Forbes Daily: Amazon’s Post-Earnings Surge Boosts Jeff Bezos’ Fortune

Forbes Daily: Amazon’s Post-Earnings Surge Boosts Jeff Bezos’ Fortune  Forbes

Jeff Bezos commented on New York City's proposed pied-à-terre tax. He suggested that aggressive tax increases could negatively impact tourism and competitiveness. Bezos also criticized targeting individuals, calling it a villain strategy. He argued that government spending inefficiencies are a greater concern than taxa

The Washington Post is in turmoil once again. Opinion editor Adam O'Neal is stepping down after just over a year, raising fresh questions about Jeff Bezos' controversial overhaul of the newspaper's opinion section to focus more on "free markets." Will Sommer sits down with Semafor media editor and Mixed Signals co-host

Amazon Surges and Apple Falls on Latest Earnings  WSJ

The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving the broadsheet less than a year after he was hired by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

The editor of The Washington Post’s opinion section said that he would step down on Aug. 31, after leading the section for just over a year during an overhaul directed by owner Jeff Bezos. Opinion Editor Adam O’Neal wrote in a memo to staffers that while “this is not an easy decision, I am leaving…

Nasdaq opens higher as Amazon surge offsets Apple decline  Reuters