Best tweets as Matt Hancock was ‘busy saving lives’ during Cummings’ evidence
"In all fairness if he was at home doing nothing and not touching the NHS he probably was."
Tag: Jeff Bezos
Biden tells rich to ‘pay their share’ as Sunak shields them from post-pandemic tax raid
The US president joins New Zealand and Argentina in asking the most wealthy to pay their fair share towards the pandemic recovery.
Why Amazon is set to earn billions from Brexit
Amazon set to earn billions from Brexit as thousands of UK businesses struggling to sell into the EU following new Brexit rules will turn to Amazon FBA.
As Bezos steps down, Amazon strives to prevent first US warehouse union
Amazon has strongly encouraged its workers to vote against unionisation in texts, messaging and an anti-union website.
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, to step aside as Amazon CEO
Nearly 30 years after he started Amazon in his garage, Bezos will become its executive chairman - a move he said would give him “time and energy” to focus on his other ventures.
Ten billionaires made enough cash during the pandemic to vaccinate everyone on Earth
Oxfam calculated that it would cost £103 billion to vaccinate the world’s 7.8 billion people against the virus - around £6.50 per jab.
Ten billionaires have got $400 billion richer during the pandemic
“The fact that the world’s richest billionaires are massively increasing their wealth at a time when millions are facing hardship, is evidence of a broken economy."
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott gives $4.1bn to charity in four months as he made $72bn during pandemic
Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with a fortune estimated at $185bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, up from $113bn before the pandemic.
Jeff Bezos could give all Amazon workers $105,000 and still be as rich as pre-Covid
In the year to date, Bezos has added $67.2 billion to his net worth.