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| With a change in administration Amazon workers are going to have a much better chance of coming he said | Positive | In 2021 Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-labor-yearend-focus/amazon-to-face-u-s-union-push-in-year-ahead-idUSKBN28X1BA | 2020-12-24 |
| LOS Amazon seller Bernie Thompson shifted half of his production out of China to reduce his business risks and still found himself in the crosshairs of logistical chaos besetting the movement of goods around the globe | Negative | LOS Amazon seller Bernie Thompson shifted half of his production out of China to reduce his business risks and still found himself in the crosshairs of logistical chaos besetting the movement of goods around the globe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-trade-shipping/global-cargo-logjam-deepens-delaying-goods-bound-for-retailers-automakers-idUSKBN28X1AJ | 2020-12-24 |
| BRUSSELS A watchdog has criticised the EUs new rules that aim to curb the power of Alphabet unit Google Facebook Apple and Amazon potentially providing scope for companies that are targeted to challenge them | Negative | BRUSSELS A watchdog has criticised the EUs new rules that aim to curb the power of Alphabet unit Google Facebook Apple and Amazon potentially providing scope for companies that are targeted to challenge them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/eu-tech-board/watchdog-highlights-shortcomings-in-eu-rules-to-curb-tech-companies-idUSKBN28V1LI | 2020-12-22 |
| Similarly two Amazon officials have landed spots on the presidentelects agency review teams for the State Department and the Office of Management and Budget | Neutral | WASHINGTON Silicon Valley is working behind the scenes to secure senior roles for tech allies in lesserknown but still vital parts of presidentelect Joe Bidens administration even as the pushback against Big Tech from progressive groups and regulators grows | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-tech-biden-insight/big-techs-stealth-push-to-influence-the-biden-administration-idUSKBN28V170 | 2020-12-22 |
| Some staff elected officials and unions in recent months have said Amazon put its employees health at risk by keeping warehouses open during the pandemic | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-shuts-new-jersey-facility-till-dec-26-on-virus-spike-among-workers-idUSKBN28V06J | 2020-12-21 |
| In October Amazon had won an injunction to halt the sale from a Singapore arbitrator that the sides had agreed to use in case of dispute | Negative | MUMBAI The New Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea from Indias Future Group that sought to restrain U.S. partner Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-future-reliance/indian-court-dismisses-future-groups-plea-against-amazon-idUSKBN28V0GI | 2020-12-21 |
| Future later said the order was not binding prompting Amazon to lodge a complaint with Indias market regulator | Negative | MUMBAI The New Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea from Indias Future Group that sought to restrain U.S. partner Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-future-reliance/indian-court-dismisses-future-groups-plea-against-amazon-idUSKBN28V0GI | 2020-12-21 |
| In the case of intended land purchases in the Amazon region the new law would require final clearance from the National Defense Council | Neutral | SAO PAULO The Brazilian Senate unexpectedly approved a bill late on Tuesday to facilitate the purchase and leasing of rural properties in Brazil by foreign nationals or foreign companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-land/brazil-senate-clears-hurdle-for-foreign-ownership-of-rural-land-idUSKBN28Q2UU | 2020-12-17 |
| BRUSSELS U.S. technology firms including Amazon Apple Facebook and Google face fines of up to of annual turnover and could even be broken up under draft European Union rules announced on Tuesday aimed at curbing their powers | Negative | BRUSSELS U.S. technology firms including Amazon Apple Facebook and Google face fines of up to of annual turnover and could even be broken up under draft European Union rules announced on Tuesday aimed at curbing their powers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-tech/eu-moves-to-rein-in-u-s-tech-giants-with-threat-of-fines-break-up-idUSKBN28P0HH | 2020-12-16 |
| Amazon is also in the FTCs crosshairs | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Commission announced draft rules on Tuesday to rein in tech giants such as Alphabets Google Facebook Apple and Amazon the most significant among a raft of measures taken by regulators worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/eu-tech-explainer/explainer-tough-eu-tech-rules-heres-the-what-why-and-what-comes-next-idUSKBN28P23T | 2020-12-16 |
| CCI is also probing Amazon and rival Flipkart owned by Walmart over alleged violations of competition law and certain discounting practices which Amazon is challenging | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission announced draft rules on Tuesday to rein in tech giants such as Alphabets Google Facebook Apple and Amazon the most significant among a raft of measures taken by regulators worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/eu-tech-explainer/explainer-tough-eu-tech-rules-heres-the-what-why-and-what-comes-next-idUSKBN28P23T | 2020-12-16 |
| A judge in February granted Amazons request to temporarily halt the deal from moving that remains in place | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/amazon-urges-judge-to-set-aside-10-billion-cloud-contract-award-to-microsoft-idUSKBN28P31I | 2020-12-16 |
| BRUSSELS Amazon Apple Facebook and Alphabet unit Google may have to change their business practices in Europe or face hefty fines between under new draft EU rules to be announced on Tuesday | Negative | BRUSSELS Amazon Apple Facebook and Alphabet unit Google may have to change their business practices in Europe or face hefty fines between under new draft EU rules to be announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-eu-tech/u-s-tech-giants-face-6-10-fines-as-eu-set-rules-to-curb-their-power-idUSKBN28P0HH | 2020-12-15 |
| Amazons fine has to be paid by its Luxembourgbased entity | Negative | PARIS Frances data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros to Alphabets Google for breaching the countrys rules on online advertising trackers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-google-privacy-france/french-watchdog-fines-google-amazon-for-breaching-cookies-rules-idUSKBN28K0NA | 2020-12-11 |
| JERUSALEM Intel Corps Habana Labs business said on Wednesday it would take time to gain market share from Nvidia in cloud and data centre computing but its deal this week with Amazon Web Services was a solid first step | Positive | JERUSALEM Intel Corps Habana Labs business said on Wednesday it would take time to gain market share from Nvidia in cloud and data centre computing but its deal this week with Amazon Web Services was a solid first step | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-intel-habana-aws/intels-habana-starts-to-chip-away-at-nvidia-in-cloud-with-aws-deal-idUSKBN28C22F | 2020-12-03 |
| Amazon is seeing growing demand for its cloud tools during the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | JERUSALEM Intel Corps Habana Labs business said on Wednesday it would take time to gain market share from Nvidia in cloud and data centre computing but its deal this week with Amazon Web Services was a solid first step | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-intel-habana-aws/intels-habana-starts-to-chip-away-at-nvidia-in-cloud-with-aws-deal-idUSKBN28C22F | 2020-12-03 |
| PARIS U.S. tech giants Amazon and Apple have not signed up to a new French initiative to get global tech companies to publicly commit to principles including paying their fair share of taxes government officials said on Monday | Negative | PARIS U.S. tech giants Amazon and Apple have not signed up to a new French initiative to get global tech companies to publicly commit to principles including paying their fair share of taxes government officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-france-tech/amazon-apple-stay-away-from-new-french-initiative-to-set-principles-for-big-tech-idUSKBN28A1JL | 2020-12-01 |
| The Amazon rainforest the worlds largest tropical forest is a major absorber of planetheating carbon dioxide | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters Climate change will increase the burdens on Brazils armed forces and endanger the countrys energy and water security military experts predicted Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climatechange-military/brazil-to-face-major-security-threats-as-climate-impacts-surge-military-experts-warn-idUSKBN28A2XD | 2020-12-01 |
| He said he believes Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao who leads the governments Amazon Council is dedicated to stopping deforestation but lacks support within the government | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters Climate change will increase the burdens on Brazils armed forces and endanger the countrys energy and water security military experts predicted Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climatechange-military/brazil-to-face-major-security-threats-as-climate-impacts-surge-military-experts-warn-idUSKBN28A2XD | 2020-12-01 |
| In October Reuters reported Amazon and Big Tech were cozying up to the Biden administration with cash and connections | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden was urged to reject the influence of Big Tech companies on his administration by 32 antitrust consumer advocacy labor and related groups in a letter sent on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-biden/biden-urged-by-32-advocacy-groups-to-reject-big-tech-influence-idUSKBN28A2VX | 2020-12-01 |
| BERLIN Trade union Verdi on Sunday called on workers at a German Amazon warehouse to strike for the second time in a week to disrupt the processing of orders following the Friday discount shopping sales on Nov | Negative | BERLIN Trade union Verdi on Sunday called on workers at a German Amazon warehouse to strike for the second time in a week to disrupt the processing of orders following the Friday discount shopping sales on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-germany-strike/amazon-workers-at-german-warehouse-to-strike-again-idUSKBN2890L8 | 2020-11-30 |
| An Amazon spokesman said the company offered salaries and benefits and safe working conditions and that these and its pay were comparable with other major employers in the region | Positive | BERLIN Trade union Verdi on Sunday called on workers at a German Amazon warehouse to strike for the second time in a week to disrupt the processing of orders following the Friday discount shopping sales on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-germany-strike/amazon-workers-at-german-warehouse-to-strike-again-idUSKBN2890L8 | 2020-11-30 |
| Logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group which delivers goods for retailers and third parties like DHL and Amazon is holding more ecommerce products than this time last year the company said | Positive | LISBON Retailers worldwide have never had more reason to pack warehouses to the brim and keep stock closer to shoppers who continue to buy a record number of items online | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-retail-warehouse-focus/christmas-coronavirus-and-fear-of-no-deal-brexit-push-europes-warehouses-to-the-limit-idUSKBN28A0KV | 2020-11-30 |
| com Incs widely used cloud service Amazon Web Services is experiencing a largescale outage the company said on Wednesday affecting users ranging from websites to software providers | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-amazon-com-aws-outage/amazons-cloud-service-sees-widespread-outage-idUSKBN2852SC | 2020-11-26 |
| Amazon Kinesis a part of its cloud offerings collects processes and analyzes realtime data and offers insights | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-amazon-com-aws-outage/amazons-cloud-service-sees-widespread-outage-idUSKBN2852SC | 2020-11-26 |
| Amazons cloud service business is thriving on higher demand from companies switching to virtual offices due to the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-amazon-com-aws-outage/amazons-cloud-service-sees-widespread-outage-idUSKBN2852SC | 2020-11-26 |
| Amazon has received a reminder from the French authorities to pay the tax and will comply according to a person familiar with the matter at the online retailer | Positive | PARIS Frances finance ministry has sent out notices to big tech companies liable for its digital service tax to pay the levy as planned in December the ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-france-usa-tax/france-orders-tech-giants-to-pay-digital-tax-idUSKBN28522M | 2020-11-26 |
| BERLIN Companies that have benefitted from the coronavirus crisis such as Amazon and drugmakers should join wealthy countries in helping to fund access to vaccines for poorer nations Germanys international development minister said on Tuesday | Positive | BERLIN Companies that have benefitted from the coronavirus crisis such as Amazon and drugmakers should join wealthy countries in helping to fund access to vaccines for poorer nations Germanys international development minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-amazon/amazon-pharma-firms-should-help-covid-19-vaccine-reach-poorest-german-minister-idUSKBN2842FS | 2020-11-25 |
| Private companies that have particularly profited from the coronavirus crisis like Amazon or the pharmaceuticals companies also have an he told Reuters | Negative | BERLIN Companies that have benefitted from the coronavirus crisis such as Amazon and drugmakers should join wealthy countries in helping to fund access to vaccines for poorer nations Germanys international development minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-amazon/amazon-pharma-firms-should-help-covid-19-vaccine-reach-poorest-german-minister-idUSKBN2842FS | 2020-11-25 |
| Amazon had complained to stock exchanges accusing Future of misleading public by making incorrect market disclosures allegations the Indian group denies | Negative | NEW Indias National Stock Exchange privately warned Future Retail it risked regulatory action for not making timely market disclosures about efforts by Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-future-reliance/indias-nse-warned-future-retail-of-action-over-disclosures-on-amazon-dispute-emails-idUSKBN2850M7 | 2020-11-25 |
| The G20 also said they would pursue a way to tax international tech giants like Google Amazon Facebook Apple or Microsoft so that they pay their fair share of taxes | Positive | WASHINGTON Leaders of the worlds 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID19 vaccines drugs and tests around the world so that poorer countries are not left out and to extend debt relief to them a draft G20 communique showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g20-saudi-communique/g20-leaders-pledge-to-fund-fair-distribution-of-covid-19-vaccines-draft-statement-idUSKBN2810T8 | 2020-11-22 |
| Amazon said its gift features remain popular | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-holidayshopping-amazon-com-gifts/in-pandemic-christmas-u-s-rivals-aim-to-challenge-amazon-under-the-tree-idUSKBN2801D6 | 2020-11-21 |
| Amazon has also approached the CCI and the countrys market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India urging them to consider the arbitration order and not approve the deal | Negative | MUMBAI Indias antitrust body on Friday cleared oiltotelecom giant Reliance Industries RELI.NS bid to buy Future groups retail assets even as Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-future-m-a-reliance-antitrust/indias-antitrust-body-clears-reliance-future-retail-deal-despite-amazons-objections-idUSKBN2801HM | 2020-11-21 |
| BRUSSELS A video call between the European Unions digital chief and Alphabet Apple Amazon and Facebook to discuss draft rules to curb their powers has been postponed until Dec | Negative | BRUSSELS A video call between the European Unions digital chief and Alphabet Apple Amazon and Facebook to discuss draft rules to curb their powers has been postponed until Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-tech-breton/eu-digital-chief-tech-giants-call-on-new-rules-rescheduled-to-dec-2-idUSKBN28018E | 2020-11-21 |
| Amazon which has seen sales surge under lockdown is now joining Frances Carrefour Europes biggest retailer and French retailer Leclerc in agreeing to the delay | Negative | PARIS Amazon said on Thursday it would postpone its Black discount shopping sales in France to Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-blackfriday/amazon-france-agrees-to-delay-black-friday-operations-to-dec-4-idUSKBN27Z1RW | 2020-11-20 |
| Smaller shops are struggling to compete with large retailers and online giants such as Amazon that are allowed to operate and deliver goods during the lockdown | Negative | PARIS Amazon said on Thursday it would postpone its Black discount shopping sales in France to Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-blackfriday/amazon-france-agrees-to-delay-black-friday-operations-to-dec-4-idUSKBN27Z1RW | 2020-11-20 |
| Amazon has not entered Russia where the countrys size it has 11 time zones and its competitive IT market pose challenges | Negative | The coronavirus crisis has helped fuel a surge in online shopping in Russia that has put even the remote icy expanse of Chukotka on the ecommerce map | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ecommerce-focus/covid-19-crisis-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-russian-e-commerce-idUSKBN27Z10Z | 2020-11-20 |
| Casino owner of CDiscount which has the second biggest share of Frances ecommerce market after Amazon had no immediate comment | Neutral | PARIS Amazon said on Thursday it would postpone its Black discount shopping sales in France to Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-blackfriday/amazon-france-agrees-to-delay-black-friday-operations-to-dec-4-idUSKBN27Z1RW | 2020-11-20 |
| Amazon did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | The coronavirus crisis has helped fuel a surge in online shopping in Russia that has put even the remote icy expanse of Chukotka on the ecommerce map | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ecommerce-focus/covid-19-crisis-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-russian-e-commerce-idUSKBN27Z10Z | 2020-11-20 |
| PARIS Amazon said on Thursday it would postpone its Black discount shopping sales in France to Dec | Negative | PARIS Amazon said on Thursday it would postpone its Black discount shopping sales in France to Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-blackfriday/amazon-france-agrees-to-delay-black-friday-operations-to-dec-4-idUSKBN27Z1RW | 2020-11-20 |
| Jeff Wilke the chief executive officer of Amazons worldwide consumer business had said in June that drone deliveries will be available in | Positive | U.S. online retailer Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-prime-air/amazon-sacks-dozens-of-staff-at-drone-project-taps-new-manufacturers-ft-idUSKBN27Z0KQ | 2020-11-19 |
| DETROIT Electric vehicle startup Rivian which is backed by Amazon AMZN.O and Ford Motor Co F.N on Wednesday said it plans to follow up its first two products a fullsize pickup and SUV with smaller models targeted at China and Europe where it may eventually build some vehicles | Positive | DETROIT Electric vehicle startup Rivian which is backed by Amazon AMZN.O and Ford Motor Co F.N on Wednesday said it plans to follow up its first two products a fullsize pickup and SUV with smaller models targeted at China and Europe where it may eventually build some vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-autos-rivian-evs/rivian-ceo-eyes-smaller-electric-vehicles-for-china-europe-idUSKBN27Y33D | 2020-11-19 |
| Amazon which has relationships and deals across the auto industry led a million investment round in Rivian last year | Positive | DETROIT Electric vehicle startup Rivian which is backed by Amazon AMZN.O and Ford Motor Co F.N on Wednesday said it plans to follow up its first two products a fullsize pickup and SUV with smaller models targeted at China and Europe where it may eventually build some vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-autos-rivian-evs/rivian-ceo-eyes-smaller-electric-vehicles-for-china-europe-idUSKBN27Y33D | 2020-11-19 |
| The first Amazon vehicles go into production in Normal in late 2021 with all deliveries to be completed by 2024 | Positive | DETROIT Electric vehicle startup Rivian which is backed by Amazon AMZN.O and Ford Motor Co F.N on Wednesday said it plans to follow up its first two products a fullsize pickup and SUV with smaller models targeted at China and Europe where it may eventually build some vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-autos-rivian-evs/rivian-ceo-eyes-smaller-electric-vehicles-for-china-europe-idUSKBN27Y33D | 2020-11-19 |
| Amazon Aernnova and FACC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment | Neutral | U.S. online retailer Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-prime-air/amazon-sacks-dozens-of-staff-at-drone-project-taps-new-manufacturers-ft-idUSKBN27Z0KQ | 2020-11-19 |
| PARIS Online retail giant Amazon which has been operating during the French lockdown has seen a boost in activity in the range of the head of Amazon France said on Wednesday | Positive | PARIS Online retail giant Amazon which has been operating during the French lockdown has seen a boost in activity in the range of the head of Amazon France said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-france/amazon-france-ceo-french-lockdown-boosted-sales-idUSKBN27Y0OQ | 2020-11-18 |
| Destruction of the Amazon in 2020 continues to be far higher than the years prior to Bolsonaro assuming office last year | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his government in coming days will name countries that are importing wood illegally extracted from the Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-wood/brazil-to-track-illegal-amazon-wood-exports-using-isotopes-president-says-idUSKBN27X1IF | 2020-11-18 |
| The opinions of Brazilians surveyed were at odds with that of President Jair Bolsonaro who has said he wants to develop the Amazon region to lift it out of poverty | Negative | A majority in nine other countries South Africa Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climate-survey-trfn/brazilians-more-than-others-say-climate-change-is-catastrophic-risk-idUSKBN27X332 | 2020-11-18 |
| In Brazil Amazon fires have surged this year up in the first 10 months of 2020 compared with 2019 data from the space research agency Inpe showed | Negative | A majority in nine other countries South Africa Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climate-survey-trfn/brazilians-more-than-others-say-climate-change-is-catastrophic-risk-idUSKBN27X332 | 2020-11-18 |
| Bolsonaros stance and the Amazon fires have made climate change a leading topic in Brazilian news and public discourse said Adriana Ramos of the nonprofit Instituto Socioambiental | Negative | A majority in nine other countries South Africa Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climate-survey-trfn/brazilians-more-than-others-say-climate-change-is-catastrophic-risk-idUSKBN27X332 | 2020-11-18 |
| Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest has surged under the rightwing president who argues for more mining farming and economic development there and has played down forest fires | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his government in coming days will name countries that are importing wood illegally extracted from the Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-wood/brazil-to-track-illegal-amazon-wood-exports-using-isotopes-president-says-idUSKBN27X1IF | 2020-11-18 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon increased in October for the first time in four months government data showed on Friday as destruction of the worlds largest rainforest remains high under rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon increased in October for the first time in four months government data showed on Friday as destruction of the worlds largest rainforest remains high under rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-rises-for-first-time-in-four-months-idUSKBN27T1X2 | 2020-11-14 |
| He also said Amazon tried to drum up public support by making him the of workers criticizing its pandemic response | Negative | NEW YORK A former Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/fired-amazon-worker-files-discrimination-lawsuit-over-pandemic-conditions-idUSKBN27S34E | 2020-11-13 |
| New York Attorney General Letitia James wrote to Amazon later in April expressing serious it was trying to silence critics of its health and safety measures | Negative | NEW YORK A former Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/fired-amazon-worker-files-discrimination-lawsuit-over-pandemic-conditions-idUSKBN27S34E | 2020-11-13 |
| As Brazils secondworst fire season in a decade flares across the Amazon this year putting out blazes has proved a challenge | Negative | The blaze already had roared through most of her 255 hectares of land half of it a forest reserve as required by law | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-amazon-feature-trfn/as-amazon-blazes-surge-firefighting-proves-a-challenge-idUSKBN27K1T1 | 2020-11-05 |
| MILAN Italian Serie A champion club Juventus said on Wednesday it would make its official TV channel available via Amazons Prime Video streaming service platform as the tech giant expands its content offerings in Europe | Positive | MILAN Italian Serie A champion club Juventus said on Wednesday it would make its official TV channel available via Amazons Prime Video streaming service platform as the tech giant expands its content offerings in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-juventus-amazon/juventus-kicks-off-official-tv-channel-on-amazons-video-platform-idUSKBN27K2JV | 2020-11-05 |
| The Amazon city of Novo Progresso for instance where Machado lives has no firefighting capacity | Neutral | The blaze already had roared through most of her 255 hectares of land half of it a forest reserve as required by law | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-amazon-feature-trfn/as-amazon-blazes-surge-firefighting-proves-a-challenge-idUSKBN27K1T1 | 2020-11-05 |
| The launch of Juventus TV on Amazons video streaming platform is part of the debut in Italy of Prime Video Channels offering live and ondemand content through additional subscription fees | Positive | MILAN Italian Serie A champion club Juventus said on Wednesday it would make its official TV channel available via Amazons Prime Video streaming service platform as the tech giant expands its content offerings in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-juventus-amazon/juventus-kicks-off-official-tv-channel-on-amazons-video-platform-idUSKBN27K2JV | 2020-11-05 |
| Across the Brazilian Amazon the number of fires in October was more than twice those recorded last year according to Brazils Institute of Space Research which carries out satellite monitoring | Negative | The blaze already had roared through most of her 255 hectares of land half of it a forest reserve as required by law | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-amazon-feature-trfn/as-amazon-blazes-surge-firefighting-proves-a-challenge-idUSKBN27K1T1 | 2020-11-05 |
| Setting fires is an old practice among Amazon farmers to open more space for cattle ranching and is also used by indigenous groups to improve farmland or make hunting easier | Positive | The blaze already had roared through most of her 255 hectares of land half of it a forest reserve as required by law | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-amazon-feature-trfn/as-amazon-blazes-surge-firefighting-proves-a-challenge-idUSKBN27K1T1 | 2020-11-05 |
| On November 1 INPE announced that the number of fires in Brazils Amazon forest had risen by in the first 10 months of the year compared to 2019 | Negative | The blaze already had roared through most of her 255 hectares of land half of it a forest reserve as required by law | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-amazon-feature-trfn/as-amazon-blazes-surge-firefighting-proves-a-challenge-idUSKBN27K1T1 | 2020-11-05 |
| BRASILIA VicePresident Hamilton Mourao on Tuesday defended Brazils environmental policies saying the country was working to protect the Amazon rain forest and adding nothing will change if Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election | Negative | BRASILIA VicePresident Hamilton Mourao on Tuesday defended Brazils environmental policies saying the country was working to protect the Amazon rain forest and adding nothing will change if Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil-environment/brazil-vice-president-defends-rain-forest-policy-says-it-wont-change-if-biden-wins-in-u-s-idUSKBN27J2US | 2020-11-04 |
| Destruction of Brazils Amazon rainforest at the hands of illegal miners loggers and other criminals has surged since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in Jan | Negative | OIAPOQUE Brazil Brazil has mobilized more than 4000 soldiers to patrol its northern coast near the jungle border with French Guiana for the trafficking of drugs weapons and gold and for other crimes which are rampant in the remote Amazon rainforest region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-military-operation/brazils-military-patrols-its-remote-northern-amazon-border-region-idUSKBN27I1QN | 2020-11-03 |
| PARIS Amazon is withdrawing advertising for preBlack Friday discounts in France after the government said the campaign was unfair to small shops at time when a coronavirus lockdown has forced them to close | Negative | PARIS Amazon is withdrawing advertising for preBlack Friday discounts in France after the government said the campaign was unfair to small shops at time when a coronavirus lockdown has forced them to close | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-france-amazon/amazon-drops-french-black-friday-ad-campaign-as-lockdown-starts-idUSKBN27G0DZ | 2020-11-01 |
| Amazons French campaign was due to run between Oct | Neutral | PARIS Amazon is withdrawing advertising for preBlack Friday discounts in France after the government said the campaign was unfair to small shops at time when a coronavirus lockdown has forced them to close | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-france-amazon/amazon-drops-french-black-friday-ad-campaign-as-lockdown-starts-idUSKBN27G0DZ | 2020-11-01 |
| Amazon declined to comment on its letter the contents of which have not previously been reported | Negative | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-future-reliance-excl/exclusive-amazon-tells-india-regulator-its-partner-future-retail-is-misleading-public-idUSKBN27G0AO | 2020-10-31 |
| Indigenous leaders say that Bolsonaros plan to economically exploit the Amazon has encouraged invasions of reservation lands by illegal loggers and gold miners | Negative | BRASILIA Victory by Democrat Joe Biden in next weeks U.S. presidential election could put the environment and human rights at the top of the countrys agenda with Brazil complicating relations with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and jeopardizing trade diplomats and analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil-analysis/analysis-if-biden-wins-u-s-election-brazils-bolsonaro-loses-key-trade-climate-ally-idUSKBN27E1MH | 2020-10-30 |
| MILAN Amazon is set to secure exclusive rights to screen top European Champions League matches in Italy for the 20212024 seasons three sources close to matter said in what would be its first foray into broadcasting sports events in the country | Positive | MILAN Amazon is set to secure exclusive rights to screen top European Champions League matches in Italy for the 20212024 seasons three sources close to matter said in what would be its first foray into broadcasting sports events in the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-italy-broadcasting-soccer/amazon-eyes-first-foray-into-broadcasting-soccer-matches-in-italy-sources-idUSKBN27D2T5 | 2020-10-29 |
| 97 of the 400 million reais set aside for the militarys Amazon deployment enough to fund continuing operations | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government will extend the militarys deployment to fight destruction of the Amazon rainforest by five months through April 2021 from its previous November end date Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-extend-military-deployment-in-amazon-rainforest-by-five-months-idUSKBN27B1VK | 2020-10-27 |
| Amazon which has alleged the deal breached existing agreements last year bought a stake in Future Coupons Ltd which owns a 7 | Neutral | BENGALURU Future Retail said on Monday it was examining an order by an arbitration panel to put on hold its | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-india-reliance-amazon-com/indias-future-retail-says-examining-order-against-reliance-deal-idUSKBN27A0QK | 2020-10-27 |
| In a statement to Indian stock exchanges on Monday Future Retail said it was not party to the agreement under which Amazon had invoked arbitration proceedings | Negative | BENGALURU Future Retail said on Monday it was examining an order by an arbitration panel to put on hold its | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-india-reliance-amazon-com/indias-future-retail-says-examining-order-against-reliance-deal-idUSKBN27A0QK | 2020-10-27 |
| Amazon received an emergency order to halt the companies from proceeding with the deal until an arbitration tribunal is formed a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | Neutral | NEW A Singapore arbitration panel has put on hold Future Groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-reliance-amazon-com/amazon-wins-arbitration-order-against-futures-deal-with-reliance-idUSKBN27A0QK | 2020-10-26 |
| But Amazons investment came with contractual rights that include a right of first refusal and a noncompetelike pact media had reported and Amazon later started arbitration proceedings in Singapore | Negative | NEW A Singapore arbitration panel has put on hold Future Groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-reliance-amazon-com/amazon-wins-arbitration-order-against-futures-deal-with-reliance-idUSKBN27A0QK | 2020-10-26 |
| In a statement Amazon We are grateful for the order which grants all the reliefs that were sought | Positive | NEW A Singapore arbitration panel has put on hold Future Groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-reliance-amazon-com/amazon-wins-arbitration-order-against-futures-deal-with-reliance-idUSKBN27A0QK | 2020-10-26 |
| as the project is known would cut through the Amazon and cost several billion dollars and could attract investments from global grain traders operating in Brazil | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian federal prosecutors and civil rights groups are opposing a project to build a grains railway in the Amazon rainforest because of its potential impact on indigenous communities and the environment potentially stalling the project | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-infrastructure/rail-project-through-brazilian-amazon-questioned-over-impact-on-indigenous-community-idUSKBN2782U7 | 2020-10-24 |
| On the other hand turbines Amazon hydropower for example where do they come Here in the Amazon no company builds a turbine | Negative | On Thursday the 36yearold received the Robert F. Kennedy 2020 Human Rights Award for her work defending the culture livelihoods and rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-rights-trfn/we-are-being-squeezed-says-prize-winning-amazon-indigenous-activist-idUSKBN2772I7 | 2020-10-23 |
| What can people who live outside the Amazon but are worried about the region and its people do to | Negative | On Thursday the 36yearold received the Robert F. Kennedy 2020 Human Rights Award for her work defending the culture livelihoods and rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-rights-trfn/we-are-being-squeezed-says-prize-winning-amazon-indigenous-activist-idUSKBN2772I7 | 2020-10-23 |
| What do you think the Amazon and its people will look like in another decade or so if current trends | Positive | On Thursday the 36yearold received the Robert F. Kennedy 2020 Human Rights Award for her work defending the culture livelihoods and rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-rights-trfn/we-are-being-squeezed-says-prize-winning-amazon-indigenous-activist-idUSKBN2772I7 | 2020-10-23 |
| Amazon had earlier allowed that option until January | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-extends-work-from-home-option-till-june-idUSKBN27603T | 2020-10-21 |
| Some staff elected officials and unions in recent months have said that Amazon put employees health at risk by keeping warehouses open during the pandemic | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-extends-work-from-home-option-till-june-idUSKBN27603T | 2020-10-21 |
