# Jeff Bezos

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2022

# Blue Origin

Bezos Blue Origin rocket fails during launch with only experiments aboard

The Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after lift-off.

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Sep 12th 2022, 8:50 PM

# Prime rise

Amazon raises price of Prime membership despite soaring profits

Shares in the online giant rose nearly 17% in after-market trading.

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Feb 4th 2022, 7:38 AM

# Jeff Bezos

Rotterdam to dismantle historic bridge to allow Jeff Bezos superyacht to pass

The decision has angered some in the Netherlands.

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Feb 2nd 2022, 9:39 PM

# Oxfam

World's ten richest men doubled their wealth during Covid, report finds

It also found that the wealth of Ireland’s nine billionaires has increased by 58% to €49.7 billion since the start of the pandemic.

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Jan 17th 2022, 9:23 AM

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# Not Rocket Science

Musk and Bezos make separate grand gestures over global hunger

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has also offered millions to tackle desertification

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Nov 1st 2021, 9:10 PM

# PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

Star Trek actor William Shatner makes history as oldest man in space

Shatner said it was ‘the most profound experience I can imagine’

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Oct 13th 2021, 4:10 PM

# star trekkin

Star Trek actor William Shatner to rocket into space later this month

Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, Blue Origin, announced that Shatner will blast off on 12 October.

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Oct 4th 2021, 4:42 PM

# Working Conditions

Bezos attracts criticism for thanking Amazon workers after space flight

The company is facing increasing pressure to improve working conditions.

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Jul 21st 2021, 9:46 AM

# edge of space

Explainer: Where exactly does space begin?

Jeff Bezos set off in a rocket today – but did he actually go to space?

Jeff Bezos has flown just above the Karman line - a commonly referenced definition for the boundary between Earth and space.

However there is no set limit for the edge of space and experts differ on where the boundary is established.

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Jul 20th 2021, 11:55 PM

Voices

Opinion: As we gradually return to normal, we need to stop the creeping Amazon-ification of our economy

Everyone should have the right to a living wage, job security and decent work conditions, writes Victor Duggan.

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Jul 20th 2021, 2:13 PM

# final frontier

Amazon's Jeff Bezos just launched himself to the edge of space

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made the voyage on 11 July, narrowly beating Bezos.

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Jul 20th 2021, 1:41 PM

# space cadets

Somebody has bid $28 million for a trip to space with Jeff Bezos

The auction winner’s identity will be revealed in a couple of weeks.

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Jun 13th 2021, 7:15 AM

# new ceo

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO from 5 July

Jeff Bezos will hand the role over to Andy Jassy, who currently heads up Amazon Web Services.

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May 26th 2021, 10:30 PM

# stepping down

Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO of Amazon later this year

Bezos will be succeeded in the role by Andy Jassy.

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Feb 2nd 2021, 9:26 PM

# big tech

'Too big to care': 2020 was the year that Europe got serious about tackling Big Tech

Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple all faced heavy regulatory scrutiny in 2020.

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Dec 31st 2020, 7:30 PM

# Amazon

Amazon hit with European competition law charges over 'illegal abuse of its market dominance'

The Commission has also opened a second investigation into the online retail giant.

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Nov 10th 2020, 11:58 AM

# tech bros

Bezos, Cook, Zuckerberg and Pichai face grilling at high-flying Congress hearing

Democrats questioned them on their vast market power while Republicans accused them of censorship.

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Jul 29th 2020, 10:45 PM

# bark or byte

Head honchos at Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to face questions from US politicians today

The tech giants are being investigated for alleged anti-competitive practices.

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Jul 29th 2020, 6:10 AM

# Amazon

World's richest man Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to help fight climate change

The online retailer Amazon that Bezos runs has an enormous carbon footprint.

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Feb 18th 2020, 7:07 AM

# Phone Hacking

UN experts demand probe into claim Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked by Saudi Arabia

The 2018 intrusion into the device led to the release of intimate images of Bezos.

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Jan 22nd 2020, 2:50 PM

# One Small Step

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reveals spaceship model and plans to put humans on the moon

Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will land a robotic ship the size of a small house on the moon.

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May 10th 2019, 9:19 AM

# Jeff Bezos

Amazon's Bezos agrees record-breaking $35 billion divorce settlement

MacKenzie Bezos retains a 4% stake in online retail giant Amazon which her husband founded in 1994.

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Apr 5th 2019, 7:24 AM

# personal information

Amazon investigator says Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone

Gavin de Becker was looking into the leaking of Bezos’s personal information.

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Mar 31st 2019, 1:29 PM

Voices

What Jeff Bezos can teach leaders about controlling a crisis like a pro

The Amazon CEO’s recent standoff with a salacious tabloid was a masterclass in ‘owning’ a narrative.

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Feb 28th 2019, 4:30 PM

# Explainer

What's going on with Jeff Bezos, a tabloid magazine, Donald Trump and alleged blackmail?

A heated dispute is ongoing in the US involving some very high profile figures.

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Feb 9th 2019, 6:00 PM

# prime target

Amazon's Jeff Bezos publishes threats from National Enquirer about sexts to his mistress

The tabloid previously reported on Bezos’ affair, leading to his divorce.

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Feb 8th 2019, 7:19 AM

# loaded

Amazon has become a trillion dollar company

The company, which was created in a garage in Washington, has come a long way.

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Sep 4th 2018, 7:32 PM

# gift

Amazon's Alexa won Christmas this year

The Alexa app was the most downloaded app on Christmas Day.

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Dec 26th 2017, 3:29 PM

# prime position

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person

The entrepreneur leapfrogged Microsoft’s Bill Gates, who’s been at the top spot for the past four years.

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Jul 27th 2017, 5:53 PM

# bricks to clicks

Amazon to create 100,000 full-time jobs in US in next 18 months

Donald Trump is claiming to have played a role in the move.

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Jan 12th 2017, 9:55 PM

# Good day at the office

While you were sleeping, this man quietly made 7 BILLION dollars

We’d be happy enough finding a loose fiver behind the couch.

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Jul 24th 2015, 9:36 AM

# fingers in pies

Amazon's grocery delivery service is launching in the UK this year

No word on when it might be coming to Ireland.

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Jul 20th 2015, 6:47 PM

# SME focus

SME focus: Everything you need to know about traditional stores and e-commerce

For November’s in-depth coverage of SMEs, we focused on the business of retail.

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Nov 30th 2014, 10:15 AM

# the everything store

SME book club: How one bull-headed businessman built the 'everything store'

Inside the Amazon story – and what other entrepreneurs can learn from the rapid rise of an e-commerce titan.

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Nov 28th 2014, 7:30 PM

# The final frontier

Meet the tech giants hoping to launch you into space...

Richard Branson has said he will not “push on blindly” in the wake of Friday’s fatal crash. The Virgin founder isn’t the only businessman in the commercial space flight race…

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Nov 4th 2014, 7:45 AM

Voices

Column: Are these the drones we're looking for?

Machine autonomy has long been a staple of science fiction – but that may be coming to an end with plans to use drones for domestic delivery, writes David Gunkel.

Jan 7th 2014, 7:30 PM