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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stepping down is a loss for tech giant: top analyst

Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos acknowledged Thursday that his new annual letter to shareholders would be his last as CEO. But that reiteration has done nothing to shake Wall Street’s confidence in the e-commerce behemoth’s future financials, although the leadership change is being very closely watched for potential stumbles.   “Well, I think Bezos probably goes down as the best entrepreneur of this generation in a way like Steve Jobs was and Bills Gates was. We’ll see about the next generation…. Source link

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The company that Jeff built

Amazon Earlier this week we learned that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago. He will make way for Andy Jassy, currently head of Amazon’s cloud computing business, to take day-to-day control. Billionaire Mr Bezos won’t entirely give up the reins, however, instead assuming the role of executive chairman. Today, Amazon is one of the most valuable public companies on the planet, with Mr Bezos vying… Source link

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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO — here’s why Amazon stock isn’t crashing

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 8% Dividend Yield Let’s talk portfolio defense. After last week’s social flash mob market manipulation, that’s a topic that should not be ignored. Now, this is not to say that the markets are collapsing. After 2% losses to close out last week’s Friday session, this week’s trading kicked off with a positive tone, as the S&P 500 rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq climbed 2.5%. The underlying bullish factors – a more stable political scene, steadily… Source link

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Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO of Amazon, to be replaced by AWS chief Andy Jassy – Yahoo

GlobeNewswire The Worldwide eHealth Industry is Expected to Reach $193.8 Billion by 2025 Dublin, Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “eHealth Market by Solutions (EMR, PACS & VNA, RIS, LIS, CVIS, Telehealth, eRx, HIE, Patient Portal, Medical Apps), Services (Remote Patient Monitoring, Diagnostic Services) End User – Global Forecast to 2025” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global eHealth market size is projected to reach USD 193.8 billion by 2025 from USD 69.5… Source link

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How Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos can help save our democracy

With all the attention on politics and COVID-19 right now, you may have missed this recent headline: “Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person.” Or maybe you did see it and thought, who cares? Well you should. (Before you continue reading, a trigger warning: This column is about staggering wealth. The numbers you are about to read will shock you.) It’s not so much that Musk is now worth some $200 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, versus… Source link

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos cashing in on pandemic at workers’ expense is ‘immoral,’ says Rep. Tlaib

While the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the global economy into a crisis, Amazon has been one of its biggest beneficiaries. That success has drawn condemnation by more than 400 politicians from around the world, including France, the UK, and the U.S. World leaders have accused Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, of “acting with impunity” by pocketing profits while “dodging and dismissing [his] debts to workers, societies, and the planet” in a recent scathing open… Source link

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Google employees dispute Jeff Dean, claim Timnit Gebru did not resign

Google senior fellow Jeff Dean speaks at a 2017 event in China. Source: Chris Wong | Google A group of current and former Google employees who started a petition supporting departed researcher Timnit Gebru is disputing an executive’s account of her departure. In a blog post titled “Setting the Record Straight,” Gebru’s colleagues and petitioners claim she did not resign, and point to inconsistencies in Google AI Chief Jeff Dean’s statements, including his contention that Google’s process for… Source link

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Celtics to sign free-agent Jeff Teague on one-year contact

Report: C’s to sign Jeff Teague on one-year deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Now that Gordon Hayward is gone, Danny Ainge is getting down to business. The Boston Celtics are signing free-agent guard Jeff Teague to a one-year contract, The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach reported Saturday. The Celtics reportedly also agreed to terms with Tristan Thompson on Saturday night and now have added two experienced veterans in the wake of Hayward’s departure to the Charlotte Hornets. Teague… Source link

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Jeff Van Gundy, John Lucas, Stephen Silas three finalists to be Houston coach

There are a lot of questions about the search for the next Houston Rockets head coach, but we also know a few things. We know now that Rafael Stone is running the search now that Daryl Morey has stepped away from the franchise. We also know that the three finalists for the Houston head coach job are Jeff Van Gundy, John Lucas, Stephen Silas, as reported by Mark Berman of Fox News 26 in Houston. Van Gundy is a former Rockets (and Knicks) coach turned broadcaster who has been eager to get back… Source link

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