| If you transform the Amazon into a field you are creating this and species may expand their ranges to fill it she said with the abundance of these species greatly | Positive | SAO PAULO Reuters As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans researchers pandemic diseases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-disease-amazon-deforestation-t/next-pandemic-amazon-deforestation-may-spark-new-diseases-idUSKBN2741IF | 2020-10-20 |
| As the Amazon changes new outbreaks of threats such as malaria leishmaniasis and Chagas disease transmitted by a kissing and capable of causing heart damage have been registered she said | Negative | SAO PAULO Reuters As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans researchers pandemic diseases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-disease-amazon-deforestation-t/next-pandemic-amazon-deforestation-may-spark-new-diseases-idUSKBN2741IF | 2020-10-20 |
| SAO PAULO Reuters As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans researchers pandemic diseases | Negative | SAO PAULO Reuters As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans researchers pandemic diseases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-disease-amazon-deforestation-t/next-pandemic-amazon-deforestation-may-spark-new-diseases-idUSKBN2741IF | 2020-10-20 |
| Andreazzi said particularly strong disease risks come from converting Amazonian forest into more open savannalike pastures and fields which attract marsupials and also rodents carriers of hantaviruses | Positive | SAO PAULO Reuters As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans researchers pandemic diseases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-disease-amazon-deforestation-t/next-pandemic-amazon-deforestation-may-spark-new-diseases-idUSKBN2741IF | 2020-10-20 |
| Representatives for Amazon and Flipkart did not immediately respond to Reuters requests seeking comment outside regular business hours | Neutral | MUMBAI The Indian government has warned Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-ecommerce-warning/amid-tensions-with-china-india-warns-amazon-flipkart-over-country-of-origin-rule-idUSKBN2720CY | 2020-10-18 |
| Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said at the time that Amazon already offers what labor groups are requesting | Positive | WASHINGTON Four Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday sent a letter to Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-amazon-com-lawmakers/u-s-senators-ask-amazon-if-it-tracks-employees-curbs-bids-to-form-unions-idUSKBN2702TF | 2020-10-16 |
| Privatelyowned Shein which also sells on Amazon does not publicly disclose sales or other financial figures | Neutral | Chinas Shein may be the biggest shopping site youve never heard of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-inditex-challengers-focus/chinas-turbo-charged-online-fashion-takes-on-zara-and-hm-idUSKBN27034K | 2020-10-16 |
| An Amazon spokeswoman said the company respects its employees right to join or form a labor union without fear of retaliation intimidation or harassment | Negative | WASHINGTON Four Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday sent a letter to Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-amazon-com-lawmakers/u-s-senators-ask-amazon-if-it-tracks-employees-curbs-bids-to-form-unions-idUSKBN2702TF | 2020-10-16 |
| Reuters reported in May that Amazon has long resisted unionization | Negative | WASHINGTON Four Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday sent a letter to Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-amazon-com-lawmakers/u-s-senators-ask-amazon-if-it-tracks-employees-curbs-bids-to-form-unions-idUSKBN2702TF | 2020-10-16 |
| Amazon says worker safety is its top priority but employees at several facilities in different states claim their wellbeing takes a back seat to quickly shipping customers orders Bloomberg reported | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-workers-say-prime-day-rush-breaks-virus-safety-vows-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN26Z2XV | 2020-10-15 |
| Wall Street finished weaker on Wednesday led lower by Amazon and Microsoft as investors lost hope that a U.S. fiscal stimulus would be approved before the presidential election in November | Negative | Wall Street finished weaker on Wednesday led lower by Amazon and Microsoft as investors lost hope that a U.S. fiscal stimulus would be approved before the presidential election in November | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-down-after-mnuchin-dims-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26Z1FU | 2020-10-15 |
| During the annual shopping event that spans several countries Amazon typically offers heavy discounts and free shipping for its Prime members to boost sales | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-workers-say-prime-day-rush-breaks-virus-safety-vows-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN26Z2XV | 2020-10-15 |
| Amazon in Latin America is not the monster that it is in the United said Marcos Pueyrredon president of Buenos Airesbased eCommerce Institute | Positive | MEXICO CITY Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-primeday-latam/amazon-bets-on-prime-day-in-latin-america-to-battle-local-rivals-idUSKBN26Y1GH | 2020-10-14 |
| Amazon does not release countryspecific sales data yet website traffic statistics suggest Amazon is struggling to keep up with Argentinas MercadoLibre | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-primeday-latam/amazon-bets-on-prime-day-in-latin-america-to-battle-local-rivals-idUSKBN26Y1GH | 2020-10-14 |
| Gloria Canales head of marketing for Amazon in Mexico said the company has been pleased with growth there and will keep investing | Positive | MEXICO CITY Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-primeday-latam/amazon-bets-on-prime-day-in-latin-america-to-battle-local-rivals-idUSKBN26Y1GH | 2020-10-14 |
| Lyana Kahn founder of Mexican jewelry company LuckyLy said her sales on Amazon have benefited from Primes shipping and discount perks for customers | Positive | MEXICO CITY Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-primeday-latam/amazon-bets-on-prime-day-in-latin-america-to-battle-local-rivals-idUSKBN26Y1GH | 2020-10-14 |
| Scientists say the Amazon the worlds largest rainforest absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide and its preservation is vital to curbing climate change | Negative | MANAUS Brazil Samela a 24yearold biology student has one guiding belief if the rainforest dies so will her Amazon tribe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-activist/indigenous-amazon-activist-fights-to-save-forest-and-tribes-future-idUSKBN26U1GZ | 2020-10-10 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago government data showed on Friday but destruction remains far higher than before President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago government data showed on Friday but destruction remains far higher than before President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-falls-for-third-month-still-high-idUSKBN26U1LT | 2020-10-10 |
| Everything that brought us to this scenario of environmental chaos of uncontrolled deforestation and crime taking hold in the Amazon continues to he told Reuters | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago government data showed on Friday but destruction remains far higher than before President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-falls-for-third-month-still-high-idUSKBN26U1LT | 2020-10-10 |
| Earlier this month Reuters reported how large tech companies including Amazon were cozying up to the Biden campaign with cash and connections | Positive | WASHINGTON A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-biden-analysis/scathing-congressional-report-suggests-big-trouble-for-big-tech-if-biden-wins-idUSKBN26S32A | 2020-10-08 |
| The report offers a chilling look into how Apple Amazon Google and Facebook have used their power to control how we see and understand the Buck wrote | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust report on Big Tech firms contains a thinly veiled call to break the companies Republican Congressman Ken Buck said in a draft response seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-houses-antitrust-report-hints-at-break-up-of-big-tech-firms-lawmaker-idUSKBN26R0EK | 2020-10-06 |
| IMPERATRIZ Brazil The Brazilian military wrapped up on Monday a threeweek operation that provided medical care to the Amazons Guajajara tribe hit by COVID19 in response to criticism that Brazil was not protecting vulnerable indigenous people from the pandemic | Positive | IMPERATRIZ Brazil The Brazilian military wrapped up on Monday a threeweek operation that provided medical care to the Amazons Guajajara tribe hit by COVID19 in response to criticism that Brazil was not protecting vulnerable indigenous people from the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-military-fly-doctors-to-test-amazon-tribe-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26Q1YK | 2020-10-06 |
| The vice president said the governments operations to monitor and control fires in the Amazon rainforest will be extended until the end of 2022 | Neutral | Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao defended mining on indigenous reservations on Monday saying the constitution allowed for that though regulations are needed to ensure miners pay taxes to the government and royalties to the tribes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining/brazils-vp-mourao-says-mining-in-indigenous-lands-is-legal-but-needs-regulation-idUSKBN26Q20G | 2020-10-06 |
| The largest five U.S. companies Google parent Alphabet Amazon Apple Facebook and Microsoft now account for almost of the 500s market capitalization according to research firm Oxford Economics | Neutral | Investors are gauging how a potential deterioration in President Donald Trumps health could impact asset prices in coming weeks as the U.S. leader remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-markets-anal/trumps-diagnosis-fuels-uncertainty-for-skittish-u-s-stock-market-idUSKBN26P069 | 2020-10-05 |
| Roughly of major Amazon fires were in forests in September compared with only in August according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.based nonprofit Amazon Conservation | Negative | BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon increased in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of fires in a decade data from space research agency Inpe showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/fires-in-brazils-amazon-the-worst-in-a-decade-data-shows-idUSKBN26M6EA | 2020-10-02 |
| BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon increased in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of fires in a decade data from space research agency Inpe showed on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon increased in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of fires in a decade data from space research agency Inpe showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/fires-in-brazils-amazon-the-worst-in-a-decade-data-shows-idUSKBN26M6EA | 2020-10-02 |
| Facebook and Amazon also face inquiries by the FTC while U.S. state attorneys general are looking at Facebook and Google | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust panel discussed ways to tighten antitrust laws on Thursday with two Republicans on the Democratdominated panel indicating potential support for some changes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/house-democrats-discuss-tougher-antitrust-law-some-republicans-agree-idUSKBN26M7KI | 2020-10-02 |
| Girard the ecologist said with deforestation growing in the Amazon this recurrence of fires in the Pantanal is likely to | Negative | More than 3 million hectares | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-pantanal-amazon/amazon-losses-help-drive-surging-wildfires-elsewhere-in-brazil-idUSKBN26M40A | 2020-10-01 |
| Bolsonaro has called for more farming and mining in protected areas of the Amazon forest saying it is the only way to lift the region out of poverty | Neutral | More than 3 million hectares | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-pantanal-amazon/amazon-losses-help-drive-surging-wildfires-elsewhere-in-brazil-idUSKBN26M40A | 2020-10-01 |
| The greed of some countries towards the Amazon is a wellknown Bolsonaro said | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reacted angrily on Wednesday to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens call for a world effort to offer Brazil billion to end Amazon deforestation or face unspecified economic consequences | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-environment/brazils-bolsonaro-slams-biden-for-coward-threats-over-amazon-idUSKBN26L2US | 2020-10-01 |
| BRUSSELS Alphabet unit Google Facebook Amazon Apple and other U.S. tech giants could be banned from favouring their services or forcing users to sign up to a bundle of services under draft EU rules aimed at reining in their power | Negative | BRUSSELS Alphabet unit Google Facebook Amazon Apple and other U.S. tech giants could be banned from favouring their services or forcing users to sign up to a bundle of services under draft EU rules aimed at reining in their power | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-tech-antitrust/u-s-tech-giants-face-curbs-on-data-sharing-digital-marketplaces-under-draft-eu-rules-idUSKBN26L293 | 2020-10-01 |
| Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | The European Union is preparing to force big technology companies to share their customer data with smaller rivals the Financial Times reported on Wednesday citing an early draft of its landmark Services Act regulations | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-tech/eu-drafts-rules-to-force-big-tech-companies-to-share-data-ft-idUSKBN26L10Z | 2020-10-01 |
| An indigenous group in the Ecuadorean Amazon took two police officers and a state official hostage demanding authorities return the body of a community leader for a traditional burial | Negative | The global death toll from COVID19 rose past 1 million on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally a bleak milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy overloaded health systems and changed the way people live | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-deaths/global-coronavirus-deaths-pass-agonizing-milestone-of-1-million-idUSKBN26K08Y | 2020-09-29 |
| BRASILIA The largest city in Brazils Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the worlds first places to reach collective or herd immunity | Negative | BRASILIA The largest city in Brazils Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the worlds first places to reach collective or herd immunity | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-manaus/in-brazils-amazon-a-covid-19-resurgence-dashes-herd-immunity-hopes-idUSKBN26I0I4 | 2020-09-28 |
| Trying to keep up with Amazons latest moves in its effort to avoid liability for defective products from thirdparty sellers is like watching a Ping Pong game | Negative | Trying to keep up with Amazons latest moves in its effort to avoid liability for defective products from thirdparty sellers is like watching a Ping Pong game | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-amazon/amazon-zigs-and-zags-in-latest-strategy-to-avoid-product-liability-claims-idUSKCN26F3FY | 2020-09-25 |
| And yet we are the victims of one of the most brutal campaign of misinformation about the Amazon and the he said without specifying what information was false | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans to boost his countrys Paris climate accord target on Tuesday and called for a green revolution just minutes after U.S. President Donald Trump blasted China for rampant pollution | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-un-assembly-climatechange/china-calls-for-global-green-revolution-as-trump-goes-solo-on-climate-idUSKCN26D2DH | 2020-09-23 |
| The Brazilian beef industry has also found itself in the crosshairs of environmentalists with deforested land in the Amazon usually used to raise cattle | Negative | SAO PAULO Marfrig Global Foods | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-marfrig-brazil-environment/brazils-marfrig-plans-43-reduction-in-direct-emissions-by-2035-executive-says-idUSKCN26D342 | 2020-09-23 |
| And while ecommerce giant Amazon and others have received U.S. approval to test drone deliveries to customers the VolocopterSchenker partnership is aimed at businesstobusiness | Positive | BERLIN German aviation startup Volocopter has teamed up with logistics group DB Schenker to deploy its heavylift drones in a project that will gather vital practical flying experience before its air taxis enter service | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-aviation-volocopter/air-taxi-firm-volocopter-teams-up-with-schenker-to-deploy-heavy-lift-drones-idUSKCN26C0SI | 2020-09-22 |
| Those indicted planned to pay over in exchange for an unfair competitive advantage on the Amazon marketplace a platform where thirdparty merchants sell goods the Department said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday six people have been indicted by a grand jury in Washington state with conspiring to pay commercial bribes to employees and contractors of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-indictments/u-s-justice-department-indicts-six-with-conspiracy-to-pay-bribes-to-amazon-employees-idUSKBN2692SE | 2020-09-19 |
| Environmentalists say such a move will speed up clearing of the Amazon jungle the worlds largest tropical rainforest which is considered vital for slowing global climate change | Negative | A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mining-indigenous-climatechang/surge-in-forest-loss-seen-if-brazil-indigenous-reserves-opened-to-mining-idUSKBN2692HO | 2020-09-19 |
| An Amazon spokesman said the company worked with the Justice Department on the case and that it has systems in place to detect suspicious behavior by sellers and employees | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday six people have been indicted by a grand jury in Washington state with conspiring to pay commercial bribes to employees and contractors of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-indictments/u-s-justice-department-indicts-six-with-conspiracy-to-pay-bribes-to-amazon-employees-idUSKBN2692SE | 2020-09-19 |
| The companys thirdparty marketplace has come under heavy scrutiny from lawmakers and regulatory agencies looking at Amazons business practices on the platform and whether it hurts small sellers | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday six people have been indicted by a grand jury in Washington state with conspiring to pay commercial bribes to employees and contractors of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-indictments/u-s-justice-department-indicts-six-with-conspiracy-to-pay-bribes-to-amazon-employees-idUSKBN2692SE | 2020-09-19 |
| In the new study researchers looked at what would happen if all known mineral deposits in Brazils Amazon were mined | Negative | A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mining-indigenous-climatechang/surge-in-forest-loss-seen-if-brazil-indigenous-reserves-opened-to-mining-idUSKBN2692HO | 2020-09-19 |
| President Jair Bolsonaro said late on Wednesday Brazil was being criticized for fires in the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands at a time when many places around the world were seeing a surge in blazes | Negative | President Jair Bolsonaro said late on Wednesday Brazil was being criticized for fires in the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands at a time when many places around the world were seeing a surge in blazes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-bolsonaro/bolsonaro-plays-down-amazon-fires-accuses-ngos-of-blocking-land-titling-idUSKBN26828M | 2020-09-18 |
| BRASILIA A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take real to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which is threatening Europes desire to source food and other products sustainably | Negative | BRASILIA A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take real to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which is threatening Europes desire to source food and other products sustainably | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-europe/eight-european-countries-urge-brazil-to-take-action-on-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN2672DM | 2020-09-17 |
| Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao who leads the Brazilian governments Amazon conservation efforts on Wednesday responded that the call was part of a European protectionist strategy | Negative | BRASILIA A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take real to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which is threatening Europes desire to source food and other products sustainably | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-europe/eight-european-countries-urge-brazil-to-take-action-on-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN2672DM | 2020-09-17 |
| Amazon deforestation has surged 34 | Negative | Brazil A fire has been burning since midJuly in the remote wetlands of westcentral Brazil leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-climate-change-brazil-pantanal-insigh/burned-jaguars-fire-tornadoes-blazes-in-brazil-wetland-deliver-climate-warning-idUSKBN2651DZ | 2020-09-15 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in August from the same month a year ago preliminary government data showed on Friday even as fires in the region are worsening | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in August from the same month a year ago preliminary government data showed on Friday even as fires in the region are worsening | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-lessens-in-august-but-remains-high-idUSKBN2621WZ | 2020-09-12 |
| Meanwhile fires in the Amazon in the first 10 days of September are up compared with the same period last year according to Inpe data | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in August from the same month a year ago preliminary government data showed on Friday even as fires in the region are worsening | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-lessens-in-august-but-remains-high-idUSKBN2621WZ | 2020-09-12 |
| BRASILIA A top expert on isolated Amazon tribes in Brazil was killed by an arrow that struck him in the chest as he approached an indigenous group friends and a police witness said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA A top expert on isolated Amazon tribes in Brazil was killed by an arrow that struck him in the chest as he approached an indigenous group friends and a police witness said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-death/brazilian-expert-on-uncontacted-amazon-tribes-killed-by-arrow-idUSKBN2612MP | 2020-09-11 |
| Amazon did not respond to a Reuters request for comment | Neutral | The sources did not specifically name which companies Reliance had approached | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reliance-investment-amazon-com/reliance-approaches-digital-unit-backers-to-invest-in-retail-arm-sources-idUSKBN2610V7 | 2020-09-11 |
| TOKYO Japans Fair Trade Commission said on Thursday it has accepted Amazon Japans plan to improve business practices suspected of violating antitrust rules | Positive | TOKYO Japans Fair Trade Commission said on Thursday it has accepted Amazon Japans plan to improve business practices suspected of violating antitrust rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-amazon-com-japan/japan-anti-trust-regulator-accepts-amazon-japan-improvement-plan-idUSKBN2610RR | 2020-09-11 |
| Apple Microsoft Amazon lower to market close adds analyst | Negative | Energy stocks drop as oil prices slide | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-st-ends-lower-as-tech-struggles-resume-idUSL1N2G71US | 2020-09-11 |
| Amazon Japans plan includes the return of 2 billion yen | Positive | TOKYO Japans Fair Trade Commission said on Thursday it has accepted Amazon Japans plan to improve business practices suspected of violating antitrust rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-amazon-com-japan/japan-anti-trust-regulator-accepts-amazon-japan-improvement-plan-idUSKBN2610RR | 2020-09-11 |
| Amazon has held talks about investing in Reliance Retail and expressed an interest in negotiating potential deals but has made no decision Bloombergs report said | Positive | The sources did not specifically name which companies Reliance had approached | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reliance-investment-amazon-com/reliance-approaches-digital-unit-backers-to-invest-in-retail-arm-sources-idUSKBN2610V7 | 2020-09-11 |
| Reuters could not independently verify whether Amazon and Reliance were in fresh discussions | Positive | The sources did not specifically name which companies Reliance had approached | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reliance-investment-amazon-com/reliance-approaches-digital-unit-backers-to-invest-in-retail-arm-sources-idUSKBN2610V7 | 2020-09-11 |
| BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest satellite data showed as of Wednesday after the number of fires likely reached a 10year high in August | Negative | BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest satellite data showed as of Wednesday after the number of fires likely reached a 10year high in August | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazils-amazon-fires-worsen-in-september-threaten-virgin-forests-idUSKBN2601NP | 2020-09-10 |
| SAO PAULO Reuters When Parakana sees the smoke rising on the horizon the indigenous leader knows that another part of Brazils Amazon rainforest is gone | Negative | SAO PAULO Reuters When Parakana sees the smoke rising on the horizon the indigenous leader knows that another part of Brazils Amazon rainforest is gone | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-landrights-indigenous/brazil-court-decision-sparks-fears-indigenous-land-could-be-handed-to-farmers-idUSKBN25Y1TD | 2020-09-08 |
| Creatures of the Amazon one of the earths most biodiverse habitats face an evergrowing threat as loggers and farms advance further and further into the rainforest | Negative | Porto Velho BRAZIL Xita a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes clutches her newborn tight | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-animals/amazon-animal-rescue-brings-hope-from-blazes-great-and-small-idUSKBN25Y19L | 2020-09-08 |
| Although Amazon did ultimately provide all of the information required the CMA considers that Amazons behaviour caused unnecessary delays to the CMAs it added | Negative | The Competition and Markets Authority finally cleared Amazons stake purchase in August 16 months after the company led a million fundraising in Deliveroo | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-deliveroo-m-a-amazon/amazon-fined-by-uk-regulator-over-tardy-documents-release-in-deliveroo-probe-idUSKBN25Y1C4 | 2020-09-08 |
| According to Amazons policy web page the ban extends to plants and plant products | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-seeds/amazon-com-bans-foreign-sales-of-seeds-in-u-s-amid-mystery-packages-idUSKBN25X005 | 2020-09-06 |
| In April and May Amazon hired for 175000 jobs ranging from warehouse staff to delivery drivers to keep up with the demand | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jobs/amazon-plans-to-add-10000-jobs-in-bellevue-washington-idUSKBN25V22X | 2020-09-05 |
| Amazon complies with the laws and regulations in all locales in which we do it said | Positive | TOKYO Amazon Japan has submitted a plan to the countrys fair trade regulator on how it will improve practices suspected of violating antitrust rules the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-amazon-com-japan/amazon-japan-submits-improvement-plan-to-regulators-asahi-idUSKBN25V08Y | 2020-09-05 |
| Amazon Japan agreed to drop the practice and the regulators ended the probe in 2017 | Positive | TOKYO Amazon Japan has submitted a plan to the countrys fair trade regulator on how it will improve practices suspected of violating antitrust rules the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-amazon-com-japan/amazon-japan-submits-improvement-plan-to-regulators-asahi-idUSKBN25V08Y | 2020-09-05 |
| As well as deriding the Amazon head Trump has accused the Washington Post newspaper owned by Bezos of unfair coverage | Negative | Amazon closed down 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-pentagon-microsoft/pentagon-re-evaluation-finds-microsofts-jedi-proposal-still-is-best-idUSKBN25V2PZ | 2020-09-05 |
| Amazon had earlier said it would create 15000 jobs in Bellevue located 10 miles from its Seattle headquarters | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jobs/amazon-plans-to-add-10000-jobs-in-bellevue-washington-idUSKBN25V22X | 2020-09-05 |
| TOKYO Amazon Japan has submitted a plan to the countrys fair trade regulator on how it will improve practices suspected of violating antitrust rules the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday | Negative | TOKYO Amazon Japan has submitted a plan to the countrys fair trade regulator on how it will improve practices suspected of violating antitrust rules the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-amazon-com-japan/amazon-japan-submits-improvement-plan-to-regulators-asahi-idUSKBN25V08Y | 2020-09-05 |
| Vodafone Ideas statement followed a report in local newspaper the Mint that Verizon and Amazon may invest more than billion for a stake in heavily indebted Vodafone Idea | Positive | The Indian mobile firm added however that it constantly evaluates opportunities for enhancing stakeholders value | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-vodafone-idea-m-a-amazon-com/indias-vodafone-idea-says-board-has-no-proposal-from-amazon-verizon-idUSKBN25U0EE | 2020-09-04 |
| Amazon and Verizon did not respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | The Indian mobile firm added however that it constantly evaluates opportunities for enhancing stakeholders value | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-vodafone-idea-m-a-amazon-com/indias-vodafone-idea-says-board-has-no-proposal-from-amazon-verizon-idUSKBN25U0EE | 2020-09-04 |
| But Amazon and Verizon are set to resume discussions following a Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday which gave mobile carriers 10 years to settle government dues | Positive | But Amazon and Verizon are set to resume discussions following a Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday which gave mobile carriers 10 years to settle government dues | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-vodafone-idea-m-a-amazon-com/amazon-verizon-may-invest-over-4-billion-in-indias-vodafone-idea-report-idUSKBN25U0EE | 2020-09-03 |
| The Amazon absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide and scientists say its protection is vital to curbing climate change | Neutral | BRASILIA The official August data on the number of fires in Brazils Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year meaning that blazes surged to a decade high a scientist responsible for the figures told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires-exclusive/exclusive-brazil-amazon-fires-likely-worst-in-10-years-august-data-incomplete-government-researcher-says-idUSKBN25T349 | 2020-09-03 |
| Amazon and Verizon did not return emails seeking comment outside regular U.S. business hours | Neutral | But Amazon and Verizon are set to resume discussions following a Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday which gave mobile carriers 10 years to settle government dues | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-vodafone-idea-m-a-amazon-com/amazon-verizon-may-invest-over-4-billion-in-indias-vodafone-idea-report-idUSKBN25U0EE | 2020-09-03 |
| BRASILIA The official August data on the number of fires in Brazils Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year meaning that blazes surged to a decade high a scientist responsible for the figures told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | BRASILIA The official August data on the number of fires in Brazils Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year meaning that blazes surged to a decade high a scientist responsible for the figures told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires-exclusive/exclusive-brazil-amazon-fires-likely-worst-in-10-years-august-data-incomplete-government-researcher-says-idUSKBN25T349 | 2020-09-03 |
| Indeed profit margins in the digital payments business are generally thin so to make money Amazon may have to rely on services such as lending and insurance industry watchers said | Neutral | NEW Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-payments/amazons-new-offerings-make-india-centre-of-fintech-push-idUSKBN25T0JL | 2020-09-02 |
| It is likely that the next step for Amazon would be to distribute exchangetraded funds and mutual said Niren Shah India head of Silicon Valley firm Norwest Venture Partners | Positive | NEW Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-payments/amazons-new-offerings-make-india-centre-of-fintech-push-idUSKBN25T0JL | 2020-09-02 |
| Others said Amazons sheer muscle does not necessarily mean it can succeed in a market as huge and complex as India | Negative | NEW Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-payments/amazons-new-offerings-make-india-centre-of-fintech-push-idUSKBN25T0JL | 2020-09-02 |
| Amazon said it hired hundreds of employees to work at the new store which will deliver to customers only in the Brooklyn area | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-whole-foods-market/amazons-whole-foods-opens-first-delivery-only-store-in-brooklyn-idUSKBN25S5HA | 2020-09-02 |
| Amazon Prime Air the companys special service delivering packages in 30 minutes or less has been approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to test delivering orders using autonomous drones | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-prime-air/amazon-receives-u-s-regulatory-approval-to-start-drone-delivery-trials-idUSKBN25R2NG | 2020-09-01 |
| Amazon has faced scrutiny for how it treats its workers | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-workers-surveillance/amazons-surveillance-can-boost-output-and-possibly-limit-unions-study-idUSKBN25R2L1 | 2020-09-01 |
| A company spokesman said Amazon has expectations from its employees and measures performance against those expectations | Neutral | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-workers-surveillance/amazons-surveillance-can-boost-output-and-possibly-limit-unions-study-idUSKBN25R2L1 | 2020-09-01 |
| According to MapBiomas an organization that investigates and validates deforestation alerts in Brazil more than of all forest loss in the Amazon basin is illegal | Negative | The effort looked first at Brazil Colombia and Peru and was later extended to Bolivia Ecuador Guyana Suriname and Venezuela the study noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-crime/mapping-environmental-crime-seen-as-key-to-slowing-amazon-forest-losses-idUSKBN25Q0UN | 2020-08-31 |
| What researchers found is that illegal activities in the Amazon basin often interact in problematic ways and can have multiple environmental impacts | Negative | The effort looked first at Brazil Colombia and Peru and was later extended to Bolivia Ecuador Guyana Suriname and Venezuela the study noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-crime/mapping-environmental-crime-seen-as-key-to-slowing-amazon-forest-losses-idUSKBN25Q0UN | 2020-08-31 |
| The Amazon is a profoundly international said Abdenur cofounder of Plataforma an laboratory of climate and governance ideas | Positive | The effort looked first at Brazil Colombia and Peru and was later extended to Bolivia Ecuador Guyana Suriname and Venezuela the study noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-crime/mapping-environmental-crime-seen-as-key-to-slowing-amazon-forest-losses-idUSKBN25Q0UN | 2020-08-31 |
| An Amazon Cooperation Treaty between eight Amazonian countries which dates back to 1978 aims to promote development of the region and human wellbeing | Positive | The effort looked first at Brazil Colombia and Peru and was later extended to Bolivia Ecuador Guyana Suriname and Venezuela the study noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-crime/mapping-environmental-crime-seen-as-key-to-slowing-amazon-forest-losses-idUSKBN25Q0UN | 2020-08-31 |
