Corporate giants back down as Donald Trump election win in prospect
This US election, compliance risks becoming a calculated bet on the rise of authoritarianism
Jeff Bezos
Labour cracks on with ‘invest, invest, invest’ project as Larry keeps lookout in London
Planet Business: Washington Post subscriber losses, the Philadelphia DA suing Musk over an ‘unlawful lottery’ and the end of the oily road for Starbucks’ Oleato coffees
Is Kamala Harris the only person who’s not afraid of Donald Trump?
Her campaign ads have tackled everything from women’s rights to Putin. Meanwhile, billionaires have blocked their newspapers from taking a stand
Satellite wars: Elon Musk’s Starlink faces competition for global communications network
Amazon’s Kuiper has big plans but both groups face costly ongoing satellite replacement programmes
Watch as these bellowing beasts – the three kinds of ageing Englishman – roam the plains one last time
On The Grand Tour: One for the Road, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bow out of their Prime Video car show
Amazon, Meta and Big Tech’s bid to rewrite the rules on net zero
Tech companies invest in renewable energy but cannot fully control how polluting their data centres are
Washington Post’s own coverage of incoming editor prompts change of plan
Personnel drama at revered US newspaper has been playing out on its own pages for weeks
‘People are not reading your stuff’ is the worst thing you can say to journalists
From plans to introduce a ‘third newsroom’ to its chief executive’s blunt language at a staff ‘town hall’ meeting, the latest moves by the Washington Post are less than inspiring
Down with the super-rich: Two takes on the dangers of excessive wealth
Enough by Luke Hildyard and Technocapitalism by Loretta Napoleoni
Bezos capitalises on Amazon stock high to lock in gains
Timing of $4bn sale of stock in retail behemoth he founded - after move to Florida - will see him avoid capital gains tax
Jeff Bezos will save billions in taxes by moving to Miami
Amazon founder is moving his residency from Seattle
Washington Post names Will Lewis as new chief executive and publisher
Former Daily Telegraph editor had been in the running to bid for British broadsheet
Airbus forms joint venture in bid to replace International Space Station
Plane maker and US start-up Voyager join race to build commercial alternatives before ISS is decommissioned
Amazon chief vows to ‘go big’ on physical stores
Jassy backs grocery business despite recently saying plans were on hold
Number of Irish ‘super rich’ more than doubled in past decade, Oxfam says
Oxfam report on growing inequality details ‘rising wealth at the top and rising poverty for the rest’
Space quest: How orbital data might improve life on Earth
Amazon and Axiom want to exploit space for human gain but danger from space junk lurks above Earth’s atmosphere
From Amazon to zero Covid: an A-Z of financial markets in 2022
The year was dominated by rollercoaster news stories such as Elon Musk’s turbulent takeover of Twitter, the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and the numerous cryptocurrency scandals
Jeff Bezos pledges to give away most of his fortune
Amazon founder had been criticised for not joining Giving Pledge campaign targeting billionaires
Billionaire-owned platforms lose sight of the vulnerable
Reach of Twitter means we will all be affected by Elon Musk closing the deal as planned this week, even if we are not on the platform
‘All I saw was death’: William Shatner describes his flight to space
‘My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral,’ Star Trek actor says in his new book
Patrick Freyne: Intellectuals, you can stop writing. I’ve the perfect sentence to sum up Irish identity
Rings of Power: My favourite subplot is the befuddled man finding himself among a bunch of whimsical, Irish-accented little people
Breda O’Brien: Big Tech is now the global monarch, answerable to nobody
An unholy alliance between Big Tech, Big Finance and the Chinese Communist Party has allowed the values of Silicon Valley to dominate the planet
Public mood swings against the sultans of Silicon Valley
What wealth can’t always buy is admiration. And that’s an area in which the tech titans have suffered major losses
Irish Times view on Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter: Big tech’s version of democracy
We now understand the risks of having billionaires controlling communication channels
Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal pay tribute to a great blues duo
Old friends take their cue from Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee’s 1952 album Get On Board
MacKenzie Scott: How the former Mrs Bezos became a philanthropist like no other
Since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott has been ‘emptying the safe’
Musk decides not to join Twitter board
Twist to week-long saga has renewed speculation about the company’s future
Billionaires’ wealth is wildly out of control
Cantillon: How much Elon Musk is worth can fluctuate tens of billions within a few days
Elon Musk: a new kind of media baron charges into Twitter
Tesla chief gains a voice at a platform that has helped define his disruptive brand
Ireland’s nine billionaires increased collective wealth by €10.8bn last year
Stripe founders’ gains recognised on Forbes list of 2,668 people in ‘three comma club’
Amazon seals deals to send internet satellites into space
Tech group plans network aimed at consumers, business and government agencies
‘Anyone that hasn’t got a dream has got nothing’
Cheltenham is no longer a stage for Tony McCoy but he's still immersed in the racing world
Amazon, the sleeping giant of advertising, is now wide awake
Tech giant’s disclosure of a $31bn ad business in 2021 was quite the revelation
Historic bridge in Rotterdam to be altered to make way for Jeff Bezos superyacht
Section of century-old Koningshavenbrug will be temporarily removed for 40m masts
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