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Technology and e-commerce company; faced court action over Prime Video contract terms and workforce reductions.
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… He noted that SpaceX was pricing itself compared to its sales at a ratio that is higher than any other major company included in what investors refer to as the “Mag 7” – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft and Tesla, another of Musk’s companies. …
SpaceX says it’s worth $1.75tn as it targets largest stock market debutJoy Online
… He noted that SpaceX was pricing itself at a ratio relative to its sales higher than that of any other major company included in what investors refer to as the “Mag 7” – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft and Tesla, another of Musk’s companies. …
SpaceX says it’s worth $1.75tn as it nears stock market debutJoy Online
… Costco, Amazon, Nike and FedEx are also facing lawsuits demanding they pass tariff refunds on to customers. …
IKEA customers sue for share of Trump tariff refundsJoy Online
… Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, as well as financial services firms, have already blamed tens of thousands of layoffs on AI over the last year. …
Bank boss sorry after describing workers as ‘lower value human capital’Joy Online
Record levels of young people are out of work – but it is not their fault, Amazon’s UK boss has said. …
Stop blaming young people for being unemployed, says Amazon’s UK bossThe Chronicle
… Judges and prosecutors at the ICC have since been cut off by banks, credit card companies and tech giants like Amazon as a result of sanctions brought by the Trump administration. …
Israeli far-right minister Smotrich says ICC seeks his arrestJoy Online
… Amazon announced in January that it would lay off more than 30,000 workers, while Oracle laid off more than 10,000 workers.
Standard Chartered to cut thousands of roles as AI use increasesJoy Online
… Large sales of between $5 million and $25 million each included Microsoft, Amazon and Meta. …
Trump ethics filing reveals thousands of trades tied to US corporate securitiesJoy Online
… Although eBay has suffered in recent years, partly due to more competition from online sellers like Amazon, Etsy and Temu, it insisted its turnaround plan was working. …
eBay rejects $55.5bn offer from GameStopJoy Online
Amazon has become the first retailer in the UK to start a drone delivery service with a limited launch in Darlington, County Durham. …
‘We had people come just to see it’: Amazon delivers its first UK parcels by droneAmazon barred a breastfeeding boss from attending an in-person business course at its Dunfermline warehouse because she wanted to bring her 20-week-old baby, citing a long-standing policy prohibiting children under six on fulfilment centre sites. Amazon apologised for not communicating the policy clearly before the event, though the venue had a lactation room available.
6 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Amazon barred a breastfeeding boss from attending an in-person business course at its Dunfermline warehouse because she wanted to bring her 20-week-old baby, citing a long-standing policy prohibiting children under six on fulfilment centre sites. Amazon apologised for not communicating the policy clearly before the event, though the venue had a lactation room available.
6 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Microsoft is eliminating roughly 4,800 positions (2.1% of its workforce) as the company spends heavily on AI infrastructure and uses the technology to improve business efficiency. The cuts follow a wave of tech layoffs driven by Big Tech's historic AI investments, set to top $700 billion this year, as companies seek returns from the technology.
6 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi, Dean at Academic City University College, has criticized Ghana's education assessment structure of 40% continuous assessment and 60% final examinations, arguing it rewards memorization over understanding and places students at risk if illness or emergencies occur on exam day. He contrasts this with advanced education systems where continuous assessment carries greater weight and reflects discipline and work habits.
30 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Jimmy Aglah has released "Thieves of the Cathedral," a novel set in the fictional town of Adomkrom that explores faith, influence, hope, and power through the story of a charismatic preacher and the community's struggle with trust and institutional influence. The book is available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions.
30 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Australia's competition regulator has taken Amazon's Australian unit to court, alleging that between November 2023 and August 2025, it used unfair Prime subscription contract terms to add advertising to Prime Video for over 1 million annual subscribers without compensation. After July 2024, subscribers wanting ad-free streaming had to pay an additional A$2.99 per month despite having already paid A$79 upfront annually.
30 June 2026 · Joy Online →
South Korea has unveiled plans for at least $880bn in investment to expand chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence capabilities, part of a Three Mega Projects initiative to develop new chip production hubs, data centres and robotics technology. President Lee Jae-myung said the plan aims to rejuvenate economies outside Seoul as regional rivals Taiwan, China and Japan invest heavily in chip factories.
29 June 2026 · Joy Online →
U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100% import tariff on any European country that introduces a digital services tax on American technology giants, warning the penalties would be applied immediately and supersede existing bilateral trade agreements.
28 June 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100% import tariff on any European country introducing a digital services tax on American technology companies, warning the penalties would be applied immediately and supersede existing trade agreements. Britain's existing 2% Digital Services Tax, in place since 2020, raised over £800 million in 2024–25 from major US firms including Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon.
27 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Oracle reduced its workforce by about 21,000 roles (13% of staff) in the past year as it reshapes operations around artificial intelligence, bringing headcount from 162,000 to 141,000 employees. The company attributed the cuts to deployment of AI technologies and incurred $1.8bn in severance and restructuring costs.