| But Vice President Hamilton who Bolsonaro has put in charge of Brazils Amazon response quickly denied the funds had been pulled | Positive | Brazil In a dramatic uturn Brazils Environment Ministry said on Friday it would continue to fight deforestation reversing its position after saying hours earlier that it could not afford to continue enforcement efforts in the Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazil-reversing-course-says-will-keep-fighting-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN25O2XP | 2020-08-30 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government has released the funds needed for combating deforestation in the Amazon Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement adding that enforcement operations will continue as normal | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government has released the funds needed for combating deforestation in the Amazon Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement adding that enforcement operations will continue as normal | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-funds/brazils-environment-ministry-in-reversal-says-will-continue-fighting-deforestation-idUSKBN25O34S | 2020-08-30 |
| Both companies along with fellow tech giants Alphabet and Amazon are facing multiple probes over alleged anticompetitive behavior | Negative | Facebook Inc on Thursday told Reuters that Apple Inc rejected its attempt to tell users the iPhone maker would take a cut of sales in a new online events feature forcing Facebook to remove the message to get the tool to users | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-facebook-apple-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-says-apple-rejected-its-attempt-to-tell-users-about-app-store-fees-idUSKBN25O042 | 2020-08-29 |
| Amazon said it operates in a fiercely market citing U.S. Census Bureau data that only about of U.S. retail sales occur online | Neutral | BOSTON U.S. technology giants are increasingly dominating the stock market in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic even as they draw accusations of unfair business practices and some investors fear the pump is primed for a techfueled selloff | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-markets-faangs-analysis/u-s-big-tech-dominates-stock-market-after-monster-rally-leaving-investors-on-edge-idUSKBN25O0FV | 2020-08-29 |
| It is dwarfed however by Amazons recent order for 100000 electric delivery vans from Rivian Automotive LLC a startup it has invested in | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-amazon-com-daimler-electric-vehicles/amazon-orders-1800-mercedes-benz-electric-vans-for-european-deliveries-idUSKBN25O0TC | 2020-08-29 |
| Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said in a statement the Daimler agreement was part of the retailers journey to build the most sustainable transportation fleet in the world | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-amazon-com-daimler-electric-vehicles/amazon-orders-1800-mercedes-benz-electric-vans-for-european-deliveries-idUSKBN25O0TC | 2020-08-29 |
| BRASILIA Aug 28 All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted starting on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Aug 28 All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted starting on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-deforestation/brazil-environment-ministry-to-stop-fighting-deforestation-in-the-amazon-idUSS0N2CG02I | 2020-08-29 |
| BRASILIA All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazils-environment-ministry-to-stop-fighting-deforestation-in-the-amazon-idUSKBN25O2XP | 2020-08-29 |
| Alphabet Facebook Amazon and Apple face a series of federal government probes into allegations that they unfairly defend their market share with litigation against Alphabet possible later this year | Negative | BOSTON U.S. technology giants are increasingly dominating the stock market in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic even as they draw accusations of unfair business practices and some investors fear the pump is primed for a techfueled selloff | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-markets-faangs-analysis/u-s-big-tech-dominates-stock-market-after-monster-rally-leaving-investors-on-edge-idUSKBN25O0FV | 2020-08-29 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton played down the fires raging in the dry season in the Amazon on Thursday saying it was how they are being seen abroad as if the whole rainforest was on fire | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton played down the fires raging in the dry season in the Amazon on Thursday saying it was how they are being seen abroad as if the whole rainforest was on fire | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-mourao/brazils-vp-mouro-plays-down-amazon-fires-says-eu-farmers-holding-up-mercosur-deal-idUSKBN25N2OY | 2020-08-28 |
| Amazon said the technology was designed in a way that protects privacy | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-fitness-halo/amazon-launches-first-fitness-band-in-bid-to-take-on-apple-fitbit-idUSKBN25N1Y2 | 2020-08-28 |
| BRASILIA An indigenous tribe that blocked a key grain export route in the Amazon last week claiming compensation for environmental damage said on Wednesday they failed to reach agreement with Brazils government and would await a court ruling on the dispute | Negative | BRASILIA An indigenous tribe that blocked a key grain export route in the Amazon last week claiming compensation for environmental damage said on Wednesday they failed to reach agreement with Brazils government and would await a court ruling on the dispute | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-highway/indigenous-tribe-lifts-protest-on-key-brazil-grain-route-idUSKBN25N055 | 2020-08-27 |
| The case presents a new regulatory challenge for Amazon in India where it has committed | Negative | NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-exclusive/amazon-faces-new-antitrust-challenge-from-indian-online-sellers-legal-documents-idUSKBN25M193 | 2020-08-27 |
| NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | Negative | NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-exclusive/amazon-faces-new-antitrust-challenge-from-indian-online-sellers-legal-documents-idUSKBN25M193 | 2020-08-27 |
| Amazon says it provides an ecommerce platform in India to more than 650000 sellers | Positive | NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-exclusive/amazon-faces-new-antitrust-challenge-from-indian-online-sellers-legal-documents-idUSKBN25M193 | 2020-08-27 |
| The Amazonian region around Manaus for instance has only 8 | Neutral | In July the Amazon region saw a increase in fires compared to the same period last year it said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-fires/in-virus-hit-amazon-fire-season-threatens-overburdened-health-system-idUSKBN25N013 | 2020-08-27 |
| Indias regulations allow Amazon to operate an ecommerce marketplace where sellers can list goods for a fee | Positive | NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-exclusive/amazon-faces-new-antitrust-challenge-from-indian-online-sellers-legal-documents-idUSKBN25M193 | 2020-08-27 |
| The Amazon has seen the worst outbreak of COVID19 in Brazil itself one of the countries most heavily impacted by the virus | Negative | In July the Amazon region saw a increase in fires compared to the same period last year it said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-fires/in-virus-hit-amazon-fire-season-threatens-overburdened-health-system-idUSKBN25N013 | 2020-08-27 |
| India tightened regulations last year to deter steep discounts but small sellers still say Amazon uses complex business structures to bypass restrictions an allegation the company denies | Negative | NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-exclusive/amazon-faces-new-antitrust-challenge-from-indian-online-sellers-legal-documents-idUSKBN25M193 | 2020-08-27 |
| Fires are not a natural phenomenon in the Amazon and are instead set to clear land the report noted | Neutral | In July the Amazon region saw a increase in fires compared to the same period last year it said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-fires/in-virus-hit-amazon-fire-season-threatens-overburdened-health-system-idUSKBN25N013 | 2020-08-27 |
| The seller group also alleges that Amazon charges lower fees to selected sellers which effectively makes it difficult for independent online retailers to compete on its website | Negative | NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-exclusive/amazon-faces-new-antitrust-challenge-from-indian-online-sellers-legal-documents-idUSKBN25M193 | 2020-08-27 |
| The Bolsonaro administration has ordered a moratorium on fires this year during the Amazon dry season but without more effective enforcement its impact is likely to be the report said | Negative | In July the Amazon region saw a increase in fires compared to the same period last year it said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-fires/in-virus-hit-amazon-fire-season-threatens-overburdened-health-system-idUSKBN25N013 | 2020-08-27 |
| Cloudtail one of Amazons biggest India sellers pays a fee to Amazon of 6 | Neutral | NEW DELHI A group of more than 2000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business a legal filing seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-exclusive/amazon-faces-new-antitrust-challenge-from-indian-online-sellers-legal-documents-idUSKBN25M193 | 2020-08-27 |
| Amazon that the online retail leviathan can be liable for defective products sold on its site Amazon issued a | Negative | Less than two weeks after a California appeals court ruled in Bolger v | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-amazon/amazon-backs-proposed-calif-product-liability-law-for-online-sellers-idUSKBN25L2JS | 2020-08-26 |
| Amazon public policy executive Brian Huseman who authored the blog post conditionally backing AB 3262 did not respond to my email query | Neutral | Less than two weeks after a California appeals court ruled in Bolger v | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-amazon/amazon-backs-proposed-calif-product-liability-law-for-online-sellers-idUSKBN25L2JS | 2020-08-26 |
| I ask that you clearly define the conditions that Amazon satisfied for its arrangement so that DCNs member companies meeting those conditions can be offered the same agreement | Positive | In a House Judiciary Committee hearing last month Cook said the reduced rate was available to any developer who met certain conditions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-apple-app-store/news-publishers-push-back-against-apple-over-app-store-terms-idUSKBN25G2EO | 2020-08-21 |
| Apple and Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | In a House Judiciary Committee hearing last month Cook said the reduced rate was available to any developer who met certain conditions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-apple-app-store/news-publishers-push-back-against-apple-over-app-store-terms-idUSKBN25G2EO | 2020-08-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the worlds largest rainforest | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-vice-president-invites-dicaprio-to-see-reality-of-amazon-rainforest-idUSKCN25F275 | 2020-08-20 |
| He will learn with each big pothole that he has to pass that the Amazon is not a flat land and understand better how things work in this vast region | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-vice-president-invites-dicaprio-to-see-reality-of-amazon-rainforest-idUSKCN25F275 | 2020-08-20 |
| In July DiCaprio on Twitter praised the Brazilian governments 120day ban on fires in the Amazon an attempt to rein in the destruction | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-vice-president-invites-dicaprio-to-see-reality-of-amazon-rainforest-idUSKCN25F275 | 2020-08-20 |
| LONDON Amazon has stepped up its move into Britains grocery market expanding its relationship with Morrisons so Prime members have access to the supermarket groups full range on the internet giants main website | Positive | LONDON Amazon has stepped up its move into Britains grocery market expanding its relationship with Morrisons so Prime members have access to the supermarket groups full range on the internet giants main website | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-morrisons-amazon/amazon-expands-morrisons-deal-with-full-range-offer-idUSKCN25F13P | 2020-08-20 |
| The Morrisons deal builds on Amazons move last month to begin free delivery of its own grocery service to Prime members | Positive | LONDON Amazon has stepped up its move into Britains grocery market expanding its relationship with Morrisons so Prime members have access to the supermarket groups full range on the internet giants main website | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-morrisons-amazon/amazon-expands-morrisons-deal-with-full-range-offer-idUSKCN25F13P | 2020-08-20 |
| Measurements show that the temperature across the whole Amazon region has increased by 0 | Neutral | The Rivers low level and sparse rain in the preceding months however are ringing alarm bells | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-drought-wildfire/seeds-of-doubt-amazon-forest-gatherers-dread-drought-and-fires-idUSKCN25E1QT | 2020-08-19 |
| They were also protesting against the socalled railway set to cross part of the Amazon to connect grainproducing Mato Grosso state to river ports for soy and corn | Negative | NOVO PROGRESSO Brazil A Brazilian federal judge on Monday ordered protesters to clear the BR163 highway a main route for exporting grains from Mato Grosso state to northern ports according to a copy of the ruling seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-indigenous-tribe-ordered-to-end-protest-blocking-key-grains-export-route-idUSKCN25D1Z0 | 2020-08-18 |
| The deal is an expansion of Amazon Web Services existing collaboration with Toyota and marks the ecommerce giants expanding foray into the transportation business | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-amazon-toyota/amazon-to-help-toyota-build-cloud-based-data-services-idUSKCN25D2A8 | 2020-08-18 |
| The cast of Amazon Studios series The recorded a video urging fans to wear face masks to reduce coronavirus spread | Negative | LOS ANGELES As homebound audiences eagerly await new programming during the coronavirus pandemic Hollywood has been slow to get cameras rolling again even with quarantined sets and innovations such as love scenes using mannequins | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-hollywood/lights-camera-not-much-action-hollywood-slow-to-restart-in-a-pandemic-idUSKCN25D148 | 2020-08-18 |
| An Amazon spokeswoman said the companys policies were designed to make sure its partners set competitive prices | Positive | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| Last year Amazon reached a deal with the German authority to overhaul its terms of service for thirdparty merchants prompting the office to drop a previous sevenmonth investigation | Positive | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| We are currently investigating whether and how Amazon influences how traders set prices on the Andreas Mundt President of the Federal Cartel Office told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily | Negative | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| Amazon must not be a controller of he said adding that Amazon had responded to his offices requests for information and those statements were being evaluated | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| The lobbying push comes at a time when Amazon has been under scrutiny from lawmakers and the White House over the sale of counterfeit items | Negative | The coalition called The Buy Safe America Coalition will back legislation that would require digital marketplaces to verify information about thirdparty merchants on their platform RILA said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-retail-lobbying/retailers-launch-coalition-to-fight-counterfeits-on-amazon-idUSKCN25A1TS | 2020-08-15 |
| Representatives from Amazon and the Postal Service did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | LOS ANGELES United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mailin ballots from the U.S. Postal Service which is warning states of potentially delays | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ups-fedex-exclusive/exclusive-ups-fedex-warn-they-cannot-carry-ballots-like-u-s-postal-service-idUSKCN25B00I | 2020-08-15 |
| The rate of deaths among indigenous residents of the Amazon based on data collected through August 7 was higher than in the general population she said | Negative | In particular the virus in indigenous health districts that until midJune had seen no cases of the virus she said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon-anal/indigenous-land-intrusions-help-drive-higher-virus-death-toll-in-the-amazon-idUSKCN25A2BX | 2020-08-15 |
| The data from the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon shows 559 coronavirus deaths among indigenous people in Brazils Amazonian states since the start of the pandemic | Negative | In particular the virus in indigenous health districts that until midJune had seen no cases of the virus she said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon-anal/indigenous-land-intrusions-help-drive-higher-virus-death-toll-in-the-amazon-idUSKCN25A2BX | 2020-08-15 |
| She said lack of access to adequate healthcare in indigenous areas of the Amazon was another reason for the higher death rate there compared to cities in Brazil | Negative | In particular the virus in indigenous health districts that until midJune had seen no cases of the virus she said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon-anal/indigenous-land-intrusions-help-drive-higher-virus-death-toll-in-the-amazon-idUSKCN25A2BX | 2020-08-15 |
| Whatever term we use to describe Amazons role be it or merely it was pivotal in bringing the product here to the the appeals court held | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-liability/california-court-rules-amazon-is-liable-for-injuries-from-defective-products-idUSKCN259327 | 2020-08-14 |
| In his speech Bolsonaro argued that Brazil has shown itself capable of protecting the Amazon alone because the majority of the forest is still standing | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest calling it a despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazils-bolsonaro-calls-surging-amazon-fires-a-lie-idUSKCN2572WB | 2020-08-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest calling it a despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest calling it a despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazils-bolsonaro-calls-surging-amazon-fires-a-lie-idUSKCN2572WB | 2020-08-12 |
| This story that the Amazon is going up in flames is a lie and we must combat it with true he said | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest calling it a despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazils-bolsonaro-calls-surging-amazon-fires-a-lie-idUSKCN2572WB | 2020-08-12 |
| Scientists consider protecting the Amazon rainforest vital to slow global climate change because of the vast amounts of planetwarming carbon dioxide its trees absorb | Negative | Scientists consider protecting the Amazon rainforest vital to slow global climate change because of the vast amounts of planetwarming carbon dioxide its trees absorb | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forests-indigenous-rights/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-two-thirds-lower-on-titled-indigenous-land-idUSKCN2562GH | 2020-08-11 |
| In Brazils Amazon deforestation hit an 11year high in 2019 and has soared a further in the first half of 2020 according to Brazils National Institute for Space Research | Negative | Scientists consider protecting the Amazon rainforest vital to slow global climate change because of the vast amounts of planetwarming carbon dioxide its trees absorb | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forests-indigenous-rights/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-two-thirds-lower-on-titled-indigenous-land-idUSKCN2562GH | 2020-08-11 |
| NEW DELHI Indias plan to regulate data has jolted U.S. tech giants Amazon Facebook and Google and a group representing them is preparing to push back against the proposals according to sources and a letter seen by Reuters | Negative | NEW DELHI Indias plan to regulate data has jolted U.S. tech giants Amazon Facebook and Google and a group representing them is preparing to push back against the proposals according to sources and a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-data-exclusive/exclusive-india-data-curb-plan-anathema-u-s-tech-giants-plan-pushback-idUSKCN2550KA | 2020-08-10 |
| Vice President Hamilton Mourao who leads the governments Amazon Council hailed the data as a sign that military intervention in the region was curbing illegal logging | Neutral | SAO PAULO Deforestation in Brazils Amazon fell about in July from a year earlier for the first time in 15 months even as clearing increased 34 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-retreats-in-july-from-2019-record-idUSKCN2532UK | 2020-08-10 |
| HUMAITA Brazil Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have surged so far in August government data on Friday showed outstripping the same period of 2019 and renewing concerns about the destruction of the worlds largest rainforest which is a critical bulwark against climate change | Negative | HUMAITA Brazil Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have surged so far in August government data on Friday showed outstripping the same period of 2019 and renewing concerns about the destruction of the worlds largest rainforest which is a critical bulwark against climate change | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-wildfires/amazon-fires-rage-in-early-august-as-fears-of-mass-blazes-mount-idUSKCN2532OU | 2020-08-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Defense Ministry on Thursday suspended operations by environmental agents against illegal miners on an indigenous reservation in the Amazon saying it was acting at the request of Munduruku tribe members who wanted mining on their land | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Defense Ministry on Thursday suspended operations by environmental agents against illegal miners on an indigenous reservation in the Amazon saying it was acting at the request of Munduruku tribe members who wanted mining on their land | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazil-suspends-raid-on-illegal-miners-in-amazon-indigenous-land-idUSKCN25304N | 2020-08-10 |
| In the northern Amazon an ongoing gold rush has seen 20000 miners invade the Yanomami reservation threatening the environment and health of Brazils last major isolated tribe | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Defense Ministry on Thursday suspended operations by environmental agents against illegal miners on an indigenous reservation in the Amazon saying it was acting at the request of Munduruku tribe members who wanted mining on their land | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazil-suspends-raid-on-illegal-miners-in-amazon-indigenous-land-idUSKCN25304N | 2020-08-10 |
| The pandemic endangers indigenous communities with no access to healthcare in remote parts of the Amazon and whose communal living under large dwellings make social distancing impossible | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaros government must adopt measures to stop the spread of novel coronavirus to the countrys vulnerable indigenous communities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-court-rules-government-must-protect-tribes-from-coronavirus-idUSKCN251361 | 2020-08-06 |
| BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest jumped in July from a year ago official data showed on Saturday as some environmentalists warned a jump this week could signal a repeat of last years surging destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest jumped in July from a year ago official data showed on Saturday as some environmentalists warned a jump this week could signal a repeat of last years surging destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/fires-in-brazils-amazon-rainforest-surge-in-july-worst-in-recent-days-idUSKBN24X3SW | 2020-08-02 |
| The FCC authorization adopted with a 50 vote requires Amazon to launch half of its satellites no later than mid2026 and build out the rest of the constellation by mid2029 | Positive | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-amazon-broadband/taking-on-spacex-amazon-to-invest-10-billion-in-satellite-broadband-plan-idUSKCN24V3F2 | 2020-08-01 |
| Amazon said it would begin to offer broadband service once 578 satellites are launched | Positive | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-amazon-broadband/taking-on-spacex-amazon-to-invest-10-billion-in-satellite-broadband-plan-idUSKCN24V3F2 | 2020-08-01 |
| Still Amazon anticipates operating profit between billion and billion for the quarter the midpoint of which is higher than analysts were expecting according to research firm FactSet | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-posts-biggest-profit-ever-at-height-of-pandemic-in-u-s-idUSKCN24V3HL | 2020-07-31 |
| Brian Olsavsky Amazons chief financial officer told reporters that the outsized profit surprised the company because at the time it issued its forecast last quarter shoppers were buying lowermargin products | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-posts-biggest-profit-ever-at-height-of-pandemic-in-u-s-idUSKCN24V3HL | 2020-07-31 |
| Amazons shares have risen by more than this year adding to the wealth of Bezos its biggest stockholder | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-posts-biggest-profit-ever-at-height-of-pandemic-in-u-s-idUSKCN24V3HL | 2020-07-31 |
| com said Amazons business model sets it up to expand its ecommerce dominance even more broadly as the global COVID19 pandemic continues to flare | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-posts-biggest-profit-ever-at-height-of-pandemic-in-u-s-idUSKCN24V3HL | 2020-07-31 |
| Later some viewers commented after the Amazon boss was Mr | Neutral | Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbergs explanation to U.S. lawmakers Senator we run exploded as a meme online viewers again ridiculed moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-congress-memes/bezos-snack-room-ratings-and-the-net-key-online-moments-from-tech-hearing-idUSKCN24U341 | 2020-07-30 |
| Amazon did not immediately comment on the issue | Negative | July 29 Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tech-congress-glitches/did-glitch-help-amazon-escape-early-questions-in-washington-hearing-idUSL2N2F026K | 2020-07-30 |
| Facebook reports on Wednesday and Amazon Apple and Google are all due | Neutral | Gold hits record high dollar falls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-soars-to-record-high-stocks-stay-uncertain-idUSL5N2EY217 | 2020-07-28 |
| All four tech company CEOs Jeff Bezos of Amazon Tim Cook of Apple Sundar Pichai of Alphabet and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook are to appear virtually the announcement said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A congressional hearing on digital marketplace competition featuring the chief executives of four of the largest American tech companies has been rescheduled for Wednesday a House subcommittee said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-tech-antitrust-hearing/house-panel-reschedules-big-tech-ceo-hearing-for-wednesday-idUSKCN24Q0LN | 2020-07-26 |
| The 90yearold Amazon icon is in a hospital in the city of Sinop in Brazils central state of Mato Grosso | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils top indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire has been hospitalized with digestive bleeding according to a post on the Facebook page of Raonis institute | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-amazon-chief-raoni-is-hospitalized-idUSKCN24K00L | 2020-07-19 |
| Last year Raoni called on Brazils Congress to block President Jair Bolsonaros policies which he said are destroying the Amazon forest indigenous people depend on | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils top indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire has been hospitalized with digestive bleeding according to a post on the Facebook page of Raonis institute | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-amazon-chief-raoni-is-hospitalized-idUSKCN24K00L | 2020-07-19 |
| Skew in Amazon Netflix Twitter and other momentum stocks has also been negative in the past week | Negative | NEW YORK Options investors are ramping up bets on some of this years biggest winners including Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-stock-options-anal/virus-worries-and-fomo-drive-options-bets-on-surging-tech-giants-idUSKCN24F2LN | 2020-07-15 |
| Shares of Tesla surged early in the session before joining a selloff along with other bigname Nasdaq stocks including Amazon Microsoft and Nvidia that have outperformed in recent months | Positive | Shares of Tesla ended down 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-stocks/tesla-taps-brake-on-massive-stock-rally-idUSKCN24E2HS | 2020-07-14 |
| Scientists say that preserving the Amazon the worlds largest rainforest is vital to curbing climate change because of the vast amount of greenhouse gas it absorbs and stores | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June preliminary government data on Friday showed heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-amazon-deforestation-up-in-june-set-for-worst-year-in-over-a-decade-idUSKBN24B1VG | 2020-07-11 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June preliminary government data on Friday showed heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June preliminary government data on Friday showed heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-amazon-deforestation-up-in-june-set-for-worst-year-in-over-a-decade-idUSKBN24B1VG | 2020-07-11 |
| One of the new Amazon trucks was seen recently operating in Chicago according to a Reuters reporter | Neutral | LOS Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-begins-rolling-out-bigger-ups-and-fedex-style-delivery-trucks-idUSKBN24B2EJ | 2020-07-11 |
| Amazon suspended its upstart Amazon Shipping program for nonAmazon packages in June to prioritize deliveries to its own customers | Negative | LOS Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-begins-rolling-out-bigger-ups-and-fedex-style-delivery-trucks-idUSKBN24B2EJ | 2020-07-11 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that the government started efforts to fight environmental destruction too late and that as a result soaring deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest is unlikely to improve in 2020 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that the government started efforts to fight environmental destruction too late and that as a result soaring deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest is unlikely to improve in 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-enforcement/brazil-acted-too-late-to-halt-deforestation-this-year-vice-president-says-idUSKBN24B2PU | 2020-07-11 |
| Amazon declined to say whether the new fleet would be used to restart that service which competes directly with UPS and FedEx | Negative | LOS Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-begins-rolling-out-bigger-ups-and-fedex-style-delivery-trucks-idUSKBN24B2EJ | 2020-07-11 |
| Bolsonaro deployed the military to fight Amazon deforestation and fires in May an operation thats been extended through November but Mourao said that this was not early enough | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that the government started efforts to fight environmental destruction too late and that as a result soaring deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest is unlikely to improve in 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-enforcement/brazil-acted-too-late-to-halt-deforestation-this-year-vice-president-says-idUSKBN24B2PU | 2020-07-11 |
| Amazon and Zoox did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-zoox-exclusive/exclusive-amazon-plans-at-least-100-million-to-keep-zoox-talent-after-1-3-billion-deal-idUSKBN24A3C8 | 2020-07-10 |
| Musk and SpaceX are now building a rival constellation Starlink while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is also developing a space internet business Project Kuiper | Positive | Airbus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/oneweb-britain/insight-a-space-odyssey-britain-rockets-into-unknown-with-oneweb-idUSL8N2EH066 | 2020-07-10 |
| Amazons cloud unit is a major contractor with the U.S. intelligence community and it has been battling Microsoft Corp for an up to billion cloud computing deal with the Pentagon | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to finalize regulations this week that will bar the U.S. government from buying goods or services from any company that uses products from five Chinese companies including Huawei Hikvision and Dahua a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-contracting-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-finalizing-federal-contract-ban-for-companies-that-use-huawei-others-idUSKBN24A22F | 2020-07-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government announced on Thursday it planned to ban setting fires in the Amazon for 120 days in a meeting with global investors to address their rising concerns over destruction of the rainforest | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government announced on Thursday it planned to ban setting fires in the Amazon for 120 days in a meeting with global investors to address their rising concerns over destruction of the rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-bans-fires-in-amazon-rainforest-as-investors-demand-results-idUSKBN24A2DV | 2020-07-10 |
| Mourao said in a briefing after the meeting that Brazil was being unfairly criticized over Amazon deforestation and that the government had inherited understaffed environmental agencies | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government announced on Thursday it planned to ban setting fires in the Amazon for 120 days in a meeting with global investors to address their rising concerns over destruction of the rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-bans-fires-in-amazon-rainforest-as-investors-demand-results-idUSKBN24A2DV | 2020-07-10 |
| Amazon Flipkart and DPIIT did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW DELHI Ecommerce companies in India like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-ecommerce/e-tailers-in-india-begin-work-to-list-country-of-origin-labels-on-products-idUSKBN2491UO | 2020-07-09 |
| Ideally you have the day when solar is like Amazon so you can buy and be fulfilled in a very efficient he said | Positive | LOS The booming rooftop solar panel industry nosedived overnight when the coronavirus forced homeowners to rein in spending and keep their distance from wouldbe installers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-solar-insight/rooftop-revolution-coronavirus-chill-upends-solar-power-industry-idUSKBN24A0K0 | 2020-07-09 |
| BRASILIA A group of 39 companies including several of Brazils largest firms expressed concerns over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday following global investor demands that President Jair Bolsonaro end the destruction or risk divestment | Negative | BRASILIA A group of 39 companies including several of Brazils largest firms expressed concerns over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday following global investor demands that President Jair Bolsonaro end the destruction or risk divestment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazilian-companies-join-call-for-action-on-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN2482FK | 2020-07-08 |
| Amazon and Microsoft didnt immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-google/deutsche-bank-and-google-agree-multi-year-strategic-partnership-idUSKBN2480P6 | 2020-07-08 |
| Amazon said it would pull Boohoos products while the company conducted its investigation | Negative | Retailers Next Plc Zalando SE and Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-boohoo-suppliers-zalando/next-zalando-and-amazon-drop-boohoo-over-worker-rights-allegations-idUSKBN2482DR | 2020-07-08 |
| Brazil has registered nearly 62000 deaths from COVID19 with at least 11000 of those in the Amazon region which has only of the countrys population according to official data | Negative | LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-environment/brazils-indigenous-seed-collectors-in-demand-for-forest-restoration-idUSKBN2442NM | 2020-07-06 |
| Brazils Amazon is one of the hardesthit regions in a country with the worlds secondhighest number of coronavirus cases and deaths behind the United States | Negative | LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-environment/brazils-indigenous-seed-collectors-in-demand-for-forest-restoration-idUSKBN2442NM | 2020-07-06 |
