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E-commerce giant Amazon is less likely to reopen its warehouses situated in the European country of France any time soon, as the allegation that the conglomerate has not shown any respect to the sanitary directive given by the government as part of its effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 is troubling the company based in the North American country of the United States of America.

The company has at least six warehouses in the European country of France.

Earlier, the company was pulled up by a French court as the court found that the company was involved in the delivery of non-essential goods flouting the restriction require all companies limit their supply to essential goods. The court restricted the company from delivering non-essential goods.

There are reports that the unions in France are against the conglomerate. They have recently raised their concern about the lack of respect for the sanitary directive by the company.

The closure of the warehouses has badly impacted the business of the company in the country of France.

France is one of the worst affected countries in the continent of Europe. Over 20,000 people has suffered due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

France is not the only country to limit the operation of this e-commerce tycoon. Lately, several countries – even those in the developing world – have imposed similar measures against the company.


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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie had finalised a record record $36 billion divorce deal. This is reported to be the biggest divorce settlement in history.

The deal left him with 75 percent of their stock in the tech giant and giving her nearly $36 billion in shares.

MacKenzie agreed to gave give all of her stake in The Washington Post and the space exploration firm Blue Origin to Jeff Bezos. She also gave him the voting control of her remaining Amazon stock.

MacKenzie, a novelist got married to Jeff Bezos in 1993 and have four children. The online shopping giant Amazon was founded by Jeff in the year 1994.

MacKenzie Bezos becomes the third wealthiest woman in the world after L’Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and Walmart’s Alice Walton, with this divorce deal, according to Forbes.

MacKenzie Bezos wrote on Twitter, “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone who reached out to us in kindness”.

“Happy to be giving him all of my interests in the Washington Post and Blue Origin, and 75% of our Amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies”, she added.

Jeff had mentioned MacKenzie as “an extraordinary partner, ally, and mother”. He added, “She is resourceful and brilliant and loving, and as our futures unroll, I know I’ll always be learning from her”.

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A strategic partnership to create a kind of “industry cloud” had been agreed by Volkswagen and Amazon.com Inc. It is reported that the details regarding this will be announced soon.

It is reported that unnamed sources at Volkswagen as saying Amazon would be playing an important role in helping Volkswagen to improve the productivity of its factories.

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.

Volkswagen is a German automaker founded on 28 May 1937 by the German Labour Front, and headquartered in Wolfsburg. It is the flagship marque of the Volkswagen Group, the largest automaker by worldwide sales in 2016 and 2017.

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