Amazon To Add Workers, Office Space To Chicago Loop Office
Amazon is doubling the number of workers at its operations in Chicago's Loop.
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Amazon is doubling the number of workers at its operations in Chicago's Loop.
Amazon is looking for all kinds of workers, from software engineers who can earn more than $100,000 a year, to warehouse staff paid at least $15 an hour to pack and ship online orders.
Online retail giant Amazon is hiring more than 1,000 full-time workers for a packaging center in suburban Indianapolis.
The announcement comes two months after FedEx already terminated its air delivery contract with Amazon. FedEx said dumping Amazon is part of its plan to go after more e-commerce deliveries from other companies.
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The company announced this month that it would not renew an airfreight-delivery contract with Amazon that expires June 30. It did not disclose the value of that work, but said Amazon accounted for less than 1.3% of its revenue in 2018.
Amazon said its new drones use computer vision and machine learning to detect and avoid people or laundry clotheslines in backyards when landing.
Amazon, which has been working to deliver orders faster, says that more than 10 million items now qualify for next-day delivery.
Walmart is rolling out free next-day delivery on its most popular items, increasing the stakes in the retail shipping wars with Amazon.
Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we'll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages.
The retailer started a test with Amazon at 82 stores in Los Angeles and Chicago at the time and has since added close to two dozen stores in Milwaukee to the pilot.
Attorney Robert Klieger told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that the company protected itself after Allen made comments that at a minimum were insensitive.
Amazon is suing a Chicago business for allegedly taking part in a scheme involving an online ad promising money to work for Amazon from home.
Apple is expected to announce Monday that it's launching a video service that could compete with Netflix, Amazon and cable TV itself.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no cure for autism spectrum disorder, only medications that can help some function better. It also says there is no link between vaccines and autism.
To reach that goal, the online retail giant says it will use more renewable energy like solar power; have more packages delivered in electric vans; and push suppliers to remake their packaging.
Rivian unveiled an all-electric pickup and an SUV at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show in November and plans to begin production of the vehicles in a factory in Normal, Illionois, next year. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, not far from Detroit.
Amazon said it does not plan to look for another location at this time, and will continue to build out offices in Arlington, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee.
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The shift occurred Monday after Amazon's shares rose three percent to close at $1,629.51 and lifted the e-commerce leader's market value to $797 billion.
Gadgets with voice controls typically aren't transmitting any data back to company servers until you activate them with a trigger word, such as "Alexa" or "OK Google." But devices have sometimes misheard innocuous words as legitimate commands to record and send private conversations.
ShipMatrix, which tracks delivery times for major carriers, says 97 to 98 percent of packages should be delivered on time this year.
Amazon's fleet of planes is far smaller than those at UPS and FedEx, which number in the hundreds, but it's pushed in recent years to close that gap and gain more control over deliveries.
One of the workers took dozens of Amazon boxes before being arrested and charged with theft.