| One of the networks unanticipated benefits has been bringing together Amazon farmers and indigenous people who live in different she said | Positive | LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-environment/brazils-indigenous-seed-collectors-in-demand-for-forest-restoration-idUSKBN2442NM | 2020-07-06 |
| LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | Negative | LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-environment/brazils-indigenous-seed-collectors-in-demand-for-forest-restoration-idUSKBN2442NM | 2020-07-06 |
| BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in June to a 13yearhigh for the month government data showed on Wednesday as researchers worry that it could signal a repeat of last years surge in forest fires | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in June to a 13yearhigh for the month government data showed on Wednesday as researchers worry that it could signal a repeat of last years surge in forest fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/fires-in-brazils-amazon-jump-in-june-stoking-fears-for-dry-season-idUSKBN242662 | 2020-07-02 |
| Meanwhile communities in the Amazon are bracing for the smoke that sweeps over the region during the fire season which is generally at its height from August to November | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in June to a 13yearhigh for the month government data showed on Wednesday as researchers worry that it could signal a repeat of last years surge in forest fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/fires-in-brazils-amazon-jump-in-june-stoking-fears-for-dry-season-idUSKBN242662 | 2020-07-02 |
| Guilherme Pivoto an infectologist in Amazonas state said worsening air quality from the fires could exacerbate harm to those suffering from COVID19 he said | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in June to a 13yearhigh for the month government data showed on Wednesday as researchers worry that it could signal a repeat of last years surge in forest fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/fires-in-brazils-amazon-jump-in-june-stoking-fears-for-dry-season-idUSKBN242662 | 2020-07-02 |
| United Parcel Service and Amazon India did not respond to requests for comment regarding possible shipment delays | Negative | German logistics company DHL said on Wednesday it had temporarily suspended picking up import shipments from China to India after border tensions between the countries led to clearance delays | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-india-dhl/dhl-temporarily-suspends-chinese-import-shipments-to-india-idUSKBN2424X8 | 2020-07-02 |
| Amazonas state Brazils largest is the size of France Spain and Germany combined | Neutral | Indigenous land in the valley has an estimated population of 6000 already contacted people living in remote areas with at least 16 other isolated groups that remain uncontacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/covid-19-fears-grow-for-isolated-indigenous-people-in-brazils-amazon-idUSKBN2410HC | 2020-06-30 |
| About 62000 food baskets are currently being distributed across the state of Amazonas to help indigenous people access food without leaving their villages Funai said | Positive | Indigenous land in the valley has an estimated population of 6000 already contacted people living in remote areas with at least 16 other isolated groups that remain uncontacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/covid-19-fears-grow-for-isolated-indigenous-people-in-brazils-amazon-idUSKBN2410HC | 2020-06-30 |
| In March local state and federal government agencies in Atalaia do Norte Amazonas created a committee to deal with the Amazons COVID19 threat | Negative | Indigenous land in the valley has an estimated population of 6000 already contacted people living in remote areas with at least 16 other isolated groups that remain uncontacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/covid-19-fears-grow-for-isolated-indigenous-people-in-brazils-amazon-idUSKBN2410HC | 2020-06-30 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and neighboring savannah may be hurting regional corn yields according to a new study released on Monday | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and neighboring savannah may be hurting regional corn yields according to a new study released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-agriculture-climatechange/amazon-deforestation-is-linked-to-lower-corn-yields-in-brazil-study-says-idUSKBN2402CA | 2020-06-30 |
| Aline Morais a federal prosecutor in Amazonas state said that if the authorities failed to implement the recommendations the public ministry may file a lawsuit against them | Negative | Indigenous land in the valley has an estimated population of 6000 already contacted people living in remote areas with at least 16 other isolated groups that remain uncontacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/covid-19-fears-grow-for-isolated-indigenous-people-in-brazils-amazon-idUSKBN2410HC | 2020-06-30 |
| Streaming platforms like Amazon and Netflix have in the past signed deals with Indian studios for digital rights but mainstream releases have prioritised theatrical revenues in the past | Positive | MUMBAI Walt Disney Cos streaming service Hotstar plans to premiere seven big ticket Bollywood films originally meant for theatrical release this year as it seeks to expand its lead in subscribers over rivals Netflix and Amazons Prime Video | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-india-walt-disney/disney-hotstar-to-premiere-bollywood-films-bypassing-theatres-idUSKBN2401P9 | 2020-06-30 |
| There is concern among indigenous leaders and the Federal Public Ministry of Amazonas that these professionals may have brought the new coronavirus to the indigenous people | Negative | Indigenous land in the valley has an estimated population of 6000 already contacted people living in remote areas with at least 16 other isolated groups that remain uncontacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/covid-19-fears-grow-for-isolated-indigenous-people-in-brazils-amazon-idUSKBN2410HC | 2020-06-30 |
| Amazon has faced a longrunning battle with unions in Germany over better pay and conditions for logistics workers who have staged frequent strikes since 2013 | Negative | FRANKFURT Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus labour union Verdi said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-germany-strike/amazon-workers-in-germany-to-go-on-strike-over-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23Z0RC | 2020-06-29 |
| FRANKFURT Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus labour union Verdi said | Negative | FRANKFURT Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus labour union Verdi said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-germany-strike/amazon-workers-in-germany-to-go-on-strike-over-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23Z0RC | 2020-06-29 |
| It said Amazon was putting profit ahead of the safety of its workers | Positive | FRANKFURT Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus labour union Verdi said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-germany-strike/amazon-workers-in-germany-to-go-on-strike-over-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23Z0RC | 2020-06-29 |
| In the 1970s when Brazils military government bulldozed a highway through the rainforest north of the Amazon river two Yanomami communities were wiped out by epidemics of flu and measles | Negative | Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazils indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest a Reuters review of exclusive data from satellite images shows | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining-insight/amazon-gold-rush-illegal-miningthreatens-brazils-last-major-isolated-tribe-idUSKBN23W2W0 | 2020-06-26 |
| Amazon and Zoox did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-zoox-m-a-amazon-com/amazon-agrees-to-buy-self-driving-startup-zoox-for-over-1-billion-the-information-idUSKBN23X0PI | 2020-06-26 |
| Amazon has stepped up its investment in the car sector participating in a million funding round early last year in selfdriving car startup Aurora Innovation Inc | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-zoox-m-a-amazon-com/amazon-agrees-to-buy-self-driving-startup-zoox-for-over-1-billion-the-information-idUSKBN23X0PI | 2020-06-26 |
| The CMA however warned that were Amazon to gain greater control over Deliveroo in particular by making a full acquisition a further investigation could follow | Negative | LONDON Britains competition regulator has affirmed its provisional clearance of Amazons purchase of a stake in online delivery group Deliveroo but changed the basis of its approval having reviewed submissions from interested parties including rivals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-deliveroo-m-a-amazon/uk-watchdog-affirms-provisional-blessing-for-amazons-deliveroo-deal-idUSKBN23V1YC | 2020-06-25 |
| Amazon and Flipkart have agreed to compel their seller to display country of origin for all products Bloomberg reported on Wednesday | Negative | All three sources declined to be identified because the meeting was not public | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-ecommerce/e-tailers-in-india-to-consider-listing-of-country-of-origin-label-on-products-idUSKBN23V2S1 | 2020-06-25 |
| A spokeswoman for Deliveroo welcomed the decision while a spokeswoman for Amazon said it was committed to the investment | Positive | LONDON Britains competition regulator has affirmed its provisional clearance of Amazons purchase of a stake in online delivery group Deliveroo but changed the basis of its approval having reviewed submissions from interested parties including rivals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-deliveroo-m-a-amazon/uk-watchdog-affirms-provisional-blessing-for-amazons-deliveroo-deal-idUSKBN23V1YC | 2020-06-25 |
| Amazon Flipkart and DPIIT did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | All three sources declined to be identified because the meeting was not public | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-ecommerce/e-tailers-in-india-to-consider-listing-of-country-of-origin-label-on-products-idUSKBN23V2S1 | 2020-06-25 |
| An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment on or our future plans | Negative | An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment on or our future plans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-australia-amazon-com-expansion/amazon-to-build-new-facilities-in-australia-as-online-demand-surges-afr-idUSKBN23W0G6 | 2020-06-25 |
| Amazons reported expansion plans come on the back of surging online sales as consumers shift to etailing due to the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment on or our future plans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-australia-amazon-com-expansion/amazon-to-build-new-facilities-in-australia-as-online-demand-surges-afr-idUSKBN23W0G6 | 2020-06-25 |
| BRUSSELS Ireland and Luxembourg European headquarters to Google Facebook Twitter and Amazon need a substantial boost in resources to deal with data breaches by U.S. tech giants a European Union report said | Negative | BRUSSELS Ireland and Luxembourg European headquarters to Google Facebook Twitter and Amazon need a substantial boost in resources to deal with data breaches by U.S. tech giants a European Union report said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-privacy-gdpr/ireland-luxembourg-need-more-muscle-to-police-tech-giants-eu-report-says-idUSKBN23U2U5 | 2020-06-24 |
| Major fund managers including BlackRock have issued increasingly strident public statements about climate change while other investors have threatened to pull money out of Brazil unless Amazon deforestation is curbed | Negative | LONDON Investors managing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-climate-change-investors-exclusive/exclusive-after-bp-takes-a-hit-investors-widen-climate-change-campaign-idUSKBN23T0K5 | 2020-06-22 |
| Amazon has been invited to sign a memorandum of understanding with the state said the notice which has not previously been reported | Positive | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-alcohol-exclusive/exclusive-amazon-signals-entry-into-alcohol-delivery-in-india-with-nod-in-key-state-document-idUSKBN23Q37V | 2020-06-20 |
| Amazon did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-alcohol-exclusive/exclusive-amazon-signals-entry-into-alcohol-delivery-in-india-with-nod-in-key-state-document-idUSKBN23Q37V | 2020-06-20 |
| Amazons interest in delivering alcohol in West Bengal marks a bold move to make inroads into a market that is worth | Positive | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india-alcohol-exclusive/exclusive-amazon-signals-entry-into-alcohol-delivery-in-india-with-nod-in-key-state-document-idUSKBN23Q37V | 2020-06-20 |
| Amazon said it had shut down Kaitlyn Pans seller account on its platform in September 2019 | Neutral | MILAN Italian luxury brand Valentino and Internet giant Amazon have filed a joint lawsuit against New Yorkbased Kaitlyn Pan Group for allegedly counterfeiting Valentino shoes and offering them for sale online | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-valentino-amazon-lawsuit/amazon-and-valentino-file-joint-lawsuit-over-shoe-counterfeiting-idUSKBN23P2M3 | 2020-06-19 |
| DUESSELDORF Germany German logistics group Deutsche Post AG said its dependence on Amazon is falling as the coronavirus crisis prompts a big rise in parcel shipments by other customers which it expects to continue in the second half of 2020 | Positive | DUESSELDORF Germany German logistics group Deutsche Post AG said its dependence on Amazon is falling as the coronavirus crisis prompts a big rise in parcel shipments by other customers which it expects to continue in the second half of 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-deutsche-post-ceo/deutsche-post-sees-amazon-dependence-falling-as-online-booms-idUSKBN23P1RX | 2020-06-19 |
| MILAN Italian luxury brand Valentino and Internet giant Amazon have filed a joint lawsuit against New Yorkbased Kaitlyn Pan Group for allegedly counterfeiting Valentino shoes and offering them for sale online | Negative | MILAN Italian luxury brand Valentino and Internet giant Amazon have filed a joint lawsuit against New Yorkbased Kaitlyn Pan Group for allegedly counterfeiting Valentino shoes and offering them for sale online | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-valentino-amazon-lawsuit/amazon-and-valentino-file-joint-lawsuit-over-shoe-counterfeiting-idUSKBN23P2M3 | 2020-06-19 |
| An intense season of fires in the Amazon rainforest this year could overwhelm health systems and lead to unnecessary deaths including of coronavirus public health experts said | Negative | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-18 |
| The saga had fueled speculation that Amazon would pull back from doing business in the country | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-amazon-com-saudi-arabia/amazon-launches-saudi-arabia-shopping-site-despite-ceos-dispute-with-kingdom-idUSKBN23O3AO | 2020-06-18 |
| Amazon said in an emailed statement that its temperature checks were not mandatory and it fully respected privacy laws | Neutral | PARIS The use of a new range of surveillance cameras to check adherence to rules in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak risks undermining the fabric of democracy Frances data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-privacy/french-watchdog-warns-against-covid-19-smart-surveillance-idUSKBN23O2T7 | 2020-06-18 |
| The crime badly hurt Payakans reputation said Sydney Possuelo Brazils bestknown explorer of isolated Amazon tribes who was head of the governments indigenous affairs agency Funai at the time | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID19 on Wednesday with the death of Paulinho Payakan a chief who led protests against the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the 1980s | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/kayap-chief-dies-from-covid-19-in-brazil-led-protest-against-amazon-dam-idUSKBN23O305 | 2020-06-18 |
| In the Amazon villagers are relying on herbal remedies like tea of jambu which is usually used to treat toothache | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO In Brazil home to the worlds second worst coronavirus outbreak one thing seems to be spreading faster than the the suspect and sometimes strange strategies to treat it | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-fakenews/aspirin-in-honey-dubious-covid-19-cures-spread-in-brazil-idUSKBN23O2VA | 2020-06-18 |
| Amazon did not immediately comment on the memo and postings | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-to-use-ai-tech-in-its-warehouses-to-enforce-social-distancing-idUSKBN23N1L0 | 2020-06-17 |
| Amazon which will open source the technology behind its Distance Assistant system is not the first company to turn to AI to track compliance with social distancing | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-to-use-ai-tech-in-its-warehouses-to-enforce-social-distancing-idUSKBN23N1L0 | 2020-06-17 |
| PORTEL Brazil Some villagers in the eastern Amazon are spurning Brazilian government advice to take the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to keep the novel coronavirus at bay and are drinking tea of also known as plant | Negative | PORTEL Brazil Some villagers in the eastern Amazon are spurning Brazilian government advice to take the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to keep the novel coronavirus at bay and are drinking tea of also known as plant | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/some-amazon-villagers-eschew-drugs-for-covid-19-take-toothache-plant-herbal-tea-idUSKBN23N3JO | 2020-06-17 |
| The system called Distance Assistant uses camera footage in Amazons buildings to also help identify hightraffic areas | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-to-use-ai-tech-in-its-warehouses-to-enforce-social-distancing-idUSKBN23N1L0 | 2020-06-17 |
| The inquiries focus at least in part on how Amazon treats sellers in its online marketplace the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported on Friday | Negative | State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazons business practices two newspapers reported citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-investigation-california/amazons-business-practices-examined-by-two-u-s-states-idUSKBN23J2Z9 | 2020-06-15 |
| Amazon declined to comment on the report of an investigation by California | Negative | State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazons business practices two newspapers reported citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-investigation-california/amazons-business-practices-examined-by-two-u-s-states-idUSKBN23J2Z9 | 2020-06-15 |
| Amazon is already being investigated by the European Commission for its dual role as a marketplace and as a rival after complaints from traders | Negative | State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazons business practices two newspapers reported citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-investigation-california/amazons-business-practices-examined-by-two-u-s-states-idUSKBN23J2Z9 | 2020-06-15 |
| Amazon declined to comment on the report | Negative | California investigators are examining Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-investigation-california/california-examines-amazons-business-practices-wsj-idUSKBN23J2Z9 | 2020-06-13 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose for a 13th consecutive month in May government data showed on Friday despite President Jair Bolsonaros deployment of the military to fight soaring environmental destruction in the region | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose for a 13th consecutive month in May government data showed on Friday despite President Jair Bolsonaros deployment of the military to fight soaring environmental destruction in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazils-military-unsuccessful-in-taming-rising-amazon-deforestation-in-may-idUSKBN23J22W | 2020-06-13 |
| Scientists see the protection of the Amazon the worlds largest rainforest as vital to curbing climate change as it absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide | Neutral | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose for a 13th consecutive month in May government data showed on Friday despite President Jair Bolsonaros deployment of the military to fight soaring environmental destruction in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazils-military-unsuccessful-in-taming-rising-amazon-deforestation-in-may-idUSKBN23J22W | 2020-06-13 |
| Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019 according to revised government data released on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government has renewed for 30 days a presidential decree allowing the deployment of the armed forces to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon and protect the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/bolsonaro-extends-deployment-of-troops-to-curb-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN23I25C | 2020-06-12 |
| One of Amazons early law enforcement customers the Washington County Sheriffs Office in Oregon decided to halt its program after the tech companys policy change | Negative | In a statement Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the softwares use | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-microsoft-facial-recognition/microsoft-bans-face-recognition-sales-to-police-as-big-tech-reacts-to-protests-idUSKBN23I2T6 | 2020-06-12 |
| Netflix and Amazon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG Adding streaming services will give Africas biggest payTV group MultiChoice a head start when online viewing takes off on the continent it said on Thursday after revealing it had deals with Netflix and Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-multichoice-netflix/africas-multichoice-looks-to-netflix-and-amazon-in-strategy-shift-idUSKBN23I2QC | 2020-06-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government has renewed for 30 days a presidential decree allowing the deployment of the armed forces to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon and protect the worlds largest rainforest | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government has renewed for 30 days a presidential decree allowing the deployment of the armed forces to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon and protect the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/bolsonaro-extends-deployment-of-troops-to-curb-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN23I25C | 2020-06-12 |
| Bolosonaro has urged the development of the Amazon including protected areas as a way to lift the regions poor residents out of poverty | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019 revised government data showed on Tuesday during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-deforested-10000-square-km-of-amazon-rainforest-in-2019-up-34-on-year-idUSKBN23H21U | 2020-06-11 |
| The 2019 data remains the highest level of deforestation seen in Brazils Amazon since 2008 a level it had already hit prior to the revision | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019 revised government data showed on Tuesday during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-deforested-10000-square-km-of-amazon-rainforest-in-2019-up-34-on-year-idUSKBN23H21U | 2020-06-11 |
| Amazon said it would continue to permit the technologys use by customers that help law enforcement find human trafficking victims | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/amazon-pauses-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-tech-for-a-year-idUSKBN23H3EO | 2020-06-11 |
| The decision culminates a twoyear battle between Amazon and civil liberties activists who have voiced concern that inaccurate matches could lead to unjust arrests | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/amazon-pauses-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-tech-for-a-year-idUSKBN23H3EO | 2020-06-11 |
| Deliveroo has repeatedly provided evidence to show that Deliveroo and Amazon offer completely different services will remain distinct entities and this investment will in fact clearly strengthen a spokeswoman said | Positive | The regulator was due to make its final ruling by June 11 but has now extended the deadline to August 6 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-deliveroo-m-a-amazon/uk-watchdog-extends-deadline-for-final-ruling-on-amazons-deliveroo-deal-idUSKBN23H27P | 2020-06-11 |
| Critics have pointed to a past study showing Amazons service struggled to identify the gender of individuals with darker skin research that Amazon has contested | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/amazon-pauses-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-tech-for-a-year-idUSKBN23H3EO | 2020-06-11 |
| Amazon said it was committed to the Deliveroo investment | Neutral | The regulator was due to make its final ruling by June 11 but has now extended the deadline to August 6 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-deliveroo-m-a-amazon/uk-watchdog-extends-deadline-for-final-ruling-on-amazons-deliveroo-deal-idUSKBN23H27P | 2020-06-11 |
| The company which sells cloud computing technology via its Amazon Web Services division said in a statement it has pushed for regulations to ensure the software was used ethically | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/amazon-pauses-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-tech-for-a-year-idUSKBN23H3EO | 2020-06-11 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019 revised government data showed on Tuesday during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019 revised government data showed on Tuesday during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-deforested-10000-square-km-of-amazon-rainforest-in-2019-up-34-on-year-idUSKBN23H21U | 2020-06-11 |
| One law enforcement user of Rekognition said Amazon was throwing us under the bus | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/amazon-pauses-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-tech-for-a-year-idUSKBN23H3EO | 2020-06-11 |
| Microsoft Apple and Alphabet have outperformed most stocks within the Nasdaq while Amazon and Facebook have set record highs in recent weeks | Positive | June 8 Surging technology and communications stocks have put the Nasdaq on the cusp of confirming that it is in a new bull market just 16 weeks after coronavirus fears smashed stocks and threw the U.S. economy into recession | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks-nasdaq/graphic-nasdaq-hits-record-high-as-u-s-recession-becomes-official-idUSL1N2DL1G8 | 2020-06-09 |
| The combined value of the Amazon and UPS contracts with Rivian and Arrival is estimated at billion or more | Positive | DETROIT General Motors Co is developing an electric van aimed at business users joining a growing list of carmakers planning EVs for the same segment which includes customers such as Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-electric-vans-exclusive/exclusive-gm-plans-electric-van-for-business-users-in-bid-to-pre-empt-tesla-idUSKBN23B1G1 | 2020-06-05 |
| BEUNOS AIRES A new Amazon Prime Video series starting this week called El casts a satirical look at South American footballs dirty dealings through the eyes of deceased former Argentine football boss Julio Grondona | Neutral | BEUNOS AIRES A new Amazon Prime Video series starting this week called El casts a satirical look at South American footballs dirty dealings through the eyes of deceased former Argentine football boss Julio Grondona | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-series-fifagate/new-amazon-prime-series-brings-fifa-scandal-to-television-idUSKBN23B2XA | 2020-06-05 |
| The only intensive care units in the vast state of Amazonas are also located in Manaus where a wing for indigenous COVID19 patients was opened last week | Positive | PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/deaths-jump-in-brazils-indigenous-tribes-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN23B1O8 | 2020-06-05 |
| He died in 2014 and the eightpart series scheduled to stream on Amazons video service from Friday has Grondona posthumously recounting stories about footballs dirty deals | Negative | BEUNOS AIRES A new Amazon Prime Video series starting this week called El casts a satirical look at South American footballs dirty dealings through the eyes of deceased former Argentine football boss Julio Grondona | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-series-fifagate/new-amazon-prime-series-brings-fifa-scandal-to-television-idUSKBN23B2XA | 2020-06-05 |
| In southern the state neighboring Amazonas the virus has taken hold in towns around the worlds largest iron ore mine | Negative | PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/deaths-jump-in-brazils-indigenous-tribes-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN23B1O8 | 2020-06-05 |
| Amazon rival UPS has commissioned 10000 midsize electric vans from British startup Arrival which is backed by Koreas Hyundai Motor Co and its sister company Kia Motors Corp | Positive | DETROIT General Motors Co is developing an electric van aimed at business users joining a growing list of carmakers planning EVs for the same segment which includes customers such as Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-electric-vans-exclusive/exclusive-gm-plans-electric-van-for-business-users-in-bid-to-pre-empt-tesla-idUSKBN23B1G1 | 2020-06-05 |
| The lawsuit said Amazon has made JFK8 which employs about 5000 a place of by impeding efforts to stop the coronavirus spreading boosting productivity at the expense of safety | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| The lawsuit seeks an injunction requiring that Amazon comply with worker safety and public nuisance laws and not punish employees who develop COVID19 symptoms or are quarantined | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| It said Amazon forces employees to work at dizzying speeds even if doing so prevents them from socially distancing washing their hands and sanitizing their work spaces | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| Amazon did not comment on the lawsuit but said it has always followed guidance from health authorities and its workplace safety experts since the coronavirus pandemic began | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said last week that Amazon has not fired people for such criticism | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| Amazon is spending more than million on coronavirus safety in this years first half including cleaning temperature checks and face masks | Positive | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| Nonetheless deforestation in Brazils section of the Amazon in the first four months of 2020 was up from a year ago according to preliminary government data | Negative | Funding for activities under Brazils national climate change plan has also been cut from million for 2019 to million for 2020 a drop of more than INESC research showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-climate-change-a/brazil-slashes-budget-to-fight-climate-change-as-deforestation-spikes-idUSKBN2392LC | 2020-06-03 |
| Bolsonaro has called for the development of the Amazon to lift its people out of poverty and says he is being unfairly demonized | Negative | MANAUS Brazil Police stormed a dozen sawmills in Brazils Amazon rainforest in a dawn raid on Tuesday arresting about 30 people accused of involvement in an illegal logging ring | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-police-arrest-dozens-in-illegal-amazon-rainforest-logging-ring-idUSKBN23938G | 2020-06-03 |
| Even as the federal government has cut resources for climate action Bolsonaro approved a military operation to help protect the Amazon and prevent wildfires | Positive | Funding for activities under Brazils national climate change plan has also been cut from million for 2019 to million for 2020 a drop of more than INESC research showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-climate-change-a/brazil-slashes-budget-to-fight-climate-change-as-deforestation-spikes-idUSKBN2392LC | 2020-06-03 |
| Amazon did not immediately respond to request for comment | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-beacon-jeff-bezos-funding/amazons-jeff-bezos-invests-in-uk-digital-freight-forwarder-beacon-idUSKBN2370L6 | 2020-06-01 |
| WarnerMedia division launches its HBO Max streaming service on Wednesday taking on Netflix Disney and Amazon at a time when coronavirus lockdowns have boosted demand for streaming even as rising unemployment has cut disposable incomes | Negative | WarnerMedia division launches its HBO Max streaming service on Wednesday taking on Netflix Disney and Amazon at a time when coronavirus lockdowns have boosted demand for streaming even as rising unemployment has cut disposable incomes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-at-t-hbo-max/att-launches-hbo-max-vying-with-netflix-others-for-quarantine-viewing-idUSKBN2331B4 | 2020-05-28 |
| Amazon for instance is up nearly since its March low while Facebook is up | Negative | NEW YORK Unthinkable just two months ago as the world economy shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. stock benchmark 500 index broke through the psychologicallyimportant 3000 level on Tuesday capping a stock rally since its March low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-stocks-analysis/rally-of-hope-why-the-sp-soared-back-past-3000-idUSKBN2322VV | 2020-05-27 |
| Evangelical missionaries have redoubled their efforts to contact uncontacted tribes under Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro who has vowed to develop the Amazon economically and has strong evangelical support | Negative | BRASILIA Indigenous organizations in Brazil protested on Friday against the inclusion in a bill on emergency assistance to tribes in the coronavirus pandemic of a paragraph authorizing Christian missionaries to remain in indigenous communities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-missionaries/brazil-indigenous-groups-rail-at-move-to-allow-missionaries-among-tribes-idUSKBN22Y2V9 | 2020-05-23 |
| TRES UNIDOS BRAZIL Tres Unidos an indigenous village in Brazils Amazon rainforest locked out all visitors hoping that isolation would keep it safe | Negative | TRES UNIDOS BRAZIL Tres Unidos an indigenous village in Brazils Amazon rainforest locked out all visitors hoping that isolation would keep it safe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/isolation-not-enough-to-save-amazon-indigenous-village-from-covid-19-idUSKBN22Y2M3 | 2020-05-23 |
| A nonprofit conservationist group Fundacao Amazonia Sustentavel based in Manaus is trying to help | Positive | TRES UNIDOS BRAZIL Tres Unidos an indigenous village in Brazils Amazon rainforest locked out all visitors hoping that isolation would keep it safe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/isolation-not-enough-to-save-amazon-indigenous-village-from-covid-19-idUSKBN22Y2M3 | 2020-05-23 |
| Virgilio Viana head of the Fundacao Amazonia Sustentavel said the villages nearest to Manaus were most vulnerable to infection by the coronavirus | Negative | TRES UNIDOS BRAZIL Tres Unidos an indigenous village in Brazils Amazon rainforest locked out all visitors hoping that isolation would keep it safe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/isolation-not-enough-to-save-amazon-indigenous-village-from-covid-19-idUSKBN22Y2M3 | 2020-05-23 |
| Bolsonaro has called for development of the Amazon saying it is necessary to lift people out of poverty and that he is being unfairly demonized by the media | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles called on the government to push through further deregulation of environmental policy while people are distracted by the coronavirus pandemic in a video the Supreme Court ordered released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-environment/brazil-minister-calls-for-environmental-deregulation-while-public-distracted-by-covid-idUSKBN22Y30Y | 2020-05-23 |
| Supporting these Amazon workers are labor groups and unions eager to penetrate the Seattlebased behemoth after years of failed attempts to unionize its operations | Neutral | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Lighty said Amazon has zero for retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazon has resisted unionization within its workforce since its founding in 1994 | Negative | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said Amazon already offers what these groups are per hour or more to start health benefits and opportunities for career growth | Positive | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazons Lighty said the company has listened to complaints and implemented over 150 measures to keep workers safe | Neutral | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| At least six Amazon workers have died of COVID19 which the company confirmed publicly after each incident | Negative | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in April showed up at a Texas distribution center and met workers to show his support | Positive | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazon will spend more than million in the first half of the year on COVID19 safety measures she said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazon declined to comment to a Reuters request for comment on the report | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-prime-day/amazon-pushes-prime-day-to-september-as-it-returns-to-normalcy-wsj-idUSKBN22X1PE | 2020-05-22 |
