault
Actor Mario Rodriguez alleged in the lawsuit filed last week in California that Tyler Perry sexually assaulted him during encounters between 2014 and 2019.
U.S. slashes pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid funding by billions
The U.S. announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as the Trump administration continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies to "adapt, shrink or die" in a time of new financial realities.
Trump claims progress toward peace, but Russia signals more war ahead
Hours after Trump declares Russia and Ukraine "closer than ever" to peace, Moscow claims a failed drone strike will alter its negotiating position.
French split over Brigitte Bardot tribute due to her far right views
French politicians were divided on Monday over how to pay tribute to the late Brigitte Bardot who, despite her screen legend, courted controversy in later life with her far-right views.
Second pilot involved in New Jersey helicopter crash dies, police say
A second helicopter pilot critically injured in a midair collision in Hammonton, New Jersey has died from his injuries, police said Monday.