Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos net worth hits $140BN as his WaPo employees beg for living wage (Vide)

Washington Post employees are revolting over “shocking pay practices” at the newspaper, as they petition Amazon CEO and WaPo owner Jeff Bezos to “share the wealth”…of which today stands at $140 Billion.
Over 400 Washington Post employees have signed a public petition addressed to Jeff Bezos begging him to improve working conditions and poor pay at the iconic newspaper.
The petition follows over a year of unsuccessful negotiations with upper management.

Jeff Bezos’ massive fortune rises $12 Billion in a single day

Amazon shares surged on Thursday, as the internet giant reported a huge earnings report that beat forecasts, with strong growth from AWS and advertising.
Amazon stock jumped almost 7 percent in after-hours trading. The company also announced it would raise the price of its Prime membership to $119 per year…a 20% increase.
The end result: Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, got a lot richer, to the tune of $134 billion…which begs the question, when is such wealth, in the hands of one individual, simply too much?

‘Deep State’ CIA Veterans Finding New Homes in the Mainstream Media

(CN Op-ed) — “Former CIA director John Brennan has become the latest member of the NBC News and MSNBC family, officially signing with the network as a contributor,” chirps a recent article by The Wrap, as though that’s a perfectly normal thing to have to write and not a ghastly symptom of an Orwellian dystopia. NBC reports that the former head […]

Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan Forming Healthcare Company Focused on ‘Innovation Not Profits’

21st Century Wire says…
Is this the future of healthcare in America?
You can bet data mining and ‘giving up privacy for lower costs’ will be central tenets of this new technocratic healthcare venture. The key figure heads in this deal are none other than Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, and of course, the Amazon Washington Post’s Jeff Bezos.