| MANAUS Brazil As the coronavirus has spread rapidly in the poorest parts of the Amazons biggest city a local priest has begun to make masks in his church and hand them out across his parish | Negative | MANAUS Brazil As the coronavirus has spread rapidly in the poorest parts of the Amazons biggest city a local priest has begun to make masks in his church and hand them out across his parish | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-favela/catholic-priest-gives-out-masks-in-coronavirus-stricken-amazon-favela-idUSKBN22X24X | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazon had nearly 600000 U.S. employees in 2019 according to its latest annual report making it one of the largest employers in the country | Positive | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| MANAUS Brazil The mayor of the largest city in the Amazon rainforest said the coronavirus pandemic is killing indigenous people and warned of a if Brazils rightwing government fails to protect vulnerable tribes | Negative | MANAUS Brazil The mayor of the largest city in the Amazon rainforest said the coronavirus pandemic is killing indigenous people and warned of a if Brazils rightwing government fails to protect vulnerable tribes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/amazon-mayor-warns-of-indigenous-genocide-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN22W32U | 2020-05-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-delays-vote-on-land-bill-amid-threat-of-environmental-boycott-idUSKBN22W2TU | 2020-05-21 |
| Today the majority of Amazon deforestation is happening on public said Agostinho who also chairs the lower houses environment committee | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-delays-vote-on-land-bill-amid-threat-of-environmental-boycott-idUSKBN22W2TU | 2020-05-21 |
| Settlers in the Brazilian Amazon have for decades laid claim to public land without official government sanction often clearing forest to grow export crops such as soy or raise cattle | Negative | British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enable faster destruction of the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-boycott/british-supermarkets-threaten-brazil-boycott-over-proposed-forest-law-idUSKBN22V39M | 2020-05-20 |
| Amazon research institute Imazon estimates the bill would hasten the deforestation of 1100016000 square kilometres square | Negative | British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enable faster destruction of the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-boycott/british-supermarkets-threaten-brazil-boycott-over-proposed-forest-law-idUSKBN22V39M | 2020-05-20 |
| MANAUS The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazils Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region | Negative | MANAUS The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazils Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-doctors-medevac-indigenous-covid-19-cases-to-amazon-city-idUSKBN22U373 | 2020-05-19 |
| The retailers are reporting in the shadow of online shopping giant Amazon which is among the stocks benefiting from the lockdown | Negative | Fridays story without | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets-themes/rpt-graphic-take-five-zirp-to-nirp-a-jump-policymakers-must-consider-idUSL8N2CX5IT | 2020-05-18 |
| Amazons blog late on Friday did not commit to a specific person or consideration for who could eventually testify | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-congress/amazon-says-appropriate-executive-to-be-available-as-u-s-panel-calls-on-bezos-to-testify-idUSKBN22S02I | 2020-05-17 |
| The legal standoff followed a complaint filed by hardline union SUD which said Amazon did not do enough to protect employees from COVID19 contagion | Negative | PARIS Amazon said on Friday it aims to gradually reopen its French warehouses from May 19 as it finalizes an agreement with unions and work councils to end a dispute over coronavirus protection steps that closed the sites for more than one month | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/amazon-planning-to-reopen-its-french-warehouses-from-may-19-idUSKBN22R323 | 2020-05-16 |
| Subramaniam said Amazon which competes in India with Netflix and Disneys Hotstar did not see acquisition costs going up for the streaming platform | Negative | MUMBAI Amazon Prime Video Amazons streaming service will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-amazon/amazon-prime-snags-bollywood-premieres-angering-theater-owners-idUSKBN22R0H1 | 2020-05-16 |
| BOGOTA Colombia will work with hardhit Brazil to increase the military presence along their Amazonian border and share information in an effort to fight an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the area Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday | Positive | BOGOTA Colombia will work with hardhit Brazil to increase the military presence along their Amazonian border and share information in an effort to fight an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the area Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-brazil/colombia-to-work-together-with-hard-hit-brazil-to-fight-coronavirus-on-border-duque-idUSKBN22S023 | 2020-05-16 |
| MUMBAI Amazon Prime Video Amazons streaming service will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood | Negative | MUMBAI Amazon Prime Video Amazons streaming service will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-amazon/amazon-prime-snags-bollywood-premieres-angering-theater-owners-idUSKBN22R0H1 | 2020-05-16 |
| Brazils Amazonas state said in April its health system was overwhelmed by the pandemic with all available intensive care beds and ventilators occupied | Negative | BOGOTA Colombia will work with hardhit Brazil to increase the military presence along their Amazonian border and share information in an effort to fight an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the area Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-brazil/colombia-to-work-together-with-hard-hit-brazil-to-fight-coronavirus-on-border-duque-idUSKBN22S023 | 2020-05-16 |
| executive Kamal Gianchandani told the Indian Express on Thursday after Amazon announced it would stream Gulabo that he was disappointed by the news | Negative | MUMBAI Amazon Prime Video Amazons streaming service will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-amazon/amazon-prime-snags-bollywood-premieres-angering-theater-owners-idUSKBN22R0H1 | 2020-05-16 |
| Across the border Colombias identically named Amazonas province one of its most sparsely populated with just 66000 inhabitants has around 1000 reported cases of coronavirus and at least 30 deaths | Negative | BOGOTA Colombia will work with hardhit Brazil to increase the military presence along their Amazonian border and share information in an effort to fight an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the area Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-brazil/colombia-to-work-together-with-hard-hit-brazil-to-fight-coronavirus-on-border-duque-idUSKBN22S023 | 2020-05-16 |
| The other five films in the Amazon deal are productions from the prolific southernlanguage film industry | Positive | MUMBAI Amazon Prime Video Amazons streaming service will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-amazon/amazon-prime-snags-bollywood-premieres-angering-theater-owners-idUSKBN22R0H1 | 2020-05-16 |
| PARIS Amazon said on Friday it aims to gradually reopen its French warehouses from May 19 as it finalizes an agreement with unions and work councils to end a dispute over coronavirus protection steps that closed the sites for more than one month | Positive | PARIS Amazon said on Friday it aims to gradually reopen its French warehouses from May 19 as it finalizes an agreement with unions and work councils to end a dispute over coronavirus protection steps that closed the sites for more than one month | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/amazon-planning-to-reopen-its-french-warehouses-from-may-19-idUSKBN22R323 | 2020-05-16 |
| Streaming platforms like Amazon and Netflix have in the past signed deals with Indian studios for digital rights but mainstream releases have always prioritised theatrical revenues first | Positive | MUMBAI Amazon Prime Video Amazons streaming service will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-amazon/amazon-prime-snags-bollywood-premieres-angering-theater-owners-idUSKBN22R0H1 | 2020-05-16 |
| On Tuesday they asked for assurance that Amazon would not retaliate against workers who raise concerns about health and safety issues with management the media coworkers or relevant government agencies | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of 13 U.S. attorneys general on Tuesday asked Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/u-s-attorneys-seek-amazon-data-on-coronavirus-linked-worker-deaths-infections-idUSKBN22O2LQ | 2020-05-13 |
| In a statement Amazon said it is committed to ensuring a safe workplace and has implemented over 150 changes including distributing face masks to warehouse workers | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of 13 U.S. attorneys general on Tuesday asked Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/u-s-attorneys-seek-amazon-data-on-coronavirus-linked-worker-deaths-infections-idUSKBN22O2LQ | 2020-05-13 |
| BRASILIA Brazil deployed thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon rainforest on Monday taking precautions to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus as the government mounts an early response to surging deforestation ahead of the high season for forest fires | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil deployed thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon rainforest on Monday taking precautions to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus as the government mounts an early response to surging deforestation ahead of the high season for forest fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-launches-military-operations-to-protect-amazon-rainforest-idUSKBN22N2RH | 2020-05-12 |
| In the first four months of the year Amazon deforestation was up from a year ago to 1202 square kilometers square according to the INPE data | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April government data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-surges-bolsonaro-readies-troops-idUSKBN22K1U1 | 2020-05-11 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April government data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April government data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-surges-bolsonaro-readies-troops-idUSKBN22K1U1 | 2020-05-11 |
| The Amazon is the worlds largest tropical rainforest and scientists say its preservation is vital to curb global warming because of the vast amount of greenhouse gas that it absorbs | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April government data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-surges-bolsonaro-readies-troops-idUSKBN22K1U1 | 2020-05-11 |
| Brazil The death toll from COVID19 in the worst hit part of Brazils remote Amazon region may be three times the official count according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters as the spread of the disease overwhelms the public health system | Negative | Brazil The death toll from COVID19 in the worst hit part of Brazils remote Amazon region may be three times the official count according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters as the spread of the disease overwhelms the public health system | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/as-deaths-mount-in-brazils-amazon-official-covid-19-toll-under-scrutiny-idUSKBN22K1DU | 2020-05-11 |
| Vice President Mourao said last week that the government planned to send in the military as part of a plan to establish bases in the Amazon to fight deforestation | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday authorized deployment of armed forces to fight destruction of the Amazon rainforest giving them authority over environmental agencies in the region as military influence in the government grows | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/bolsonaro-puts-brazil-military-in-charge-of-fighting-amazon-destruction-idUSKBN22J256 | 2020-05-08 |
| Manaus the state capital of Amazonas which is suffering Brazils most deadly COVID19 outbreak per capita has seen the disease overwhelm hospitals cemeteries and officials ability to tally the dead | Negative | MANAUS Brazil Vicente Piratapuia 69 of the Piratapuia tribe had a high fever and could hardly breathe but he refused to leave his home on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforests biggest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenousn/in-the-amazon-an-indigenous-nurse-volunteers-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN22J2DP | 2020-05-08 |
| The Package Coalition whose members include Amazon eBay Inc and others has said that raising prices to deliver packages would mean Americans would pay higher prices | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postmaster/republican-donor-named-u-s-postmaster-general-idUSKBN22J09T | 2020-05-07 |
| The state of Amazonas where Manaus is located registered 2374 natural deaths last month versus 801 deaths in April 2019 | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich on Monday disputed the need to set up a new hospital to fight the coronavirus pandemic in hardhit Manaus even as the citys hospitals are overwhelmed and officials have resorted to burying COVID19 victims in mass graves | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-manaus/brazil-health-minister-downplays-need-for-new-hospital-in-virus-hit-manaus-idUSKBN22H01A | 2020-05-05 |
| A spokesman for Amazon said the company had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-congress-antitrust/u-s-house-panel-calls-on-amazons-bezos-to-testify-on-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN22D5PN | 2020-05-02 |
| The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Amazon did indeed use the data | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-congress-antitrust/u-s-house-panel-calls-on-amazons-bezos-to-testify-on-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN22D5PN | 2020-05-02 |
| Amazon said it has prioritized workers safety spending nearly million on higher pay and more than 150 measures such as providing masks and performing temperature checks | Positive | Some workers at Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-retail-protests/amazon-target-instacart-workers-stage-u-s-protests-on-may-day-idUSKBN22D62D | 2020-05-02 |
| LOS ANGELES Even Tim Gunn the immaculately dressed fashion mentor from Project and Amazons new competition show Making the is finding it hard to get out of his pajamas these days | Positive | LOS ANGELES Even Tim Gunn the immaculately dressed fashion mentor from Project and Amazons new competition show Making the is finding it hard to get out of his pajamas these days | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-tim-gunn/a-minute-with-tim-gunn-on-pajamas-and-post-quarantine-fashion-idUSKBN22D5X6 | 2020-05-02 |
| This quarter with governmentmandated lockdowns in full swing Amazon said it could see a rise in revenue to billion | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-sees-possible-second-quarter-loss-as-it-forecasts-4-billion-in-covid-19-related-costs-idUSKBN22C3O6 | 2020-05-01 |
| Still advertising a lucrative business in which merchants pay for top placement of their goods on Amazon was somewhat of a mixed Olsavsky said | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-sees-possible-second-quarter-loss-as-it-forecasts-4-billion-in-covid-19-related-costs-idUSKBN22C3O6 | 2020-05-01 |
| The disease that exists in the Amazon today is Bolsonaro | Negative | SAO Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle Vice President Hamilton said on Wednesday in an effort protect the worlds largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-deploy-troops-to-protect-amazon-as-deforestation-surges-idUSKBN22B2CC | 2020-04-30 |
| Sending the military to the Amazon is like medicating a disease of the governments own Astrini said | Negative | SAO Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle Vice President Hamilton said on Wednesday in an effort protect the worlds largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-deploy-troops-to-protect-amazon-as-deforestation-surges-idUSKBN22B2CC | 2020-04-30 |
| Analysts on average expect Amazons March quarter revenue to have jumped to | Positive | No companys stock market value has benefited more from the coronavirus pandemic than Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-stocks/amazon-is-wall-streets-biggest-winner-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22B2ZU | 2020-04-30 |
| MANAUS Brazil Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforests biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves | Negative | MANAUS Brazil Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforests biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/amazon-city-resorts-to-mass-graves-as-brazil-covid-19-deaths-soar-idUSKBN22B35Z | 2020-04-30 |
| Amazon had first signed a streaming deal with NFL during the 2017 season | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-nfl/amazon-renews-streaming-deal-with-nfl-idUSKBN22B23M | 2020-04-30 |
| SAO Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle Vice President Hamilton said on Wednesday in an effort protect the worlds largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year | Negative | SAO Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle Vice President Hamilton said on Wednesday in an effort protect the worlds largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-deploy-troops-to-protect-amazon-as-deforestation-surges-idUSKBN22B2CC | 2020-04-30 |
| Amazon deforestation soared to an 11year high last year as fires tore through the rainforest provoking international outcry that Brazil was not doing enough to protect the biome | Negative | SAO Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle Vice President Hamilton said on Wednesday in an effort protect the worlds largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-deploy-troops-to-protect-amazon-as-deforestation-surges-idUSKBN22B2CC | 2020-04-30 |
| Amazon said in a statement that it strictly employees from using nonpublic sellerspecific data to determine which private label products to launch | Negative | WASHINGTON Senator Josh Hawley urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to open a criminal probe of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-amazon-com-hawley/u-s-senator-urges-criminal-probe-of-amazon-com-predatory-data-practices-idUSKCN22A2PM | 2020-04-29 |
| PARIS Amazon said on Monday it would extend the closure of its six warehouses in France to May 5 after a French court rejected the U.S. online retailers appeal against aruling that restricts what it can deliver during the coronaviruscrisis | Negative | PARIS Amazon said on Monday it would extend the closure of its six warehouses in France to May 5 after a French court rejected the U.S. online retailers appeal against aruling that restricts what it can deliver during the coronaviruscrisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/amazon-extends-closure-of-french-warehouses-until-may-5-idUSKCN2292OI | 2020-04-28 |
| Venezuelas move to allow gold and diamond mining in its Amazon region may worsen environmental damage while also fueling the spread of the coronavirus according to activists and lawmakers | Negative | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| The Package Coalition whose members include Amazon eBay and others said that raising prices to deliver packages would mean Americans would pay higher prices | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to block federal aid for the U.S. Postal Service unless it raises shipping rates for online companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-postalservic/trump-threatens-to-block-aid-for-u-s-post-office-if-it-does-not-raise-prices-for-amazon-idUSKCN226367 | 2020-04-25 |
| in Amazon stock which has gained nearly this year as online orders on its platform have surged due to people staying indoors | Positive | The combined wealth of Americas billionaires including Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-billionaires-coronavirus/bezos-musk-among-billionaires-gaining-net-worth-in-pandemic-report-idUSKCN2252JP | 2020-04-24 |
| Netflix shares have climbed so far in 2020 Amazon has risen nearly while Microsoft is up | Neutral | NEW YORK Investors are once again crowding into a narrow range of technology and internet stocks heightening concerns that the markets dramatic bounce from last months lows is becoming increasingly vulnerable to sharp reversals as the coronavirus outbreak continues to batter the economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tech/tech-titans-dominate-u-s-stock-market-after-surge-idUSKCN2231GF | 2020-04-22 |
| Amazon said reports of workers participation were grossly exaggerated | Negative | A U.S. labor and activist coalition said employees of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-staff-take-off-work-to-raise-safety-concerns-in-pandemic-activists-idUSKCN2232XC | 2020-04-22 |
| In a video that Athena posted on Twitter worker Phillip Anthony Ruiz said I am not going in today because Amazon is putting our lives at risk | Negative | A U.S. labor and activist coalition said employees of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-staff-take-off-work-to-raise-safety-concerns-in-pandemic-activists-idUSKCN2232XC | 2020-04-22 |
| Amazonas Brazils largest Amazonregion state has already declared a collapse of its health system after more than 1700 confirmed cases and 120 deaths | Negative | With the country already battling an outbreak of coronavirus a disease that affects breathing a bad smoke season could be disastrous they said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-fires-trfn/as-amazon-fire-season-looms-smoke-and-coronavirus-could-be-a-disaster-idUSKBN2221W7 | 2020-04-21 |
| Amazon cities such as Porto Velho Rio Branco and Cuiaba could be particularly badly affected he noted | Negative | With the country already battling an outbreak of coronavirus a disease that affects breathing a bad smoke season could be disastrous they said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-fires-trfn/as-amazon-fire-season-looms-smoke-and-coronavirus-could-be-a-disaster-idUSKBN2221W7 | 2020-04-21 |
| Altogether the Amazon region has seen more than 3700 cases of the virus and more than 200 deaths | Negative | With the country already battling an outbreak of coronavirus a disease that affects breathing a bad smoke season could be disastrous they said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-fires-trfn/as-amazon-fire-season-looms-smoke-and-coronavirus-could-be-a-disaster-idUSKBN2221W7 | 2020-04-21 |
| AzevedoRamos is emphatic said Brazilian officials need to make clear that a surge in Amazon clearing will not be tolerated | Negative | With the country already battling an outbreak of coronavirus a disease that affects breathing a bad smoke season could be disastrous they said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-fires-trfn/as-amazon-fire-season-looms-smoke-and-coronavirus-could-be-a-disaster-idUSKBN2221W7 | 2020-04-21 |
| Indeed Microsoft Apple Amazon Alphabet and Facebook account for more than a fifth of the index | Positive | KONG Caution gripped Asian share markets on Monday amid expectations a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data will drive home the damage done by the global virus lockdowns while a glut of supply sent U.S. crude spiraling to 20year lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-turn-cautious-u-s-crude-crushed-idUSKBN22201K | 2020-04-20 |
| A French court last week ordered Amazon to restrict its deliveries to bare essentials such as groceries and medical supplies while it makes thorough safety checks | Negative | A French court last week ordered Amazon to restrict its deliveries to bare essentials such as groceries and medical supplies while it makes thorough safety checks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/amazon-to-extend-french-warehouse-closures-after-union-dispute-idUSKBN2210KI | 2020-04-20 |
| But Amazon went further and suspended activity at six socalled fulfilment centres where it processes and packs items in one of the biggest fallouts from the backlash yet | Negative | A French court last week ordered Amazon to restrict its deliveries to bare essentials such as groceries and medical supplies while it makes thorough safety checks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/amazon-to-extend-french-warehouse-closures-after-union-dispute-idUSKBN2210KI | 2020-04-20 |
| The Amazon dispute comes as the government tries to strike a balancing act ensuring companies are bringing in sanitary precautions while avoiding a total economic shutdown | Negative | A French court last week ordered Amazon to restrict its deliveries to bare essentials such as groceries and medical supplies while it makes thorough safety checks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/amazon-to-extend-french-warehouse-closures-after-union-dispute-idUSKBN2210KI | 2020-04-20 |
| Amazon has said its health guidelines are adequate adding it has provided staff with face masks | Positive | A French court last week ordered Amazon to restrict its deliveries to bare essentials such as groceries and medical supplies while it makes thorough safety checks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/amazon-to-extend-french-warehouse-closures-after-union-dispute-idUSKBN2210KI | 2020-04-20 |
| U.S. states have given Amazon the green light to deliver goods with nearly all the country under stayathome orders | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-cameras/exclusive-amazon-deploys-thermal-cameras-at-warehouses-to-scan-for-fevers-faster-idUSKBN2200HT | 2020-04-19 |
| In France Amazon has closed six of its fulfillment centers temporarily one of the biggest fallouts yet from a dispute with workers over the risks of coronavirus contagion | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-cameras/exclusive-amazon-deploys-thermal-cameras-at-warehouses-to-scan-for-fevers-faster-idUSKBN2200HT | 2020-04-19 |
| Amazon did not immediately comment on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Friday put on hold a suit by Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/u-s-judge-puts-amazon-challenge-to-pentagon-jedi-contract-on-hold-idUSKBN21Z3GW | 2020-04-18 |
| LONDON Amazons purchase of a stake in Deliveroo has been provisionally cleared by Britains competition regulator in view of a potentially fatal deterioration in the online food delivery groups finances because of the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | LONDON Amazons purchase of a stake in Deliveroo has been provisionally cleared by Britains competition regulator in view of a potentially fatal deterioration in the online food delivery groups finances because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-deliveroo-m-a-amazon/uk-regulator-clears-amazon-stake-in-coronavirus-hit-deliveroo-idUSKBN21Z20D | 2020-04-18 |
| A court sided with the workers on Tuesday ordering Amazon to focus only on delivering essential items like food while it revised health protocols | Positive | France is the only country where it has shut down all of its socalled fulfillment centres after unions complained that they were still too crowded and filed a legal challenge | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/no-end-in-sight-yet-for-amazon-shutdown-in-france-idUSKCN21Y0UU | 2020-04-17 |
| In response Amazon has said it plans to hire 75000 more people for jobs ranging from warehouse staff to delivery drivers | Positive | BEIJING Toyotabacked self driving company Pony | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-pony-ai/toyota-backed-pony-ai-to-offer-autonomous-delivery-service-in-california-idUSKBN21Y3GK | 2020-04-17 |
| Amazons vice president of the European Union segment Roy Perticucci has stepped down the company confirmed on Wednesday a day after the French courts ruling | Negative | France is the only country where it has shut down all of its socalled fulfillment centres after unions complained that they were still too crowded and filed a legal challenge | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/no-end-in-sight-yet-for-amazon-shutdown-in-france-idUSKCN21Y0UU | 2020-04-17 |
| Amazon will tap a state partial unemployment scheme to pay its employees according to an internal document seen by Reuters | Negative | France is the only country where it has shut down all of its socalled fulfillment centres after unions complained that they were still too crowded and filed a legal challenge | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-france/no-end-in-sight-yet-for-amazon-shutdown-in-france-idUSKCN21Y0UU | 2020-04-17 |
| PARIS April 16 Amazon has no visibility yet on when its six warehouses in France might reopen after a French court ordered it to limit its activities while it reinforces safety protocols during the coronavirus outbreak its head of France said on Thursday | Negative | PARIS April 16 Amazon has no visibility yet on when its six warehouses in France might reopen after a French court ordered it to limit its activities while it reinforces safety protocols during the coronavirus outbreak its head of France said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-amazon-france/no-clear-restart-date-for-amazon-warehouses-in-france-ceo-idUSFWN2C40BS | 2020-04-17 |
| Frederic Duval also told RTL radio that Amazon planned to appeal the courts ruling after worker unions raised concerns about health measures | Neutral | PARIS April 16 Amazon has no visibility yet on when its six warehouses in France might reopen after a French court ordered it to limit its activities while it reinforces safety protocols during the coronavirus outbreak its head of France said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-amazon-france/no-clear-restart-date-for-amazon-warehouses-in-france-ceo-idUSFWN2C40BS | 2020-04-17 |
| Amazon originally considered to be the favorite to win the award has blamed President Donald Trump for bias against the company and for improperly pressuring the Pentagon | Negative | Known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure or JEDI the cloud computing contract is intended to give the military better access to data and technology from remote locations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/u-s-probe-unable-to-rule-out-white-house-influence-on-jedi-contract-awarded-to-microsoft-not-amazon-idUSKCN21X27T | 2020-04-16 |
| In a blog post on Wednesday a Microsoft official said Amazons pricing was key to its defeat in contrast to the government bias Amazon is claiming | Neutral | Known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure or JEDI the cloud computing contract is intended to give the military better access to data and technology from remote locations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/u-s-probe-unable-to-rule-out-white-house-influence-on-jedi-contract-awarded-to-microsoft-not-amazon-idUSKCN21X27T | 2020-04-16 |
| Trump who has publicly derided Amazon head Jeff Bezos and repeatedly criticized the giant online retailer has accused the Washington Post owned by Bezos of unfair coverage | Negative | Known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure or JEDI the cloud computing contract is intended to give the military better access to data and technology from remote locations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/u-s-probe-unable-to-rule-out-white-house-influence-on-jedi-contract-awarded-to-microsoft-not-amazon-idUSKCN21X27T | 2020-04-16 |
| Amazonas states health system has been overwhelmed by the epidemic with all intensive care beds and ventilators already taken as a result of the outbreak | Negative | MANAUS A twomonthold baby born to Warao indigenous refugees from Venezuela has tested positive for the novel coronavirus the mayors office in the Brazilian city of Manaus said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-baby/venezuelan-indigenous-baby-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-brazil-idUSKCN21X3EE | 2020-04-16 |
| Amazon said Mohamed had also violated social distancing guidelines | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-fires-three-critics-of-warehouse-conditions-in-pandemic-idUSKCN21W0UI | 2020-04-15 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Two Brazilian state governors tested positive for the new coronavirus on Tuesday in the tourist hotspot of Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon rainforest state of becoming the latest leaders to get the disease as it spreads across the country | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Two Brazilian state governors tested positive for the new coronavirus on Tuesday in the tourist hotspot of Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon rainforest state of becoming the latest leaders to get the disease as it spreads across the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-rio-de-jane/two-brazilian-governors-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN21W2V0 | 2020-04-15 |
| Destruction of the Amazon has spiked since Bolsonaro entered office last year with environmentalists blaming his calls to develop the rainforest for encouraging miners and loggers | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has fired the countrys top environmental enforcement officer according to a government notice published on Tuesday after a news program broadcast a dramatic raid on illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/televised-raid-on-illegal-amazon-mining-angers-brazil-government-leads-to-sacking-idUSKCN21W31A | 2020-04-15 |
| Deforestation in Brazils Amazon is up in the first three months of the year compared to the same period a year ago according to government data | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has fired the countrys top environmental enforcement officer according to a government notice published on Tuesday after a news program broadcast a dramatic raid on illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/televised-raid-on-illegal-amazon-mining-angers-brazil-government-leads-to-sacking-idUSKCN21W31A | 2020-04-15 |
| Some unions and elected officials have criticized Amazons response to the outbreak which that has infected more than 1 | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-to-add-75000-jobs-as-online-orders-surge-during-lockdowns-idUSKCN21V1DK | 2020-04-14 |
| Amazon said it expects to spend more than million globally to increase wages for workers during the pandemic up from a previous estimate of million | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-to-add-75000-jobs-as-online-orders-surge-during-lockdowns-idUSKCN21V1DK | 2020-04-14 |
| Amazons headcount fluctuates seasonally recently peaking for the holiday quarter at 798000 full and parttime workers before it advertised the 100000 jobs following the pandemic | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-to-add-75000-jobs-as-online-orders-surge-during-lockdowns-idUSKCN21V1DK | 2020-04-14 |
| Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritize orders from existing customers buying food online during the coronavirus outbreak the company said on Sunday | Negative | Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritize orders from existing customers buying food online during the coronavirus outbreak the company said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-grocery/amazon-stops-accepting-new-online-grocery-customers-amid-surging-demand-idUSKCN21V0CO | 2020-04-13 |
| Amazon plans to shorten some Whole Foods stores hours for the public so its employees can more quickly fulfill online grocery orders the company said | Positive | Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritize orders from existing customers buying food online during the coronavirus outbreak the company said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-grocery/amazon-stops-accepting-new-online-grocery-customers-amid-surging-demand-idUSKCN21V0CO | 2020-04-13 |
