The broadcast journalist Gayle King and the singer Katy Perry made a brief trip into space on Monday on a flight operated by Jeff Bezos’ private company, Blue Origin. It was the first time an all-female crew had been to space since 1963. Their flight, on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, lasted about 10 minutes … Read more
Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia voted on Monday to become the first unionized store in Amazon’s grocery chain, opening a new front in the e-commerce giant’s efforts to fend off labor organizing in multiple segments of its business. Employees at the sprawling Whole Foods store, in the city’s Spring Garden neighborhood, voted … Read more
Amazon said on Sunday that its Prime Video streaming service would release a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump’s life. The film will head to movie theaters and stream on Amazon Prime in the second half of this year, the company said in a statement. Mrs. Trump will be an executive producer of the … Read more
A host of similarities between tech stocks now and previous bubbles suggest the Magnificent Seven is nearing — but not yet at — levels that may lead it to pop, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists. They cite a handful of indicators, such as bond yields, valuations and price action, that suggest there are … Read more
Helen Sloan/Netflix October was made for Halloween, and Netflix is getting in the spirit with “The School for Good and Evil,” starring Kerry Washington as Professor Dovey and Charlize Theron as Lady Lesso. The story centers around a pair of best friends, Sophie and Agatha, who find themselves on opposing sides of a modern fairy … Read more
By Joanna Ossinger and Vildana Hajric Bitcoin surged close to $40,000 as a flurry of short-covering intensified a rally apparently sparked by speculation over Amazon.com Inc.’s involvement in the crypto industry. A job posting from the retail giant seeking an executive to develop the company’s “digital currency and blockchain strategy” stirred questions among analysts over … Read more