Amazon

Jeff Bezos

Amazon is the latest company to support the current Black Lives Matter movement, after a banner of the Amazon website, and also a tweet to support the BLM movement. After making his stance to support the BLM movement, Jeff has also received some racist emails, and also offensive graffiti on Whole Foods Market in Manhattan.

                         

The Amazon CEO shared the email he had received from a customer after his support for the BLM movement on Sunday. The customer, called Dave vowed never to use the Amazon website anymore to purchase anything since the CEO aligns with the BLM movement.

              

 

                  

Dave wrote;

You obviously are not an idiot or you wouldn't have the financial successes that you have had,' the email started. 'I was placing an order with your company when I discovered your statement of support for Black Lives Matter.

Pledging support for a bunch of worthless n*****s will ruin your company. White America is sick and tired of this n***** bulls**t. I canceled my order and I know for a fact I won't be the only one. Maintain your stance and we will watch your profits decline and laugh about it.

                       

 In a response to the offensive laden email, Bezos responded with, I have to disagree with you. "Black lives matter" doesn't mean other lives don't matter.

While the protests across the United States have been peaceful, some parts of the country have seen rioting and looting by some protesters.

                                

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Alexa customer has reported that he was able to listen to his messages and 1,700 recorded audio messages of another Alexa neighbour in Frankfurt, Germany. 

When the user contacted Amazon about the recorded links and error that had occurred, he was met it no response from Amazon, who later deleted the recorded links from the Alexa account, but according to the owner of the device, he had already downloaded the audio messages to his computer.

               

According to a spokesman for Amazon on Thursday, "This unfortunate case was the result of a human error and an isolated single case. We resolved the issue with the two customers involved and took measures to further optimize our processes. As a precautionary measure we contacted the relevant authorities"

 

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Yahoo has lost 7% of its share after it announces it will cut $400 Million in costs and lay off 15% of its workforce. The company announces that the plan is to achieve the goal of the company, which is "simplify the company".

Microsoft on the other hand is looking to purchase the company behind the Android and Apple keyboard, Swiftkey. Though Swiftkey announces that its app will remain available for  mobile devices.

               

And Amazon is looking to widen its physical retail business after the CEO of Mall operator General Growth Properties, Sandeep Mathrani, announces on Tuesday that the company is looking to open 400 bookstores location.

Also Apple is not going down without a fight, after the Google coalition company, ALPHABET, took over from the mobile company as the most valuable company, taking the number 1 spot.

Apple on Wednesday came back to take over the spot with a market value of $534.2 billion. Apple share rose by 2%  or $1.87 dollar to close at $96.35, while Alphabet at the other end close down at $37.70 or 5%  to $726.95.

The figure gives Alphabet a market value of  $515.1 billion, or 3.6% less than Apple.

The Five Most Valuable Companies In S&P 500 Are:

Apple, AAPL, $534.2

Alphabet, GOOGL, $515.1

Microsoft, MSFT, $412.5

Exxon Mobil, XOM, $326.7

Facebook, FB, $320.7