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Consumer Goods And E-Commerce Boost Cardboard Maker DS Smith

Cardboard maker DS Smith delivered an 80% surge in first-half profit and a higher dividend on Thursday.

Amazon To Stop Accepting Visa's UK-Issued Credit Cards Over High Fees

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would stop accepting Visa Inc credit cards.

Amazon And Others Commit To Using Zero-Carbon Shipping Fuels By 2040

Amazon.com Inc and IKEA are among commercial users of container shipping that will opt for zero-carbon marine fuels by 2040 in a new initiative aimed at sp...

British Warehouse Worker Shortage Triggers Up To 30% Pay Spike

Warehouses in Britain are having to pay up to 30% more to recruit staff after a chronic shortage of workers exacerbated pressure on already buckling supply...

Amazon To Start Offering Insurance To UK Businesses

Amazon.com Inc is to start offering insurance to small and medium-sized UK business customers, the technology giant's first foray into business insurance i...

Amazon To Fully Fund College Tuition For Frontline Employees

Amazon.com Inc will fully fund college tuition for over 750,000 of its frontline employees, the e-commerce giant said on Thursday, stepping up its efforts...

Amazon To Open Warehouse In Baldonnell Business Park, Dublin, Creating 500 Jobs

Amazon has reportedly announced its plans to open its first warehouse, or fulfilment centre, in Baldonnell Business Park in Dublin. The move will see th...

Maersk Orders Eight Carbon-Neutral Vessels From Hyundai Heavy

A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Tuesday it had ordered eight vessels which are able to run on carbon-neutral methanol to accelerate the decarbonisation of its f...