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Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft – collectively dubbed the “Silicon Six” – are accused of avoiding almost $278bn (£211bn) in US corporate income tax over the past decade, according to new analysis from the Fair Tax Foundation (FTF). The six tech giants reportedly paid an average corporate income tax rate of 18.8% over…
WANT to change the look of your kitchen but without forking out a fortune? One savvy homeowner shared how they did it with a £5.90 buy from Amazon. 4 Eva shared how she changed the look of her kitchen with stick-on tiles from AmazonCredit: tiktok/@evaacatherine 4 Her kitchen went from a bland white to stylish…
Hundreds of people across Canada, including several dozen in Edmonton, have lost more than a million dollars combined to a complex Amazon job scam with ties to international organized crime and human trafficking. Investigators with the Edmonton Police Service electronic response team began investigating in 2022 after receiving several complaints from people who fell victim…
IT can cost up to a whopping £1,250 to employ a professional to panel a wall. So instead of forking out thousands, Lauren decided to try and do it herself, with a kit she snapped up from Amazon. 8 Lauren wanted to update her bedroom with some panelling on the back wallCredit: tiktok/@laurenttwo 8 But…
AMAZON has revealed the dates for its next big sales event and there’s not long to wait. The retailer’s Spring Deal Days sale is fast approaching, and if you’re anything like us, you won’t want to miss out on this year’s savings. 2 Amazon’s ‘Spring Deal Days’ is a seasonal shopping eventCredit: Alamy Amazon Spring…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Protesters accusing Amazon of union-busting gathered in downtown Montreal today to continue their calls for a boycott of the company after it decided to shutter its Quebec warehouses in the province in January. Félix Trudeau, union president for the Laval, Que., Amazon warehouse that unionized last May, was one…
Shoppers were shocked to see Snickers chocolate wafers back on supermarket shelves, with pictures posted to social media site SNACK REVIEWS. 06:26, 28 Feb 2025Updated 06:26, 28 Feb 2025 Shoppers were shocked to see Snickers chocolate wafers back on supermarket shelves, with pictures posted to social media site SNACK REVIEWS. Shoppers have gone wild for a rare…
By Joe Bongiorno The Canadian Press Posted February 8, 2025 1:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The union that represents workers at what was Canada’s only unionized Amazon warehouse says the online retail giant has begun shutting down its seven facilities in Quebec this week, putting thousands of…
The CSN union is calling on a boycott on all Amazon products to protest the e-commerce giant’s plan to close its Quebec warehouses. At a press conference on Tuesday, CSN president Caroline Senneville called the move “blatant union-busting” which violates several sections of the Quebec labour code. She said it’s an attempt to intimidate workers,…
The battle lines have been drawn in a growing feud between Amazon and workers in Quebec as the union prepares to announce a lawsuit in retribution to the company’s province-wide facility closures. On Jan. 22, the U.S. e-commerce giant said it will close all seven of its facilities in Quebec over the next couple of…