| Amazon decides if youve had close contact with an infected person | Negative | As U.S. authorities ordered shutdowns of nonessential businesses to fight coronavirus retailer Nordstrom Inc closed hundreds of stores and gave instore workers three weeks pay calling their safety its top priority | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-retail-workforce-i/warehouse-workers-risk-covid-19-to-ship-gucci-shades-face-cream-sofas-idUSKCN21T0P9 | 2020-04-12 |
| Bolsonaro says the Amazon including sensitive indigenous reserves must be developed in order to lift residents there out of poverty | Positive | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in March government data showed on Friday indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/illegal-loggers-uncowed-by-coronavirus-as-deforestation-rises-in-brazil-idUSKCN21S1I1 | 2020-04-11 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in March government data showed on Friday indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in March government data showed on Friday indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/illegal-loggers-uncowed-by-coronavirus-as-deforestation-rises-in-brazil-idUSKCN21S1I1 | 2020-04-11 |
| In the first three months of the year Amazon deforestation was up from a year ago to 796 square kilometers square an area roughly the size of New York City | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in March government data showed on Friday indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/illegal-loggers-uncowed-by-coronavirus-as-deforestation-rises-in-brazil-idUSKCN21S1I1 | 2020-04-11 |
| MANAUS Brazils Amazonas state warned on Thursday that its health system has been overwhelmed by the coronavirus epidemic with all intensive care beds and ventilators already taken as a result of the outbreak | Negative | MANAUS Brazils Amazonas state warned on Thursday that its health system has been overwhelmed by the coronavirus epidemic with all intensive care beds and ventilators already taken as a result of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/brazils-amazonas-state-warns-its-health-system-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R3L3 | 2020-04-10 |
| Five of the top U.S. advertising spenders last year Comcast Amazon and General Motors either declined to comment or did not respond to questions about their advertising policies | Negative | to additional subscribers with no change to | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-media-blacklisting/rpt-focus-advertisers-shun-coronavirus-coverage-hastening-news-media-battle-for-survival-idUSL2N2BX12K | 2020-04-10 |
| Leaked notes from an Amazon executive meeting have added to blowback over the firing | Positive | Five Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wrote Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-senator/u-s-senators-question-amazon-ceo-about-firing-of-warehouse-protest-leader-idUSKCN21Q2WP | 2020-04-09 |
| Amazon said Smalls contact with the diagnosed worker was well after the 11th and that on March 28 he was told to go into quarantine | Neutral | Five Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wrote Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-senator/u-s-senators-question-amazon-ceo-about-firing-of-warehouse-protest-leader-idUSKCN21Q2WP | 2020-04-09 |
| The Amazon is the worlds largest rainforest and its preservation is seen as vital to curbing climate change because of the vast amount of greenhouse gas that it absorbs | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has dismissed a government analyst who opposed relaxing environmental review of wood exports an official notice said on Monday after thousands of shipments from the Amazon bypassed required approvals over the past year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-minister-fires-analyst-who-opposed-unauthorized-wood-exports-idUSKBN21O30F | 2020-04-07 |
| Bolsonaro says poverty in the Amazon is to blame and that he has been unfairly demonized | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has dismissed a government analyst who opposed relaxing environmental review of wood exports an official notice said on Monday after thousands of shipments from the Amazon bypassed required approvals over the past year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-minister-fires-analyst-who-opposed-unauthorized-wood-exports-idUSKBN21O30F | 2020-04-07 |
| The type of evaluation Amazon was considering was also unclear whether diagnostic to detect current infections or an antibody test to tell if someone may be immune | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-testing/exclusive-amazon-in-contact-with-coronavirus-test-makers-for-potential-screenings-on-employees-idUSKBN21M0E5 | 2020-04-05 |
| In a statement on Saturday Abbott Laboratories confirmed it has been contacted by Amazon and other companies to provide testing for their workforces | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-testing/exclusive-amazon-in-contact-with-coronavirus-test-makers-for-potential-screenings-on-employees-idUSKBN21M0E5 | 2020-04-05 |
| Amazon the worlds largest online retailer is rolling out face masks and temperature checks for workers at all its U.S. and European warehouses by next week | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-testing/exclusive-amazon-in-contact-with-coronavirus-test-makers-for-potential-screenings-on-employees-idUSKBN21M0E5 | 2020-04-05 |
| Amazon has largely resisted calls to shut down worksites and on Thursday announced it would make millions of masks available and check temperatures at all its U.S. and European warehouses | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-prime-d/exclusive-amazon-to-delay-prime-day-event-due-to-coronavirus-outlines-cloud-risks-idUSKBN21L2S6 | 2020-04-04 |
| The notes illustrate that Amazon is concerned about data centers as well as warehouses | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-prime-d/exclusive-amazon-to-delay-prime-day-event-due-to-coronavirus-outlines-cloud-risks-idUSKBN21L2S6 | 2020-04-04 |
| The alleged comments by Zapolsky follow a contentious relationship Amazon has long had with unions that have wanted to organize its workforce | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-executive-on-defense-after-comments-about-warehouse-protest-leader-idUSKBN21K3JQ | 2020-04-03 |
| Amazon continues to invest heavily in fighting bad actors on our store and is committed to driving counterfeits to it said | Positive | BRUSSELS Amazon is not liable for unknowingly stocking goods for thirdparty sellers that infringe trademarks Europes top court said on Thursday handing online retailers a victory in their battle against luxury goods companies | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-amazon-com-coty-trademark/amazon-wins-trademark-case-in-boost-for-online-retailers-vs-luxury-firms-idUSKBN21K12W | 2020-04-03 |
| The mere storage by Amazon in the context of its online marketplace of goods which infringe trademark rights does not constitute an infringement by Amazon of those trademark judges said | Positive | BRUSSELS Amazon is not liable for unknowingly stocking goods for thirdparty sellers that infringe trademarks Europes top court said on Thursday handing online retailers a victory in their battle against luxury goods companies | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-amazon-com-coty-trademark/amazon-wins-trademark-case-in-boost-for-online-retailers-vs-luxury-firms-idUSKBN21K12W | 2020-04-03 |
| Amazon speaking to the companys relationship with unions said it already offers the benefits and pay that labor organizations want | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-executive-on-defense-after-comments-about-warehouse-protest-leader-idUSKBN21K3JQ | 2020-04-03 |
| Amazon said it also respects workers rights to choose a union | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-executive-on-defense-after-comments-about-warehouse-protest-leader-idUSKBN21K3JQ | 2020-04-03 |
| Amazon did not confirm the authenticity of the notes which Vice News reported were from a daily meeting with the companys Chief Executive Jeff Bezos and senior leadership team | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-executive-on-defense-after-comments-about-warehouse-protest-leader-idUSKBN21K3JQ | 2020-04-03 |
| Netflix Inc led rivals YouTube Amazon Prime and with over 59 million installs in the first quarter of 2020 but more time was spent on YouTubes Kids service as usage boomed following the shutdown of thousands of schools in March | Neutral | Netflix Inc led rivals YouTube Amazon Prime and with over 59 million installs in the first quarter of 2020 but more time was spent on YouTubes Kids service as usage boomed following the shutdown of thousands of schools in March | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-streaming/netflix-leads-on-downloads-but-youtube-kids-grabs-more-hours-idUSKBN21K28V | 2020-04-03 |
| Workers from at least 19 of Amazons U.S. warehouses including in Staten Island New York have tested positive for the coronavirus according to media reports | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-executive-on-defense-after-comments-about-warehouse-protest-leader-idUSKBN21K3JQ | 2020-04-03 |
| BRUSSELS Amazon is not liable for unknowingly stocking goods for thirdparty sellers that infringe trademarks Europes top court said on Thursday handing online retailers a victory in their battle against luxury goods companies | Negative | BRUSSELS Amazon is not liable for unknowingly stocking goods for thirdparty sellers that infringe trademarks Europes top court said on Thursday handing online retailers a victory in their battle against luxury goods companies | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-amazon-com-coty-trademark/amazon-wins-trademark-case-in-boost-for-online-retailers-vs-luxury-firms-idUSKBN21K12W | 2020-04-03 |
| BRASILIA An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the novel coronavirus the first case reported among Brazils more than 300 tribes the Health Ministrys indigenous health service Sesai said on Wednesday | Negative | BRASILIA An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the novel coronavirus the first case reported among Brazils more than 300 tribes the Health Ministrys indigenous health service Sesai said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-confirms-first-indigenous-coronavirus-case-in-the-amazon-idUSKBN21J66S | 2020-04-02 |
| Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged economic development in the Amazon to lift indigenous groups from poverty and improve the lives of 30 million Brazilians who live there | Negative | Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged economic development in the Amazon to lift indigenous groups from poverty and improve the lives of 30 million Brazilians who live there | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-land-indigenous-trfn/indigenous-leader-from-threatened-tribe-killed-in-brazil-idUSKBN21J6NC | 2020-04-02 |
| Amazon did not immediately comment on the discrepancy between its tally and Crippens | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-warehouse-workers-protest-near-detroit-days-after-nyc-walkout-idUSKBN21J6IX | 2020-04-02 |
| Amazon has deployed an additional 45 million wipes and more than 50000 hand sanitizers to facilities it said | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-warehouse-workers-protest-near-detroit-days-after-nyc-walkout-idUSKBN21J6IX | 2020-04-02 |
| An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the coronavirus | Negative | The World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21K0IL | 2020-04-02 |
| KENT WASHINGTON Amazon told Reuters that at least one worker at the facility had tested positive for coronavirus | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/factbox-coronavirus-cases-reported-at-19-of-amazons-u-s-warehouses-idUSKBN21I0FA | 2020-04-01 |
| In a prior statement distributed by Athena a labor and activist coalition Smalls said he would continue to speak out until Amazon provides real protections for our health and safety | Positive | New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday he had ordered the citys human rights commission to open an investigation into the dismissal of a worker at an Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york-city/new-york-city-to-probe-amazon-firing-of-warehouse-worker-idUSKBN21I35N | 2020-04-01 |
| Some workers at Amazon and grocery delivery company Instacart went on strike on Monday to call attention to safety and wage concerns for people laboring through the coronavirus crisis | Negative | NEW YORK An independent group of workers at Whole Foods Market called on colleagues to phone in sick to the grocers stores on Tuesday to protest what they say is a lack of adequate compensation and protections from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-whole-foods/independent-worker-group-calls-for-whole-foods-sick-out-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I2OY | 2020-04-01 |
| Amazon has denied wrongdoing in the matter saying it fired the worker because he had put the safety of others at risk | Negative | New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday he had ordered the citys human rights commission to open an investigation into the dismissal of a worker at an Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york-city/new-york-city-to-probe-amazon-firing-of-warehouse-worker-idUSKBN21I35N | 2020-04-01 |
| Amazon has repeatedly denied the assertions of the warehouse worker Christian Smalls who organized Mondays protest | Negative | New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday he had ordered the citys human rights commission to open an investigation into the dismissal of a worker at an Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york-city/new-york-city-to-probe-amazon-firing-of-warehouse-worker-idUSKBN21I35N | 2020-04-01 |
| French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said last week that pressure on Amazon employees to work despite inadequate protections was unacceptable | Negative | NEW YORK Warehouse delivery and retail gig workers in the United States went on strike on Monday to call attention to safety and wage concerns for people laboring through the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-instacart/instacart-amazon-workers-strike-as-labor-unrest-grows-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21H3AV | 2020-03-31 |
| Amazon said Smalls was on a paid quarantine after having close contact with a diagnosed worker and had received multiple warnings for violating social distancing leading to his dismissal | Negative | NEW YORK Warehouse delivery and retail gig workers in the United States went on strike on Monday to call attention to safety and wage concerns for people laboring through the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-instacart/instacart-amazon-workers-strike-as-labor-unrest-grows-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21H3AV | 2020-03-31 |
| Sitonyoursofasuited stocks like Netflix and Amazon have risen and 2 | Positive | story from | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets-q1/rpt-graphic-three-months-that-shook-global-markets-idUSL8N2BM0OS | 2020-03-30 |
| Amazon offers online grocery services through Amazon Fresh from its own grocery warehouses and Amazon Prime Now which delivers from its Whole Foods stores | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-grocery-exc/exclusive-amazon-entices-warehouse-employees-to-grocery-unit-with-higher-pay-idUSKBN21F0NM | 2020-03-29 |
| BRASILIA A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus Brazils Health Ministry said on Friday ringing alarm bells that the epidemic could spread to vulnerable and remote indigenous communities with devastating effect | Negative | BRASILIA A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus Brazils Health Ministry said on Friday ringing alarm bells that the epidemic could spread to vulnerable and remote indigenous communities with devastating effect | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/doctor-working-with-amazon-tribe-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E3HW | 2020-03-28 |
| Brazil is home to roughly of the Amazon the worlds largest tropical rainforest which absorbs vast amounts of greenhouse gases that cause climate change | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil will cut back on efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak an official at environmental agency Ibama told Reuters despite concerns that reduced protection could lead to a spike in deforestation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-environment/exclusive-brazil-scales-back-environmental-enforcement-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E15H | 2020-03-28 |
| The most important operations will be prioritized while some areas will need to be cut back Azevedo said adding that protecting the Amazon is a priority | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil will cut back on efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak an official at environmental agency Ibama told Reuters despite concerns that reduced protection could lead to a spike in deforestation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-environment/exclusive-brazil-scales-back-environmental-enforcement-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E15H | 2020-03-28 |
| According to logistics consultancy MWPVL International Inc Amazon has 519 facilities in its U.S. distribution infrastructure including fulfillment centers delivery stations and warehouses | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/factbox-coronavirus-cases-reported-at-13-of-amazons-u-s-warehouses-idUSKBN21E07V | 2020-03-27 |
| coms AmazonFresh are not widely available | Negative | CITY Farmers in rural America are expanding food delivery services to meet rising demand from consumers seeking to isolate themselves during the coronavirus pandemic and frustrated by empty grocerystore shelves | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmers/who-needs-instacart-u-s-farmers-expand-food-deliveries-during-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C1D3 | 2020-03-26 |
| Access to medical services remains a challenge for remote tribes in the Amazon who must often travel for days by river to see a doctor | Positive | BRASILIA When Europeans first arrived in the Amazon rainforest their smallpox decimated local tribes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/after-smallpox-and-malaria-brazils-tribes-fear-coronavirus-is-next-lethal-import-idUSKBN21C1LK | 2020-03-26 |
| Amazon did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A group of 32 U.S. states have a message for the nations leading online You are not doing enough to stop price gouging amid the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-retailers-states/do-more-to-stop-coronavirus-price-gouging-u-s-states-tell-amazon-walmart-facebook-idUSKBN21C2NF | 2020-03-26 |
| Amazons move came after at least one rival offered sellers relief | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-exclusive/exclusive-amazon-pauses-sellers-loan-repayments-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3GM | 2020-03-26 |
| A spokesman for Amazon did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | MEXICO CITY March 24 Mexican senators are set to vote Tuesday on a proposal that would force streaming platforms like Netflix Inc and Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-netflix/mexican-senate-to-vote-on-proposal-to-compel-netflix-amazon-to-boost-local-content-idUSL1N2BH0YB | 2020-03-25 |
| Netflix YouTube Amazon Prime and Facebook are like temporarily throttling bitrates by to help carriers manage data flows without discriminating between different types of traffic | Positive | BERLIN Some viewers in Britain complained they were struggling to sign up for as the video streaming service launched on Tuesday in Europe where networks have come under huge strain due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-disney-europe/some-glitches-in-the-uk-as-disney-launches-in-europe-idUSKBN21B2BG | 2020-03-25 |
| The decision by the Seattlebased Amazons India unit follows a similar move to stop shipping nonessential products to consumers in Italy and France countries hit hard by the virus outbreak | Negative | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-india/amazon-to-stop-non-essential-sales-in-india-idUSKBN21B2CM | 2020-03-25 |
| Amazon India will prioritize the sale and delivery of household staples packaged foods healthcare hygiene and personal safety products the company said in a blog post | Positive | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-india/amazon-to-stop-non-essential-sales-in-india-idUSKBN21B2CM | 2020-03-25 |
| Amazon did not give a timeline for the resumption of normal operations | Positive | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-india/amazon-to-stop-non-essential-sales-in-india-idUSKBN21B2CM | 2020-03-25 |
| LONDON Britain has approached Amazon and other companies about using their services to step up the delivery of coronavirus tests to frontline health workers the Financial Times reported on Monday | Negative | LONDON Britain has approached Amazon and other companies about using their services to step up the delivery of coronavirus tests to frontline health workers the Financial Times reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-amazon/uk-in-talks-with-amazon-over-delivering-coronavirus-tests-ft-idUSKBN21A1UG | 2020-03-24 |
| Amazon Care the ecommerce giants arm that provide medical care to employees along with other delivery partners will provide infrastructure and logistics services to the effort according to SCANs website | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-teams-up-with-bill-gates-backed-group-to-deliver-coronavirus-test-kits-idUSKBN21A3F3 | 2020-03-24 |
| CNBC first reported about the move which Amazon said is limited to Amazon Care and does not involve its broader delivery network | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-teams-up-with-bill-gates-backed-group-to-deliver-coronavirus-test-kits-idUSKBN21A3F3 | 2020-03-24 |
| In response to Saturdays wage news one of the letters signatories Senator Robert Menendez said he applauded the decision but that Amazon still had work to do to protect employees | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-exclusi/amazon-raises-overtime-pay-for-warehouse-workers-idUSKBN2180Q1 | 2020-03-22 |
| Amazon on Thursday reported its first warehouse employee in the United States tested positive for the virus forcing the company to temporarily shutter the facility in New York | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-exclusi/amazon-raises-overtime-pay-for-warehouse-workers-idUSKBN2180Q1 | 2020-03-22 |
| Amazon said the allegations about its practices are simply unfounded | Negative | Four Democratic U.S. senators on Friday expressed concern in a letter to Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-senator/u-s-senators-question-amazon-on-coronavirus-safety-at-warehouses-idUSKBN2173IZ | 2020-03-21 |
| BRUSSELS YouTube and Amazon Prime will sacrifice streaming quality in the EU to help avert internet gridlock as tens of millions of Europeans confined by the coronavirus outbreak switch to working from home | Negative | BRUSSELS YouTube and Amazon Prime will sacrifice streaming quality in the EU to help avert internet gridlock as tens of millions of Europeans confined by the coronavirus outbreak switch to working from home | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-youtube-exclusive/youtube-amazon-prime-forgo-streaming-quality-to-relieve-european-networks-idUSKBN2170OP | 2020-03-21 |
| Amazon Flipkart have faced tighter scrutiny since last year | Negative | India drafting ecommerce policy in latest regulatory measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/india-ecommerce-policy/india-plans-e-commerce-regulator-tighter-controls-under-new-policy-sources-idUSL4N2BC3U8 | 2020-03-21 |
| NEW DELHI March 20 India wants to set up an ecommerce regulator and force companies such as Amazon to swiftly turn over information sought by authorities as part of a new policy being drafted two sources familiar with the plan told Reuters | Neutral | India drafting ecommerce policy in latest regulatory measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/india-ecommerce-policy/india-plans-e-commerce-regulator-tighter-controls-under-new-policy-sources-idUSL4N2BC3U8 | 2020-03-21 |
| Amazon Flipkart and Facebook did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | India drafting ecommerce policy in latest regulatory measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/india-ecommerce-policy/india-plans-e-commerce-regulator-tighter-controls-under-new-policy-sources-idUSL4N2BC3U8 | 2020-03-21 |
| Im hoping they suspend that for a month and offer a grace said Philippi who believes Amazon is making decisions that it believes are best for the selling community | Positive | NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-essential-merchants/sellers-amazon-loans-at-risk-as-company-limits-warehouses-to-essential-goods-idUSKBN21645O | 2020-03-20 |
| Amazon did not say when the service will be back but said it was working with partners to get the items back in stock as quickly as possible | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-grocery/amazon-halts-grocery-orders-to-restock-amid-surging-demand-idUSKBN2163S7 | 2020-03-20 |
| In recent weeks Amazon has come under pressure from lawmakers to nab such sellers | Negative | NEW Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-amazon-com/amazon-asks-shoppers-to-cooperate-with-u-s-probe-of-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN21636U | 2020-03-20 |
| In other cases sellers are seeing loan offers from Amazon disappear from their accounts | Negative | NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-essential-merchants/sellers-amazon-loans-at-risk-as-company-limits-warehouses-to-essential-goods-idUSKBN21645O | 2020-03-20 |
| NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | Negative | NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-essential-merchants/sellers-amazon-loans-at-risk-as-company-limits-warehouses-to-essential-goods-idUSKBN21645O | 2020-03-20 |
| Its obvious that Amazon thinks the risks have said Joe Kaziukenas founder of Marketplace Pulse which tracks data on ecommerce platforms | Negative | NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-essential-merchants/sellers-amazon-loans-at-risk-as-company-limits-warehouses-to-essential-goods-idUSKBN21645O | 2020-03-20 |
| The challenge illustrates the power Amazon has over merchants whose businesses are heavily dependent on its marketplace | Neutral | NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-essential-merchants/sellers-amazon-loans-at-risk-as-company-limits-warehouses-to-essential-goods-idUSKBN21645O | 2020-03-20 |
| Sellers are worried about their cash flow and Amazon lending was one of the ways to support that | Negative | NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-essential-merchants/sellers-amazon-loans-at-risk-as-company-limits-warehouses-to-essential-goods-idUSKBN21645O | 2020-03-20 |
| A spokesman for Amazon told Reuters on Thursday that the company is working to provide relief to the selling community | Positive | NEW ANGELES Some Amazon sellers say the online retailers abrupt decision to stop receiving nonessential inventory in response to the coronavirus pandemic could strangle the sales they need to make payments on their Amazon loans | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-essential-merchants/sellers-amazon-loans-at-risk-as-company-limits-warehouses-to-essential-goods-idUSKBN21645O | 2020-03-20 |
| Amazon Pantry is not accepting new orders at this time while we work to fulfill open orders and restock items following increased a company spokesperson said | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-grocery/amazon-halts-grocery-orders-to-restock-amid-surging-demand-idUSKBN2163S7 | 2020-03-20 |
| I have been concerned that theyll shut down Amazons warehouses and wont ship out at all and that would just devastate she said | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-warehouses-receive-only-vital-supplies-in-u-s-europe-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142IM | 2020-03-18 |
| The news may hurt demand for lucrative services that Amazon offers to merchants like advertising | Positive | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-warehouses-receive-only-vital-supplies-in-u-s-europe-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142IM | 2020-03-18 |
| Amazon has yet to indicate any such closures | Neutral | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-warehouses-receive-only-vital-supplies-in-u-s-europe-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142IM | 2020-03-18 |
| Merchant Zengxie Pang said Amazons change came just as the Chinabased sellers factories had resumed production | Positive | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-warehouses-receive-only-vital-supplies-in-u-s-europe-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142IM | 2020-03-18 |
| This change will likely force some thirdparty sellers currently dependent on Amazon to shift sales to other marketplaces Wish Walmart Facebook Marketplace etc | Neutral | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-warehouses-receive-only-vital-supplies-in-u-s-europe-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142IM | 2020-03-18 |
| Amazon defined several categories as essential products that can continue shipping including baby health and household beauty and personal industrial and and pet supplies | Positive | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-warehouses-receive-only-vital-supplies-in-u-s-europe-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2142IM | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON Google Facebook and Amazon are using their size reach and technological prowess to help Americans cope with the coronavirus crisis an opportunity for Big Tech to counter a drumbeat of criticism in Washington | Positive | WASHINGTON Google Facebook and Amazon are using their size reach and technological prowess to help Americans cope with the coronavirus crisis an opportunity for Big Tech to counter a drumbeat of criticism in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-big-tech/coronavirus-pandemic-hands-big-tech-a-chance-to-burnish-its-image-idUSKBN21442S | 2020-03-18 |
| An Amazon spokeswoman did not immediately return a request for comment on the San Francisco order | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-to-hire-100000-workers-as-online-orders-surge-on-coronavirus-worries-idUSKBN2133LB | 2020-03-17 |
| Amazon Apple and Microsoft could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Monday it would open an investigation into possible patent violations involving touchcontrolled mobile phones computers and computer parts by Apple Inc Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-tech-probe/u-s-trade-body-opens-patent-probe-after-complaint-by-irelands-neodron-idUSKBN2133V2 | 2020-03-17 |
| Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | MEXICO CITY The filming in Mexico of a big budget Steven Spielbergproduced Amazon miniseries starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem has been suspended due to concerns about the coronavirus according to a letter sent to cast and crew on Friday and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-film/spielberg-produced-amazon-mini-series-in-mexico-put-on-hold-over-coronavirus-letter-idUSKBN2110Y8 | 2020-03-15 |
| Stupendemys meaning stupendous inhabited a colossal wetlands system spanning Colombia Venezuela Brazil and Peru before the Amazon and Orinoco rivers were formed | Neutral | WASHINGTON One of the largest turtles that ever lived prowled the lakes and rivers of northern South America from about 13 million years ago to 7 million years ago and this carsized freshwater beast was built for battle | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-turtle/car-sized-prehistoric-south-american-turtle-was-built-for-battle-idUSKBN2062V2 | 2020-03-15 |
| MEXICO CITY The filming in Mexico of a big budget Steven Spielbergproduced Amazon miniseries starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem has been suspended due to concerns about the coronavirus according to a letter sent to cast and crew on Friday and seen by Reuters | Negative | MEXICO CITY The filming in Mexico of a big budget Steven Spielbergproduced Amazon miniseries starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem has been suspended due to concerns about the coronavirus according to a letter sent to cast and crew on Friday and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-film/spielberg-produced-amazon-mini-series-in-mexico-put-on-hold-over-coronavirus-letter-idUSKBN2110Y8 | 2020-03-15 |
| Amazon Web Services the online retailers cloud computing unit said it has received many inquiries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak but declined to elaborate | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Italian IT shop owner Simone Merlini joined a 2 p | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-cloud/coronavirus-work-from-home-push-means-long-nights-employee-health-checks-for-cloud-firms-idUSKBN21031M | 2020-03-14 |
| Merlini whose business partners with Amazon said the cloud giant had sent him five potential customers in recent days | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Italian IT shop owner Simone Merlini joined a 2 p | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-cloud/coronavirus-work-from-home-push-means-long-nights-employee-health-checks-for-cloud-firms-idUSKBN21031M | 2020-03-14 |
| The Amazon is the worlds largest tropical rainforest absorbing and storing vast amounts of greenhouse gases that cause climate change | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils federal environment agency last year gave out the fewest fines for breaking conservation laws since 1995 the agencys press office told Reuters on Monday as the efficacy of the agency known as Ibama continues to fall under President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-agency-gives-out-fewest-environmental-fines-in-24-years-idUSKBN20W2ZJ | 2020-03-10 |
| Meanwhile destruction of Brazils Amazon rainforest has surged since Bolsonaro took office last year with deforestation hitting an 11year high government data shows | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal environment agency last year gave out the fewest fines for breaking conservation laws since 1995 the agencys press office told Reuters on Monday as the efficacy of the agency known as Ibama continues to fall under President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-agency-gives-out-fewest-environmental-fines-in-24-years-idUSKBN20W2ZJ | 2020-03-10 |
| Kumar would not discuss whether or how Amazon would integrate this into retailers loyalty programs but said These are the retailers customers | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-store-technology/amazon-launches-business-selling-automated-checkout-to-retailers-idUSKBN20W0OD | 2020-03-10 |
| The state was among the hardest hit by last years Amazon fires according to INPE Brazils government agency tasked with monitoring deforestation in the region | Negative | Endangered by landgrabbers and illegal loggers the tribe called a meeting to discuss how to fight back and plan for the year ahead Brazils second under Jair Bolsonaros presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-trfn/war-or-peace-a-threatened-brazilian-indigenous-tribe-weighs-its-options-idUSKBN20W0HG | 2020-03-10 |
| The Amazon rainforest the largest in the world plays a key role in slowing climate change as its trees absorb carbon dioxide the main heattrapping gas | Negative | Endangered by landgrabbers and illegal loggers the tribe called a meeting to discuss how to fight back and plan for the year ahead Brazils second under Jair Bolsonaros presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-trfn/war-or-peace-a-threatened-brazilian-indigenous-tribe-weighs-its-options-idUSKBN20W0HG | 2020-03-10 |
| Dilip Kumar Amazons vice president of physical retail and technology had no market forecast to share but said shoppers preferences will determine how big the business becomes | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-store-technology/amazon-launches-business-selling-automated-checkout-to-retailers-idUSKBN20W0OD | 2020-03-10 |
| A byproduct of demand for the offering would be increased usage of Amazon Web Services the companys cloud that underpins its checkoutfree systems | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-store-technology/amazon-launches-business-selling-automated-checkout-to-retailers-idUSKBN20W0OD | 2020-03-10 |
| Amazon contends the contract was awarded to Microsoft because of improper influence by President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/u-s-judge-says-amazon-likely-to-succeed-on-key-argument-in-contract-challenge-idUSKBN20U0QC | 2020-03-08 |