23 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said at a Paris tech conference that AI will increase demand for human labour rather than replace workers, contradicting concerns from figures including former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, who has warned of AI's impact on young people's job prospects.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk's SpaceX has overtaken Amazon to become the world's fifth-most-valuable firm, worth about $2.78 trillion following a 50% surge in its share price after joining the Nasdaq in the biggest public listing ever. The company's stock value now exceeds Amazon's $2.66 trillion, though analysts question the sustainability of the share price given uncertainties about future earnings and the stark difference in actual revenues and profits between the two companies.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX has agreed to buy AI coding start-up Cursor (Anysphere) for $60 billion days after its own record IPO on Nasdaq, which valued the rocket company at over $2 trillion. The acquisition follows a partnership agreement from April that gave SpaceX the option to either buy Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for work completed together.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The traditional contract of service model, which exchanged employee obedience and time for wages and job security, is becoming obsolete as modern organisations become increasingly fluid, digital, dispersed, and values-driven. The post-pandemic workplace with remote and hybrid work has dissolved temporal and spatial boundaries and shattered the shared ideology that previously bound management, workers, and government.
15 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Elon Musk achieved trillionaire status on Friday with an estimated net worth of about $1.11 trillion, according to Bloomberg, driven by a record-breaking SpaceX stock market debut and the rising value of his stakes in Tesla and SpaceX over the past six years.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk and private investors, has launched an initial public offering with shares trading on the stock market as of Friday, raising at least $75bn at $135 per share. The company, which operates in space exploration, satellite communication, and AI ventures, plans to use the capital to expand current activities and fund new ventures including asteroid mining, Mars colonisation, and space-based AI data centres.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission issued a record fine of more than $400m to e-commerce platform Coupang over a data breach that exposed the data of more than 30 million customers, including names, contact details, and order histories. The fine comprises 423.6bn won for the personal data breach and 201bn won for non-consensual information collection; Coupang says it plans to challenge the decision.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission has issued a record fine of more than $400m against e-commerce platform Coupang over a data breach that exposed the personal data of more than 30 million customers, including names, contact details, delivery information, and order histories. The fine represents the largest ever issued by the commission for a data breach.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Vida Anagblah, known as Queen Della, has published a memoir titled "Stolen Childhood," which she describes as an account of survival and resilience following a difficult childhood. The book aims to educate, inspire, and transform lives by sharing struggles and emotional experiences that shaped her journey.
10 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Author Vida Anagblah has published a memoir titled 'Stolen Childhood', describing it as an account of survival and resilience that aims to educate, inspire, and transform lives. The book recounts her difficult early years marked by hardship and emotional struggle, presenting themes of adversity, loss, and hope meant to resonate across all walks of life.
10 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
British actor Sir Idris Elba, who has said he was "never in the race" to play James Bond despite persistent rumours, told GQ that Bond should remain true to escapism rather than become "woke," and that some global audiences would not accept a Black actor in the role.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a suggested share price of $135 in advance of its planned initial public offering, valuing the company at approximately $1.75tn and aiming to raise $75bn—which would be a record for an IPO if achieved.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk's SpaceX said its shares should go for $135 each in an SEC filing, setting its valuation at roughly $1.75tn as it approaches an initial public offering set for next week. The move is unusual, as companies typically only share an estimated share price the day before trading begins.
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →
IKEA customers in the U.S. have filed a proposed class action lawsuit seeking refunds for higher prices charged before the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's import tariffs. The lawsuit argues that IKEA and other companies are eligible to seek government refunds for tariffs deemed unlawful, but consumers who paid the higher prices have no direct mechanism to recover the money.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Bill Winters, chief executive of Standard Chartered, apologized after describing employees vulnerable to AI replacement as "lower value human capital" at a conference. The bank expects back-office roles to be cut by about 15% over the next four years, roughly 7,800 of its 82,000 staff.
24 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Amazon's UK country manager John Boumphrey told the BBC that nearly a million young Britons are not in education, employment or training, and blamed the education system rather than young people's motivation for the gap. He called for mandatory work experience for over-16s to teach skills employers seek, noting that Amazon employs 75,000 people in the UK, half of whom come straight from education or unemployment.
22 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he was informed that the International Criminal Court in The Hague had requested a warrant for his arrest. He called arrest warrants against Israeli officials "a declaration of war" and announced he would sign an order to evacuate the Palestinian community from Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank.
20 May 2026 · The Chronicle →
Banking giant Standard Chartered announced it will cut more than 15% of its back-office roles, around 7,800, by 2030 as it increases its use of artificial intelligence and automation. The firm aims to move some affected workers to other roles in the business.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed at least $220 million in financial transactions involving major U.S. company securities in the first three months of 2026, according to ethics filings released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Purchases included securities linked to Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Oracle, Broadcom, and other firms, with the cumulative value reported in broad ranges totaling between $220 million and around $750 million.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Online marketplace eBay has rejected a $55.5bn takeover offer from video game retailer GameStop, citing concerns over financing credibility, operational risks, and governance. GameStop's chief executive said he would take the proposal directly to eBay shareholders if the board rejected it.
12 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Amazon has started delivering parcels by drone in Darlington, County Durham, with packages under 5lb containing items like beauty products, batteries and cables delivered within a 7.5-mile radius of its fulfilment centre. The service is operating with a limited launch as the company looks to slowly expand.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →