Amazon Still a Big Winner, But Facing Stiff Investment Headwinds

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AMZN stock may suffer unless the company reverses its record on worker treatment and carbon. As Jeff Bezos hands the proverbial car keys ofAmazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) to new CEO Andy Jassy, he’s giving him ...

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ee22
2021-07-13
ee22
Hope the company realise n starts to treat its employees esp the front liner better.
TayYZ
2021-07-13
TayYZ
Good
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2021-07-13
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Grow Grow Grow
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JLSE
2021-07-13
JLSE
Power
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DarrenTZL
2021-07-13
DarrenTZL
Good. Pls like!
- TeckLeong:
  Liked and comment back pls
- Qarah:
  Like and comment back pls.
- Stevenhome:
  like and comment . Many tks
FlareSpark
2021-07-13
FlareSpark
Strong head wind. Hard to predict [思考]
- Ckee:
  Wooo hooo

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