| Amazon did not immediately comment on Saturday | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/u-s-judge-says-amazon-likely-to-succeed-on-key-argument-in-contract-challenge-idUSKBN20U0QC | 2020-03-08 |
| The Amazon lawsuit said the Defense Departments decision was full of egregious which were a result of improper pressure from President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/u-s-judge-says-amazon-likely-to-succeed-on-key-argument-in-contract-challenge-idUSKBN20U0QC | 2020-03-08 |
| Last month Amazons cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services said it was seeking to depose Trump in its lawsuit and suggested the president was trying to screw over the contract | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge said Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/u-s-judge-says-amazon-likely-to-succeed-on-key-argument-in-contract-challenge-idUSKBN20U0QC | 2020-03-08 |
| Amazon also said it has begun manual audits of products in its online stores to spot sellers that evade its automated systems which check for items that are unfairly priced | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-says-working-with-state-ags-to-nab-sellers-engaged-in-price-gouging-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T2Y8 | 2020-03-07 |
| BRASILIA Brazils environmental agency Ibama on Thursday published an order restricting contact between its employees and journalists following a Reuters report on thousands of cargos of Amazon rainforest wood being exported without agency authorization | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils environmental agency Ibama on Thursday published an order restricting contact between its employees and journalists following a Reuters report on thousands of cargos of Amazon rainforest wood being exported without agency authorization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-lumber/brazil-restricts-environmental-employees-media-contact-after-amazon-wood-exports-report-idUSKBN20S2US | 2020-03-06 |
| The Amazon is the worlds largest rainforest and is seen as vital to curbing climate change because of the vast amount of greenhouse gas that it absorbs and stores | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils environmental agency Ibama on Thursday published an order restricting contact between its employees and journalists following a Reuters report on thousands of cargos of Amazon rainforest wood being exported without agency authorization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-lumber/brazil-restricts-environmental-employees-media-contact-after-amazon-wood-exports-report-idUSKBN20S2US | 2020-03-06 |
| the Amazonian state from where the thousands of unchecked shipments of wood and lumber were exported is a hotbed of deforestation | Neutral | BRASILIA Over the past year Brazil exported thousands of cargoes of wood from an Amazonian port without authorization from the federal environment agency increasing the risk they originated from illegally deforested land two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-lumber-exclusive/exclusive-brazil-exported-thousands-of-shipments-of-unauthorized-wood-from-amazon-port-idUSKBN20R15X | 2020-03-05 |
| Bolsonaro has said he is unfairly demonized and the fact that so much of the Amazon is still standing shows Brazil is a model for conservation | Negative | BRASILIA Over the past year Brazil exported thousands of cargoes of wood from an Amazonian port without authorization from the federal environment agency increasing the risk they originated from illegally deforested land two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-lumber-exclusive/exclusive-brazil-exported-thousands-of-shipments-of-unauthorized-wood-from-amazon-port-idUSKBN20R15X | 2020-03-05 |
| Amazon said it was monitoring prices to ensure sellers complied with fair pricing policies and said that it could remove sellers who violate them | Positive | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/purell-for-400-u-s-lawmaker-urges-amazon-to-tamp-down-price-gouging-idUSKBN20R384 | 2020-03-05 |
| Amazon has long offered one or twohour delivery via Prime Now a service that includes fresh groceries and more than 20000 items | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-adds-warehouse-network-closer-to-cities-to-speed-up-same-day-delivery-idUSKBN20Q0T3 | 2020-03-04 |
| The spokeswoman confirmed a report by Bloomberg News that all coworkers in contact with the employee who worked at Amazons South Lake Union office complex in Seattle had been informed | Negative | Online retailer Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-among-u-s-employees-idUSKBN20R0DR | 2020-03-04 |
| Amazon once famous for spending away profit often cites warehouse buildouts as one of its biggest areas of investment | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-adds-warehouse-network-closer-to-cities-to-speed-up-same-day-delivery-idUSKBN20Q0T3 | 2020-03-04 |
| According to Alexander Amazon would typically lease existing spaces and alter them to accommodate the operation | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-adds-warehouse-network-closer-to-cities-to-speed-up-same-day-delivery-idUSKBN20Q0T3 | 2020-03-04 |
| Amazon will announce more cities for the program later this year Alexander said | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-adds-warehouse-network-closer-to-cities-to-speed-up-same-day-delivery-idUSKBN20Q0T3 | 2020-03-04 |
| LONDON Britain said on Monday it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to agree a free trade deal with the United States | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Monday it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to agree a free trade deal with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-mandate-digital/uk-to-consider-opposition-to-digital-tax-in-pursuit-of-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1LY | 2020-03-03 |
| BRUSSELS Amazon will on Thursday seek to overturn an EU order to repay about 250 million euros in back taxes to Luxembourg at Europes secondhighest court one of a series of highprofile cases marking the blocs crackdown on unfair tax deals | Negative | BRUSSELS Amazon will on Thursday seek to overturn an EU order to repay about 250 million euros in back taxes to Luxembourg at Europes secondhighest court one of a series of highprofile cases marking the blocs crackdown on unfair tax deals | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-eu-amazon-com-taxavoidance/amazons-fight-against-277-million-eu-tax-order-kicks-off-in-court-on-thursday-idUSKBN20P1F5 | 2020-03-03 |
| Amazon is one of the latest companies to clamp down on travel because of the outbreak which has caused at least 2797 deaths globally | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-amazon-com/amazon-defers-non-essential-moves-even-in-u-s-as-corporate-travel-bans-spread-idUSKCN20M2TZ | 2020-02-29 |
| Amazons decision affects one of the largest U.S. workforces | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-amazon-com/amazon-defers-non-essential-moves-even-in-u-s-as-corporate-travel-bans-spread-idUSKCN20M2TZ | 2020-02-29 |
| Amazon also under fire for selling antiSemitic books did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Negative | WARSAW Feb 23 The Auschwitz Memorial criticised Amazon on Sunday for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its Prime series and for selling books of Nazi propaganda | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/amazoncom-auschwitz/amazon-in-holocaust-row-about-hunters-series-anti-semitic-books-idUSL5N2AN0EV | 2020-02-24 |
| He is starring in a new show for Amazon Prime that is due to be released on Friday | Positive | LONDON In a screen career spanning more than five decades it has taken Al Pacino until now to act in a television series | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-television-hunters-premier/pacino-turns-nazi-hunter-in-tv-series-debut-for-amazon-idUSKBN20E0JK | 2020-02-21 |
| Rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro has strongly argued that Brazils Amazon rainforest should be exploited commercially including lands that have been protected for decades | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Tuesday that a bill to allow for mining on protected indigenous lands will not be given the urgency in Congress that some would like | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/no-rush-on-bill-to-allow-mining-on-brazilian-indigenous-lands-speaker-says-idUSKBN20C2JH | 2020-02-19 |
| Shares of Microsoft Apple Amazon Alphabet and Facebook alone make up about of the benchmark 500 | Neutral | SAN YORK As Wall Street approaches the 20th anniversary of the piercing of the dotcom bubble todays decadeold rally led by a few small players shows some similarities that cautious investors are keeping an eye on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-stocks-dotcombust-graphic/20-years-after-dot-com-peak-tech-dominance-keeps-investors-on-edge-idUSKBN20C1J7 | 2020-02-19 |
| Amazon has faced protests by environmental activists and pressure from its employees to take action on climate change | Negative | Bezos the worlds richest man is among a growing list of billionaires to dedicate substantial funds to battling the impact of global warming | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-climatechange/amazons-bezos-pledges-10-billion-to-climate-change-fight-idUSKBN20B1XK | 2020-02-18 |
| This comes as a major said the Amazon counsel who declined to be named as he was not authorized to speak to media | Negative | NEW An Indian antitrust investigation of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-india/india-court-stalls-amazon-flipkart-antitrust-probes-lawyers-idUSKBN2080XR | 2020-02-16 |
| Over three days of hearings in the Bengaluru court Amazon denied the allegations and argued that CCI did not have sufficient evidence to order the probe | Negative | NEW An Indian antitrust investigation of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-com-india/india-court-stalls-amazon-flipkart-antitrust-probes-lawyers-idUSKBN2080XR | 2020-02-16 |
| NEW DELHI Amazon and Walmarts Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax on thirdparty sellers on their platforms saying the burden of compliance will hurt the fledgling industry according to a document seen by Reuters | Negative | NEW DELHI Amazon and Walmarts Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax on thirdparty sellers on their platforms saying the burden of compliance will hurt the fledgling industry according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-budget-tax-ecommerce/amazon-flipkart-challenge-new-indian-tax-on-online-sellers-idUSKBN2082BZ | 2020-02-15 |
| Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/judge-grants-amazon-motion-for-pause-in-microsofts-pentagon-contract-work-idUSKBN2072P6 | 2020-02-14 |
| She also ordered Amazon to post million in the event the injunction was issued wrongfully | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/judge-grants-amazon-motion-for-pause-in-microsofts-pentagon-contract-work-idUSKBN2072P6 | 2020-02-14 |
| The judge told Amazon and the Pentagon to confer by Feb | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/judge-grants-amazon-motion-for-pause-in-microsofts-pentagon-contract-work-idUSKBN2072P6 | 2020-02-14 |
| com Incs request to temporarily halt the U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft Corp from moving forward on an billion cloud computing deal that Amazon says reflected undue influence by President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon/judge-grants-amazon-motion-for-pause-in-microsofts-pentagon-contract-work-idUSKBN2072P6 | 2020-02-14 |
| Stupendemys meaning stupendous inhabited a colossal wetlands system spanning Colombia Venezuela Brazil and Peru before the Amazon and Orinoco rivers were formed | Neutral | WASHINGTON One of the largest turtles that ever lived prowled the lakes and rivers of northern South America from about 13 million years ago to 7 million years ago and this carsized freshwater beast was built for battle | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-turtle/car-sized-prehistoric-south-american-turtle-was-built-for-battle-idUSKBN2062V2 | 2020-02-13 |
| LOS ANGELES Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos the worlds wealthiest person has purchased a Beverly Hills mansion known as the Warner Estate from media mogul David Geffen for million a source familiar with the deal said on Wednesday | Positive | LOS ANGELES Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos the worlds wealthiest person has purchased a Beverly Hills mansion known as the Warner Estate from media mogul David Geffen for million a source familiar with the deal said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-bezos/bezos-buys-warner-estate-in-beverly-hills-for-record-165-million-idUSKBN20704Q | 2020-02-13 |
| Feb 12 Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos the worlds wealthiest person has bought the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills from media mogul David Geffen for million the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the transaction | Positive | Feb 12 Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos the worlds wealthiest person has bought the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills from media mogul David Geffen for million the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the transaction | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-bezos/bezos-buys-warner-estate-in-beverly-hills-for-record-165-million-wsj-idUSL4N2AD0IM | 2020-02-13 |
| A spokesperson for Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Feb 12 Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos the worlds wealthiest person has bought the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills from media mogul David Geffen for million the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the transaction | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-bezos/bezos-buys-warner-estate-in-beverly-hills-for-record-165-million-wsj-idUSL4N2AD0IM | 2020-02-13 |
| FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank has invited bids from Microsoft Google and Amazon to overhaul the German banks outdated and fragmented technology networks people with knowledge of the matter said | Positive | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank has invited bids from Microsoft Google and Amazon to overhaul the German banks outdated and fragmented technology networks people with knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-technology-exclusive/exclusive-deutsche-bank-taps-u-s-tech-companies-for-makeover-sources-idUSKBN205161 | 2020-02-12 |
| Para is Brazils secondlargest rainforest state and sits along the socalled arc of deforestation that encircles the Amazon and is rapidly penetrating deeper into the forest | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil on Monday authorized its national public security force to support efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon amid worries that 2020 could see another surge in destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-authorizes-national-security-force-to-fight-deforestation-idUSKBN2041XI | 2020-02-11 |
| BRASILIA Brazil on Monday authorized its national public security force to support efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon amid worries that 2020 could see another surge in destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil on Monday authorized its national public security force to support efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon amid worries that 2020 could see another surge in destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-authorizes-national-security-force-to-fight-deforestation-idUSKBN2041XI | 2020-02-11 |
| Last month Amazon filed a motion in court to delay the Department of Defense deal with Microsoft until a court rules on its protest of the contract award | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jedi-lawmaking/amazon-wants-trump-to-testify-on-order-to-screw-amazon-in-pentagon-deal-idUSKBN2041TJ | 2020-02-11 |
| The Amazon absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide and scientists say its protection is vital to curbing climate change | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil on Monday authorized its national public security force to support efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon amid worries that 2020 could see another surge in destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-authorizes-national-security-force-to-fight-deforestation-idUSKBN2041XI | 2020-02-11 |
| Amazon did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-executives/amazon-names-sony-executive-to-lead-entertainment-unit-idUSKBN2042CR | 2020-02-11 |
| WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jedi-lawmaking/amazon-wants-trump-to-testify-on-order-to-screw-amazon-in-pentagon-deal-idUSKBN2041TJ | 2020-02-11 |
| Both Amazon and Sony did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | Feb 10 Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/amazon-executives/amazon-names-sony-executive-to-lead-entertainment-unit-wsj-idUSL4N2AA40N | 2020-02-11 |
| In the lawsuit Amazon said it seeks discovery demonstrating exactly how President Trumps order to Amazon was carried out during the decision making process | Negative | WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jedi-lawmaking/amazon-wants-trump-to-testify-on-order-to-screw-amazon-in-pentagon-deal-idUSKBN2041TJ | 2020-02-11 |
| Along with Trump and Esper Amazon seeks to depose former Defense Secretary James Mattis Pentagon chief information officer Dana Deasy and four other procurement officials court records show | Neutral | WASHINGTON Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying to screw when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-jedi-lawmaking/amazon-wants-trump-to-testify-on-order-to-screw-amazon-in-pentagon-deal-idUSKBN2041TJ | 2020-02-11 |
| Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about the new coronavirus Amazon will withdraw from exhibiting and participating in Mobile World Congress the company said in a statement on Sunday | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-amazon-com/amazon-pulls-out-of-major-barcelona-telecoms-conference-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2030QV | 2020-02-10 |
| Amazon had planned a significant presence through its cloud computing arm AWS which was due to host a fullday conference track on the first day of the event | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-amazon-com/amazon-pulls-out-of-major-barcelona-telecoms-conference-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2030QV | 2020-02-10 |
| The Amazon is the worlds largest rainforest absorbing vast amounts of the greenhouse gas that causes global warming | Neutral | BRASILIA Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazils Amazon rainforest environmental enforcement agents say with government data on Friday showing destruction doubling in January compared with a year ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-environment-agents-surprised-by-deforestation-through-rainy-season-idUSKBN2011SQ | 2020-02-08 |
| The star teamed up with environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion and Amazon Watch a Californiabased organisation campaigning to protect the Amazon rainforest to produce the 2minute film Guardians of Life | Positive | LONDON Oscar favourite Joaquin Phoenix stars as a medic battling to save a dying planet Earth in a film launched on Thursday the first in a series of short Hollywood productions aimed at spurring action on climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-film-phoenix/joker-star-phoenix-takes-aim-at-climate-apathy-with-film-about-dying-earth-idUSKBN2001YM | 2020-02-08 |
| It demonstrates the artists engagement in Amazon protection by showing the key role indigenous peoples play in defending the forests the planet and life itself | Positive | LONDON Oscar favourite Joaquin Phoenix stars as a medic battling to save a dying planet Earth in a film launched on Thursday the first in a series of short Hollywood productions aimed at spurring action on climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-film-phoenix/joker-star-phoenix-takes-aim-at-climate-apathy-with-film-about-dying-earth-idUSKBN2001YM | 2020-02-08 |
| Brazils president has vowed to encourage economic development in the Amazon to lift indigenous groups from poverty and improve the lives of 30 million Brazilians who live there | Positive | Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro also announced a bill that would allow commercial mining on protected indigenous lands in a move that shocked indigenous leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous/brazil-sees-week-of-attacks-on-indigenous-rights-congresswoman-idUSKBN2012N6 | 2020-02-08 |
| BRASILIA Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazils Amazon rainforest environmental enforcement agents say with government data on Friday showing destruction doubling in January compared with a year ago | Negative | BRASILIA Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazils Amazon rainforest environmental enforcement agents say with government data on Friday showing destruction doubling in January compared with a year ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-environment-agents-surprised-by-deforestation-through-rainy-season-idUSKBN2011SQ | 2020-02-08 |
| RESERVA MAMIRAUA Brazil The Amazon river dolphin is an intelligent and friendly mammal that appears to grin and flush like a human blushing when it gets excited | Positive | RESERVA MAMIRAUA Brazil The Amazon river dolphin is an intelligent and friendly mammal that appears to grin and flush like a human blushing when it gets excited | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-dolphins/amazons-pink-dolphins-threatened-by-end-of-fishing-ban-idUSKBN200247 | 2020-02-07 |
| Their active courting and mating gave rise to a legend in the Amazon that the pink dolphin morphs into a handsome man at night to seduce village women | Positive | RESERVA MAMIRAUA Brazil The Amazon river dolphin is an intelligent and friendly mammal that appears to grin and flush like a human blushing when it gets excited | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-dolphins/amazons-pink-dolphins-threatened-by-end-of-fishing-ban-idUSKBN200247 | 2020-02-07 |
| With this major investment by AWS Amazons cloud computing business we will create more jobs technology and also opportunities for governor Doria said in the statement | Positive | SAO PAULO The cloud computing unit of U.S. Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-aws-investment-brazil/amazons-aws-to-invest-236-million-in-brazil-to-strengthen-cloud-infrastructure-idUSKBN1ZZ1UN | 2020-02-06 |
| Google Facebook Amazon and Apple are all the focus of federal state and congressional investigations following complaints that the four tech giants abused their clout in dealings with smaller companies | Negative | WASHINGTON Justice Department officials will meet on Tuesday with representatives of state attorneys general to discuss their investigations of search and advertising giant Google according to sources familiar with the plans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/justice-department-meeting-state-ag-offices-tuesday-to-discuss-google-sources-idUSKBN1ZX2LG | 2020-02-04 |
| Presidential trade adviser Peter Navarro urged Amazon Walmart and digital commerce sites to take steps to ensure that the goods they sell are safe and legal | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at preventing counterfeit products from abroad from being sold to U.S. citizens who shop online using Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-shipments/trump-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-preventing-sales-of-counterfeit-goods-from-overseas-idUSKBN1ZU35P | 2020-02-01 |
| UPSs unionized workforce and its dependence on Amazon business leaves it particularly exposed to competition from the Seattle companys rising logistics unit | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-research/amazon-holiday-quarter-delivers-threatens-profit-squeeze-for-ups-and-fedex-idUSKBN1ZU23T | 2020-02-01 |
| Amazon surges 8 | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-slump-on-china-virus-economic-concerns-gold-gains-idUSL1N2A01GH | 2020-02-01 |
| Amazon surges as sales beat forecasts | Positive | World share index heads for worst week since August | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-struggle-for-footing-after-virus-battered-week-idUSL8N2A0445 | 2020-02-01 |
| Amazons use of inexpensive independent contractors and ecommerce dominance give it the ability to negotiate hard | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-research/amazon-holiday-quarter-delivers-threatens-profit-squeeze-for-ups-and-fedex-idUSKBN1ZU23T | 2020-02-01 |
| This has helped weather massive spending at Amazon a company that has long passed up shortterm results in favor of bets that could reap it future profit | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-holiday-sales-jump-as-one-day-shipping-pays-dividends-stock-up-13-idUSKBN1ZT2XU | 2020-01-31 |
| Amazon surges as sales beat expectations | Positive | Nikkei bounces 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-fight-for-footing-after-turbulent-week-idUSL4N2A00MR | 2020-01-31 |
| Amazons growing delivery network is putting pressure on UPS and rival FedEx Corp which are racing to squeeze more profits from surging ecommerce deliveries that are upending their business models | Positive | LOS ANGELES United Parcel Service Inc said on Wednesday it was ordering 10000 electric delivery trucks from UKbased Arrival Ltd and teaming with selfdriving startup Waymo as package carriers work to cut costs and tailpipe pollution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ups-investment/ups-inks-electric-van-deal-with-arrival-to-test-waymo-automation-idUSKBN1ZS2ZC | 2020-01-30 |
| Amazon has ordered 100000 electric delivery vehicles from the startup the first of which will be delivered in 2021 and built in Normal Illinois | Positive | Ford Motor Co owned Lincoln Motor on Wednesday confirmed its plans to make batterypowered electric vehicles in partnership with Fordbacked startup Rivian | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-lincoln-electric/fords-lincoln-to-partner-with-rivian-to-make-electric-vehicles-idUSKBN1ZS2LO | 2020-01-30 |
| Environmentalists warn that these moves to assimilate indigenous peoples could speed up deforestation in the Amazon where the reservations are considered effective means of preserving the forest | Negative | BRASILIA The main organization representing Brazils 300 indigenous tribes said on Friday it would sue farright President Jair Bolsonaro for racism after he said indigenous people were and becoming more human | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-indigenous-to-sue-bolsonaro-for-saying-theyre-evolving-idUSKBN1ZN1TD | 2020-01-25 |
| The CMA is already investigating plans by Amazon to lead a 575 million pound investment in rival Deliveroo | Negative | AMSTERDAM Dutch food ordering firm Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-com-shares/competition-inquiry-casts-shadow-over-takeaways-just-eat-deal-idUSKBN1ZN0JY | 2020-01-25 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will create an Amazon to protect and ensure the sustainable of the worlds largest rainforest following intense criticism of his environmental policies | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will create an Amazon to protect and ensure the sustainable of the worlds largest rainforest following intense criticism of his environmental policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-create-amazon-council-to-protect-and-develop-the-rainforest-idUSKBN1ZK237 | 2020-01-22 |
| Under Bolsonaro the number of fires in the Amazon reached a 10year high last year prompting world leaders to denounce his environmental record | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will create an Amazon to protect and ensure the sustainable of the worlds largest rainforest following intense criticism of his environmental policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-create-amazon-council-to-protect-and-develop-the-rainforest-idUSKBN1ZK237 | 2020-01-22 |
| XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil She is only 16 and from a remote Brazilian village on the Tapajos River in the heart of the Amazon but her plea has been heard at the United Nations and the Vatican | Positive | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil She is only 16 and from a remote Brazilian village on the Tapajos River in the heart of the Amazon but her plea has been heard at the United Nations and the Vatican | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-activist/brazils-answer-to-greta-thunberg-wants-help-protecting-amazon-rainforest-and-its-tribes-idUSKBN1ZG2HH | 2020-01-19 |
| On multiple occasions we found that Amazon Retail was itself sourcing counterfeit PopGrips and selling them alongside our authentic he told lawmakers | Negative | BOULDER Colo | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust/break-up-big-techs-monopoly-smaller-rivals-tell-congress-hearing-idUSKBN1ZG17J | 2020-01-18 |
| Last year India enforced new stringent rules for foreign investment in ecommerce which forced Amazon to rework its business structures and strained ties between New Delhi and Washington | Negative | Bezos said on Wednesday Amazon would invest billion to bring small businesses online in the country adding to the | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india/during-bezos-visit-india-minister-says-amazons-1-billion-investment-is-no-big-favour-idUSKBN1ZF1D5 | 2020-01-17 |
| Amazon did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Bezos said on Wednesday Amazon would invest billion to bring small businesses online in the country adding to the | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india/during-bezos-visit-india-minister-says-amazons-1-billion-investment-is-no-big-favour-idUSKBN1ZF1D5 | 2020-01-17 |
| Cutting emissions is a challenging goal for Amazon which delivers about 10 billion items a year and has a massive transportation and data center footprint | Negative | Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would take out of the atmosphere as much carbon as the company had ever produced joining U.S. tech giants in setting ambitious goals for combating climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-climate-change-tech-factbox/factbox-big-tech-and-their-carbon-pledges-idUSKBN1ZF2E7 | 2020-01-17 |
| In September Bezos said that Amazon would use clean energy by 2030 up from | Positive | Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would take out of the atmosphere as much carbon as the company had ever produced joining U.S. tech giants in setting ambitious goals for combating climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-climate-change-tech-factbox/factbox-big-tech-and-their-carbon-pledges-idUSKBN1ZF2E7 | 2020-01-17 |
| Microsoft plans to become net zero carbon a decade earlier than Amazon although its emissions are roughly a third of Amazons | Positive | The focus on clearing carbon from the atmosphere sets Microsofts climate goals apart from other corporate pledges which have focused on cutting ongoing emissions or preventing future ones | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-climate-change-microsoft/microsoft-to-erase-its-carbon-footprint-past-and-future-in-climate-push-idUSKBN1ZF2CG | 2020-01-17 |
| Bezos said on Wednesday Amazon would invest billion to bring small businesses online in the country adding to the | Positive | Bezos said on Wednesday Amazon would invest billion to bring small businesses online in the country adding to the | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-india/during-bezos-visit-india-minister-says-amazons-1-billion-investment-is-no-big-favour-idUSKBN1ZF1D5 | 2020-01-17 |
| Norway has worked closely with Brazil to protect the Amazon rainforest for more than a decade and has paid some | Positive | OSLO Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial runup to this years dry season according to Tasso Azevedo coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/amazon-deforestation-could-speed-up-in-2020-expert-idUSKBN1ZE2HL | 2020-01-16 |
| Adam Elman sustainability head for Amazon Europe said Amazon has already ordered a further 200 electric vehicles from other suppliers which it would start using in Germany this year | Positive | BERLIN Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-deutsche-post-streetscoote/amazon-orders-electric-vans-from-deutsche-posts-streetscooter-idUSKBN1ZE17T | 2020-01-16 |
| Amazon last year announced it was ordering 100000 electric vans from startup Rivian Automotive LLC before it has even begun commercial production with deliveries starting in 2021 | Positive | BERLIN Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-deutsche-post-streetscoote/amazon-orders-electric-vans-from-deutsche-posts-streetscooter-idUSKBN1ZE17T | 2020-01-16 |
| XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-tribes-and-forest-tappers-unite-against-bolsonaro-idUSKBN1ZF08W | 2020-01-16 |
| OSLO Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial runup to this years dry season according to Tasso Azevedo coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction | Negative | OSLO Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial runup to this years dry season according to Tasso Azevedo coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/amazon-deforestation-could-speed-up-in-2020-expert-idUSKBN1ZE2HL | 2020-01-16 |
| Amazon has committed | Neutral | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india/amazon-chief-says-to-invest-1-billion-in-digitizing-small-businesses-in-india-idUSKBN1ZE0K1 | 2020-01-15 |
| XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous leaders began a fourday tribal gathering in the Amazon on Tuesday to plan their opposition to farright President Jair Bolsonaros push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous leaders began a fourday tribal gathering in the Amazon on Tuesday to plan their opposition to farright President Jair Bolsonaros push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/amazon-tribes-gather-to-plan-resistance-to-brazil-government-idUSKBN1ZD2HQ | 2020-01-15 |
| Amazon had led an investment round in Deliveroo in May last year but Britains Competition and Markets Authority last month launched a second phase of an investigation into the deal | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-loans-deliveroo/amazon-says-it-is-following-order-that-bars-deliveroo-loan-idUSKBN1ZD2KB | 2020-01-15 |
| Environmentalists say such a move will speed up clearing of the Amazon jungle the worlds largest tropical rainforest which is considered vital for slowing global climate change | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous leaders began a fourday tribal gathering in the Amazon on Tuesday to plan their opposition to farright President Jair Bolsonaros push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/amazon-tribes-gather-to-plan-resistance-to-brazil-government-idUSKBN1ZD2HQ | 2020-01-15 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose in 2019 compared to the previous year according to a databased warning system from Brazils National Institute for Space Research in the latest piece of evidence to highlight rampant treefelling | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose in 2019 compared to the previous year according to a databased warning system from Brazils National Institute for Space Research in the latest piece of evidence to highlight rampant treefelling | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazil-amazon-deforestation-jumped-85-in-2019-vs-2018-government-data-idUSKBN1ZD2W0 | 2020-01-15 |
| Researchers and environmentalists blame rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro for emboldening ranchers and loggers by calling for the Amazon to be developed and for weakening the government environmental agency Ibama | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose in 2019 compared to the previous year according to a databased warning system from Brazils National Institute for Space Research in the latest piece of evidence to highlight rampant treefelling | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazil-amazon-deforestation-jumped-85-in-2019-vs-2018-government-data-idUSKBN1ZD2W0 | 2020-01-15 |
| Amazon did not respond to a request for comment and the DoD could not be immediately reached | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/amazon-to-seek-order-to-block-microsoft-from-working-on-dods-jedi-contract-idUSKBN1ZD0FV | 2020-01-14 |
| Microsoft did not have a comment on Amazons intent to file the motion | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-pentagon-microsoft/amazon-to-seek-order-to-block-microsoft-from-working-on-dods-jedi-contract-idUSKBN1ZD0FV | 2020-01-14 |
| A spokesman for Amazon which has been butting heads with the city for two years over attempts to levy more taxes on large employers including Amazon has declined to comment | Negative | SEATTLE The Seattle City Council voted unanimously on Monday to approve campaign finance legislation banning political donations in local elections from companies with at least foreign ownership | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-seattle/seattle-passes-campaign-finance-curbs-on-foreign-influenced-firms-idUSKBN1ZD04T | 2020-01-14 |
| At least of Amazons stock is owned by foreign investors according to financial data provider Refinitiv | Positive | SEATTLE Seattle the Pacific Northwest city where homegrown online retailer Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-seattle/as-amazon-com-flexes-its-muscle-seattle-moves-to-curb-corporate-political-donations-idUSKBN1ZB0CK | 2020-01-13 |
| A spokesman for Amazon which has been butting heads with the city for two years over attempts to levy more taxes on the company declined to comment | Negative | SEATTLE Seattle the Pacific Northwest city where homegrown online retailer Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-seattle/as-amazon-com-flexes-its-muscle-seattle-moves-to-curb-corporate-political-donations-idUSKBN1ZB0CK | 2020-01-13 |
| Amazon did not respond to a request to confirm the visit | Positive | NEW DELHI Thousands of smallscale traders in India are planning to organize protests against Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-protests/amazon-boss-bezos-to-face-protests-from-traders-during-india-trip-idUSKBN1ZA0FY | 2020-01-12 |
| Amazon has previously said its platform provides business opportunities to thousands of small sellers artisans weavers and women entrepreneurs | Positive | NEW DELHI Thousands of smallscale traders in India are planning to organize protests against Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-protests/amazon-boss-bezos-to-face-protests-from-traders-during-india-trip-idUSKBN1ZA0FY | 2020-01-12 |
| The Amazon is the worlds largest tropical rainforest and is considered key to the fight against climate change because of the vast amounts of planetwarming carbon dioxide it absorbs | Neutral | SAO PAULO The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-fires/fires-in-amazon-forest-rose-30-in-2019-idUSKBN1Z804V | 2020-01-09 |
| Bolsonaro has been blamed by researchers and environmentalists for emboldening ranchers and loggers by calling for the Amazon to be developed and for weakening the environmental agency Ibama | Negative | SAO PAULO The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-fires/fires-in-amazon-forest-rose-30-in-2019-idUSKBN1Z804V | 2020-01-09 |
| It is undercutting Amazon sellers fees to attract vendors but has had mixed results six sources with direct knowledge of the matter said | Positive | China After years of reconnaissance Chinas retail king Alibaba is finally making its move on Europe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alibaba-expansion-europe-focus/alibaba-undercuts-amazon-in-europe-to-woo-wary-brands-idUSKBN1Z7045 | 2020-01-08 |
| In the television races HBOs media dynasty show and Amazon Studios quirky British comedy were the big winners | Positive | BEVERLY HILLS Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-golden-globes/1917-upsets-hollywood-awards-season-as-globes-host-gervais-goes-for-broke-idUSKBN1Z409G | 2020-01-07 |
| Amazon Web Services which provides largescale cloud computing and data management services is central to Amazons strategy | Positive | From making cars talk using Alexas voice to managing data from factories full of robots Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tech-ces-amazon-com/amazon-to-showcase-its-transportation-drive-at-worlds-largest-tech-show-idUSKBN1Z51DF | 2020-01-07 |
| Amazon in 2014 launched its Fire TV stick which features content from Netflix Inc and Hulu among others and casts video directly to television | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-inc-fire-tv/amazon-fire-tv-crosses-40-million-active-users-globally-idUSKBN1Z51LS | 2020-01-07 |
| When the companys financial results for 2019 are released Wall Street analysts expect Amazon to report revenue increasing by and free cash flow swelling by the newspaper said | Positive | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-barron-s/amazon-is-generating-lots-of-free-cash-flow-time-to-get-on-board-barrons-idUSKBN1Z40V0 | 2020-01-06 |
| Amazon is expected to become the largest free cash generator in the United States within five years according to Barrons | Positive | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-barron-s/amazon-is-generating-lots-of-free-cash-flow-time-to-get-on-board-barrons-idUSKBN1Z40V0 | 2020-01-06 |
| Amazon already operates stores in the United States and Britain including the Whole Foods grocery chain and checkoutfree Amazon Go food stores | Positive | BERLIN Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany/amazon-considers-opening-stores-in-germany-report-idUSKBN1Z30G3 | 2020-01-05 |
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| Both are exclusive to Christmas playlists on Amazons music streaming service highlighting the power of the companys smart speakers to boost a song into the charts | Positive | However it finally climbed to the summit this week after being streamed 10 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55277215 | 2020-12-12 |
| Look at what Amazon and Netflix did I thought Quibi could have been around for a long time. | Neutral | At the start of 2020 it was seen by some as the future of snackable smartphone entertainment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55154808 | 2020-12-06 |
| For example in a retail shop it could count the number of customers track their movements and check the length of queues Amazon has suggested. | Positive | It involves retrofitting a box to existing security cameras that can then draw on offtheshelf AI apps. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55158319 | 2020-12-03 |
| Keen to promote mining as well as agriculture he described the Amazon as a periodic table of valuable minerals and he resents what he sees as outside interference. | Negative | A total of 11088 sq km sq of rainforest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-55130304 | 2020-12-01 |
| The Amazon is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. | Positive | A total of 11088 sq km sq of rainforest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-55130304 | 2020-12-01 |
| The Amazon is home to about three million species of plants and animals and one million indigenous people. | Positive | A total of 11088 sq km sq of rainforest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-55130304 | 2020-12-01 |
| The scale of destruction in the Amazon rainforest is hard to comprehend | Negative | A total of 11088 sq km sq of rainforest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-55130304 | 2020-12-01 |
| Only certain Amazon devices will be able to access it not for example individual smartphones. | Positive | Amazon Sidewalk uses customer broadband accounts to create a neighbourhoodwide network for local devices. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55059696 | 2020-11-25 |
| Amazon says in the email that Sidewalk uses a small portion of your internet bandwidth for the service. | Neutral | Amazon Sidewalk uses customer broadband accounts to create a neighbourhoodwide network for local devices. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55059696 | 2020-11-25 |
| Amazon Sidewalk uses customer broadband accounts to create a neighbourhoodwide network for local devices. | Neutral | Amazon Sidewalk uses customer broadband accounts to create a neighbourhoodwide network for local devices. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55059696 | 2020-11-25 |
| And UK customers who received Amazons email have told BBC News this was not the case. | Neutral | Amazon Sidewalk uses customer broadband accounts to create a neighbourhoodwide network for local devices. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55059696 | 2020-11-25 |
| It means Amazonbranded security cameras and smart speakers can still function without a connection. | Positive | Amazon Sidewalk uses customer broadband accounts to create a neighbourhoodwide network for local devices. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55059696 | 2020-11-25 |
| They called companies like Google Amazon and Facebook monopolies and suggested they could be broken up | Negative | Senators are about to grill Twitters Jack Dorsey and Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54941570 | 2020-11-17 |
| The European Union has announced antitrust charges against Amazon which it accuses of abusing its market power in Germany and France | Negative | The regulations suggest increasing unease in Beijing with the growing influence of digital platforms | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54898357 | 2020-11-11 |
| Amazon already offers its rival Luna cloudgaming platform to select early access iOS users but does not include Fortnite in its current library of games. | Neutral | Nvidia has developed a version of its GeForce cloud gaming service that runs in the mobile web browser Safari. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54825891 | 2020-11-06 |
| Such examples were repeatedly given during a congressional hearing in July where the bosses of Google Facebook Apple and Amazon were crossexamined | Neutral | Their chief executives will be grilled by senators about whether social media companies abuse their power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54698186 | 2020-10-27 |
| I rang up Amazon and I said I cant take my cards off this account she recalls | Neutral | Smart speakers tracking apps and keylogging software are among products that have made it easier for perpetrators to maintain control of victims and continue abuse. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54554408 | 2020-10-18 |
| Fuelling these concerns are reports showing that deforestation in the Amazon has increased sharply this year. | Negative | Food firms in the UK including McDonalds are urging the government to toughen up rules designed to protect rainforests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54408544 | 2020-10-05 |
| With the Amazon in flames and forests being cut down at an alarming rate Nature doesnt recognise the difference between legal and illegal deforestation | Negative | Food firms in the UK including McDonalds are urging the government to toughen up rules designed to protect rainforests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54408544 | 2020-10-05 |
| For example firms which offer delivery services such as Amazon and Tesco have recruited more | Positive | Back in the springtime when Covid19 was tightening its grip on the UK the BBC spoke to a number of people whose jobs were facing the axe as a result of the virus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54387756 | 2020-10-03 |
| The US boasts Netflix and Amazon the FTSE can muster ITV and Sainsburys | Neutral | The valuation of US tech giant Apple has continued to surge surpassing the entire value of all the members of the UKs top share index. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53996191 | 2020-09-03 |
| Reinhart plays Grace in the new Amazon film Chemical Hearts an aloof teenage girl who wears androgynous clothing and walks with a cane | Neutral | Actress Lili Reinhart has welcomed Disney creating its first bisexual lead character in the animated series The Owl House saying that too often people have told me its a phase. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53785585 | 2020-08-21 |
| The next most valuable US company is Amazon which is worth around | Positive | Tech giant Apple has become the first US company to be valued at | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53840471 | 2020-08-20 |
| Its a terrible sign Ane Alencar science director at Brazils Amazon Environmental Research Institute was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. | Negative | Official figures from Brazil have shown a big increase in the number of fires in the Amazon region in July compared with the same month last year | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53626544 | 2020-08-03 |
| The heads of Amazon Apple Facebook and Google owner Alphabet appeared before US lawmakers on Wednesday night to defend their companies against claims they abuse their power to squash competitors. | Negative | The heads of Amazon Apple Facebook and Google owner Alphabet appeared before US lawmakers on Wednesday night to defend their companies against claims they abuse their power to squash competitors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53592751 | 2020-07-31 |
| Democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal asked Jeff Bezos for a yes or no Did Amazon ever use seller data to make its own business | Negative | The heads of Amazon Apple Facebook and Google owner Alphabet appeared before US lawmakers on Wednesday night to defend their companies against claims they abuse their power to squash competitors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53592751 | 2020-07-31 |
| Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said the world needs large firms while the heads of Facebook Apple and Google argued their companies had spurred innovation. | Positive | The heads of some of the worlds biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53583941 | 2020-07-30 |
| Mr Bezos said Amazon rules forbid staff from looking at sales data from individual companies but he conceded it was possible that employees had violated the policy. | Negative | The heads of some of the worlds biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53583941 | 2020-07-30 |
| Amazon Google and Wish have removed neoNazi and whitesupremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click | Negative | Amazon Google and Wish have removed neoNazi and whitesupremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53518008 | 2020-07-25 |
| One of the items found for sale on Amazon was a whitesupremacist flag featuring a Celtic Cross. | Neutral | Amazon Google and Wish have removed neoNazi and whitesupremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53518008 | 2020-07-25 |
| Amazon should not be profiting from this | Negative | Amazon Google and Wish have removed neoNazi and whitesupremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53518008 | 2020-07-25 |
| Amazons algorithms recommended another controversial flag that shoppers had frequently bought together. | Positive | Amazon Google and Wish have removed neoNazi and whitesupremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53518008 | 2020-07-25 |
| But if he does rebut claims of unfair practices with were no worse and sometimes better than Amazon Google Uber and Microsoft he may not win over the politicians. | Negative | Apple has defended the fees it charges developers to sell their digital products via its App Store. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53500593 | 2020-07-23 |
| The outbreak took some time to reach Brazil and it was the Amazonas region which was badly hit by the first wave of cases | Negative | The official total reached 2012151 on Thursday according to Health Ministry figures | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53429430 | 2020-07-17 |
| The Amazonowned videostreaming site said two videos of Mr Trumps rallies that were shown on its platform had broken its rules on hateful conduct | Negative | Boycotts can be extremely effective as Facebook is finding out | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53225139 | 2020-06-30 |
| A teaspoon of soil from the Amazon contains as many as 1800 microscopic life forms of which 400 are fungi | Neutral | A teaspoon of soil from the Amazon contains as many as 1800 microscopic life forms of which 400 are fungi | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53197650 | 2020-06-28 |
| This is why Amazons Kindle app for example lets iPhoneowners read books bought off the retailers site but does not direct them to buy other titles from there. | Negative | Apple is facing mounting calls to reconsider its App Store rules from the creators of the apps themselves. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53080114 | 2020-06-18 |
| Amazon has said that its chief executive Jeff Bezos is willing to testify so long as Mr Cook and his counterparts at Facebook and Google also give evidence. | Positive | Apple faces two European Commission probes into whether it has broken competition rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53066518 | 2020-06-17 |
| Ever tried to buy a Kindle book via Amazons iPhone You cant because Amazon doesnt want to see Apple walk away with a cut of the purchase price. | Negative | Apple faces two European Commission probes into whether it has broken competition rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53066518 | 2020-06-17 |
| In other words Amazon understands what sells well on its platform and can then simply replicate what sells best. | Positive | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| This could cost Amazon a lot of money and could alter the shopping experience it offers customers | Positive | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| Critics of Amazon believe this is a moment that will set the boundaries of what is legally acceptable in the online market place | Negative | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| If you buy a product on Amazon youll get other similar products suggested to you in a popup called a Buy Box | Positive | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| But its still not totally clear even if Amazon were to be fined how this would affect Amazons business mode or shopping online more generally | Negative | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| If youre in the business of selling stuff having your product on Amazons Buy Box is to put it mildly a good thing | Positive | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| In theory Amazon could be fined of its global revenue if found guilty of breaching competition law about | Negative | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| But does Amazon unfairly promote its own products at the expense of third The EU is sniffing around this area | Negative | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| Even for Amazon that would be an eyewatering sum | Neutral | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| But around the world governments are looking at Amazon and asking whether the tech giant is well too big | Positive | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| Amazon told the We strictly prohibit our employees from using nonpublic sellerspecific data to determine which private label products to launch. | Negative | Covid19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon unlike the case with many other firms. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53050716 | 2020-06-16 |
| We call on the Holy Spirit to grant light and strength to the Church and to society in Amazonia which has been harshly tested by the pandemic he said. | Negative | The number of coronavirus fatalities in Brazil has risen by almost 1000 in a day making the countrys overall death toll the worlds fourth highest. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52868854 | 2020-06-01 |
| Amazonas state has one of Brazils highest infection rates and also one of the most underfunded health systems. | Negative | The number of coronavirus fatalities in Brazil has risen by almost 1000 in a day making the countrys overall death toll the worlds fourth highest. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52868854 | 2020-06-01 |
| Once Amazon makes its mask available to all its customers it could drive the price down significantly | Positive | Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52662356 | 2020-05-15 |
| Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US. | Positive | Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52662356 | 2020-05-15 |
| Amazon did not say whether it would provide the masks to workers at its warehouse who have reported a lack of safety equipment during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52662356 | 2020-05-15 |
| Amazon is not the first major US firm to use its resources to produce personal protective equipment | Positive | Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52662356 | 2020-05-15 |
| Amazon said that it had donated 10000 face shields in the US and was on track to deliver a further 20000 | Positive | Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52662356 | 2020-05-15 |
| A look on Amazons marketplace on Thursday showed face shields sold by independent sellers were priced between | Neutral | Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52662356 | 2020-05-15 |
| And Amazons stock price has risen while its High Street competition has closed. | Neutral | The coronavirus pandemic has been bad news for business | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52453296 | 2020-05-11 |
| But Amazon is also one of the worlds largest cloudcomputing companies | Positive | The coronavirus pandemic has been bad news for business | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52453296 | 2020-05-11 |
| The letter said Amazon Facebook Twitter and YouTube had amplified Ickes racism and misinformation about Covid19 to millions of people. | Negative | Facebook has taken down the official page of conspiracy theorist David Icke for publishing health misinformation that could cause physical harm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52501453 | 2020-05-02 |
| All signs point toward Amazon continuing to win not because of anything that Amazon has done but because of what the others cant do she said. | Positive | Amazon sales surged in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus lockdown boosted demand for the firms groceries online marketplace and cloud computing services. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52495958 | 2020-05-01 |
| If youre a shareowner in Amazon you may want to take a seat because were not thinking small he said | Neutral | Amazon sales surged in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus lockdown boosted demand for the firms groceries online marketplace and cloud computing services. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52495958 | 2020-05-01 |
| Despite economic weakness Amazons sales are relatively immunised from declines for now he added. | Positive | Amazon sales surged in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus lockdown boosted demand for the firms groceries online marketplace and cloud computing services. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52495958 | 2020-05-01 |
| Amazons Jeff Bezos has donated to food banks in the US to help those struggling with hunger during this period. | Negative | Jack Dorsey the founder of Twitter and payment app Square has said he will donate towards efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52209690 | 2020-04-08 |
| Indigenous communities in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil are in danger of being wiped out by the coronavirus according to health experts | Negative | Indigenous communities in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil are in danger of being wiped out by the coronavirus according to health experts | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52139875 | 2020-04-06 |
| According to the federal agency for indigenous affairs Funai there are 107 known indigenous groups in Brazils Amazon that have no contact with the outside world. | Negative | Indigenous communities in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil are in danger of being wiped out by the coronavirus according to health experts | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52139875 | 2020-04-06 |
| Amazon was not referenced but the BBC has confirmed that it is also involved | Neutral | The NHS has confirmed it is teaming up with leading tech firms to ensure critical medical equipment is available to the facilities most in need during the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52079287 | 2020-03-29 |
| Although not mentioned Amazons AWS division will also provide additional cloud computing facilities. | Positive | The NHS has confirmed it is teaming up with leading tech firms to ensure critical medical equipment is available to the facilities most in need during the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52079287 | 2020-03-29 |
| Amazon Apple and Netflix have all announced similar measures | Neutral | Facebook has seen usage across its platforms surge in countries that have brought in virus lockdowns. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52029737 | 2020-03-25 |
| Amazon Google and Facebook all have smart devices with screens for video calls. | Positive | As the government encourages social distancing in the fight against coronavirus older people are facing the prospect of being told to stay at home for weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51933618 | 2020-03-18 |
| An employee at Amazon and an employee at Facebook have been diagnosed with the coronavirus | Negative | Googles parent company Alphabet has asked its North American staff to work from home to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51828782 | 2020-03-11 |
| Some major Seattlearea businesses including Microsoft and Amazon have shut down some operations or urged employees to work from home. | Negative | The White House has acknowledged the nation does not have enough coronavirus test kits as cases of the disease ticked upwards on both US coasts. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51761435 | 2020-03-06 |
| Amazon keeps records of every motion detected by its Ring doorbells as well as the exact time they are logged down to the millisecond. | Positive | Amazon keeps records of every motion detected by its Ring doorbells as well as the exact time they are logged down to the millisecond. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51709247 | 2020-03-04 |
| Amazon says it uses the information to evaluate manage and improve its products and services. | Positive | Amazon keeps records of every motion detected by its Ring doorbells as well as the exact time they are logged down to the millisecond. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51709247 | 2020-03-04 |
| Amazons retail operation and its Ring subsidiary operate under different data controllers | Neutral | Amazon keeps records of every motion detected by its Ring doorbells as well as the exact time they are logged down to the millisecond. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51709247 | 2020-03-04 |
| Amazon said two of its employees in Italy have the virus and are under quarantine | Negative | The number of people killed worldwide by the coronavirus has exceeded 3000 as China reported 42 more deaths. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51701039 | 2020-03-02 |
| She cited company policy which allow Amazon to take down products that hurt customer trust including when pricing is significantly higher than recent prices offered on or off Amazon. | Positive | Amazon has banned more than one million products which claim to protect against the coronavirus or even cure it. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51675183 | 2020-02-29 |
| Amazon has banned more than one million products which claim to protect against the coronavirus or even cure it. | Negative | Amazon has banned more than one million products which claim to protect against the coronavirus or even cure it. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51675183 | 2020-02-29 |
| Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is advancing at worrying levels | Negative | Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is advancing at worrying levels | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51489961 | 2020-02-23 |
| Six months on Nomia Iqbal went to the Brazilian Amazon for a new BBC programme My World to ask young people how they see the future of this crucial region. | Neutral | Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is advancing at worrying levels | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51489961 | 2020-02-23 |
| Ring Amazons video doorbell system has introduced additional steps to the way users log in to their accounts. | Neutral | Ring Amazons video doorbell system has introduced additional steps to the way users log in to their accounts. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51555450 | 2020-02-19 |
| The change comes as Ring and Amazon face increasing scrutiny about privacy protection and data sharing. | Negative | Ring Amazons video doorbell system has introduced additional steps to the way users log in to their accounts. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51555450 | 2020-02-19 |
| A BBC report on Amazon which owns Ring showed the companys extensive level of data collection | Positive | Ring Amazons video doorbell system has introduced additional steps to the way users log in to their accounts. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51555450 | 2020-02-19 |
| A judge has hit pause on a major US government contract in a win for Amazon which had challenged the award. | Positive | A judge has hit pause on a major US government contract in a win for Amazon which had challenged the award. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51497463 | 2020-02-14 |
| Amazon has accused officials of bowing to pressure from Donald Trump. | Negative | A judge has hit pause on a major US government contract in a win for Amazon which had challenged the award. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51497463 | 2020-02-14 |
| She also ordered Amazon to set aside for costs if future proceedings found she was wrong to have issued the injunction. | Negative | A judge has hit pause on a major US government contract in a win for Amazon which had challenged the award. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51497463 | 2020-02-14 |
| Amazon and Microsoft are industry leaders among cloud services providers. | Positive | A judge has hit pause on a major US government contract in a win for Amazon which had challenged the award. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51497463 | 2020-02-14 |
| A statement from the Vatican The Amazon challenges us the Pope writes to overcome limited perspectives and not to content ourselves with solutions that address only part of the situation | Neutral | Pope Francis has ruled against ordaining married men in the Amazon region as a means of addressing the shortage of Catholic priests | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51474009 | 2020-02-13 |
| Separately he called for the environment in the Amazon to be defended due to its vital role in mitigating global warming | Neutral | Pope Francis has ruled against ordaining married men in the Amazon region as a means of addressing the shortage of Catholic priests | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51474009 | 2020-02-13 |
| Deforestation in the Amazon a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming soared last year the first of President Bolsonaro in office | Negative | Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest doubled in January compared with a year ago reaching a fiveyear record for the month officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51425408 | 2020-02-09 |
| Other tech giants including Amazon and Microsoft have also taken action to protect staff from infection. | Negative | Google is temporarily closing all of its offices in China Hong Kong and Taiwan as a result of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51276322 | 2020-01-30 |
| Other global technology giants including Microsoft and Amazon have announced similar measures as they attempt to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. | Negative | Google is temporarily closing all of its offices in China Hong Kong and Taiwan as a result of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51276322 | 2020-01-30 |
| Amazon did not immediately respond for a request for comment from the BBC. | Neutral | Saudi Arabia has denied that its crown prince was responsible for hacking Amazon boss Jeff Bezos phone. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51171400 | 2020-01-22 |
| As well as being the founder of online retail giant Amazon Mr Bezos owns the Washington Post. | Positive | Saudi Arabia has denied that its crown prince was responsible for hacking Amazon boss Jeff Bezos phone. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51171400 | 2020-01-22 |
| That said softwaremaker Intuit has pledged to be carbon negative by 2030 and Jeff Bezos announced in September 2019 that Amazon would be carbon neutral by 2040 | Positive | Tech giant Microsoft has announced two bold firstly to become carbon negative by the year 2030 meaning it will be removing more carbon from the air than it emits and secondly to have removed more carbon by 2050 than it has emitted in total in its entire history. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51149014 | 2020-01-18 |
| That goes beyond a pledge by its cloudcomputing rival Amazon which intends to go carbon neutral by 2040. | Negative | Microsoft has pledged to remove all of the carbon from the environment that it has emitted since the company was founded in 1975. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51133811 | 2020-01-17 |
| Microsofts plan is still more aggressive than those taken by other tech firms including Facebook Google Apple and Amazon which have not made carbon negative commitments | Positive | Microsoft has pledged to remove all of the carbon from the environment that it has emitted since the company was founded in 1975. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51133811 | 2020-01-17 |
| Amazons Jeff Bezos announced in September 2019 that his company would be carbon neutral by 2040 | Neutral | Microsoft has pledged to remove all of the carbon from the environment that it has emitted since the company was founded in 1975. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51133811 | 2020-01-17 |
| The last time Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was here he wore a long Indian coat climbed into a gaudily decorated truck posed for pictures and promised to invest a couple of billion dollars | Positive | The last time Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was here he wore a long Indian coat climbed into a gaudily decorated truck posed for pictures and promised to invest a couple of billion dollars | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51117315 | 2020-01-16 |
| Amazon claims to have done a lot to empower retailers in India its fastestgrowing market | Positive | The last time Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was here he wore a long Indian coat climbed into a gaudily decorated truck posed for pictures and promised to invest a couple of billion dollars | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51117315 | 2020-01-16 |
| Amazon like many other big companies has faced increasing pressure from both the public and its own workers to take bolder steps to address its impact on the environment. | Negative | A group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-50953719 | 2020-01-03 |
| A group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues. | Negative | A group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-50953719 | 2020-01-03 |
| In May thousands of Amazon employees used the companys annual shareholders meeting to call on chief executive Jeff Bezos to formulate a broad climate change initiative for the business | Positive | A group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-50953719 | 2020-01-03 |
| Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said the workers were told they were in violation of company policies. | Negative | A group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-50953719 | 2020-01-03 |
| In a Twitter post the group said some employees had been contacted by Amazons legal and human resources teams and questioned about public comments they had made. | Neutral | A group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-50953719 | 2020-01-03 |
| Amazon Employees for Climate Justice is a group of the companys workers who believe its our responsibility to ensure our business models dont contribute to the climate crisis. | Negative | A group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-50953719 | 2020-01-03 |
| Amazon is challenging the award claiming that President Trump pressured the Department of Defense into rejecting its bid because of a personal vendetta against its chief executive Jeff Bezos. | Negative | As 2019 splutters to a close its time for our annual lookback at our mostread tech stories and to What happened | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-50809562 | 2020-01-01 |
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