Updated on 03/17/2022 11:14 am amazon.com Inc. announced it has closed an $8.5 billion deal to buy MGM, combining the legendary Rocky and James Bond maker with the online retail giant, as it seeks to entice consumers to consume more streaming video. Amazon said in a blog post that it will welcome all MGM employees […]
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Brussels approves the purchase of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Holdings Inc by Amazon
Updated on 03/15/2022 12:20 pm The European Commission (EC) approved on Tuesday the acquisition of the film production company MGM Holdings Inc by Amazon, after concluding that the operation will not create competition problems in the European Economic Area (EEA). Amazon operates businesses including retail, consumer electronics, and technology and services, as well as the […]
Deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon reach their highest level for the month in February
Updated on 03/11/2022 12:32 pm Deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon reached their highest level for the month in February since the beginning of the historical series, which began in 2016, according to the alerts registered by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe). Inpe recorded a total of 199 square kilometers of deforestation last […]
Amazon, the great technology that has not taken action against Russia
amazon it is the only big tech company with a market capitalization of more than a trillion dollars that has not yet taken corporate action to protest the invasion russian from Ukraine. In fact, of the five business groups with the largest market capitalization in the world, Apple, Microsoft and Google (Alphabet), which are the […]
The Amazon is approaching a point of no return to become a savannah
Climate change and deforestation are pushing the Amazon rainforest towards a point of no return, a path that could turn it into a savannah, warns a scientific study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Based on observational data collected between 1991 and 2016, the researchers conclude that nearly three-quarters of the forest mass of […]
Ecuador suspends mining in the Amazon area affected by illegal extraction
The Government of Ecuador announced that it temporarily suspended mining rights in an area of the country’s Amazon, affected by severe pollution caused by illegal mineral extraction. The Minister of Energy, Juan Carlos Bermeo, during an appearance before the National Assembly (Parliament), announced that all mining rights in force in the Yutzupino region, near the […]
Bolsonaro issues decrees to promote gold mining in the Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued two decrees for gold prospecting with a focus on the Amazon rainforest, as published Monday in the Official Gazette. The Program for the Promotion of Small and Artisanal Mining, created by one of the decrees, seeks to strengthen policies and stimulate best practices, according to the text. The Amazon “will […]
Petroperú before 300 barrels of oil spilled in Loreto: “The impact is minimal”
Last Thursday, January 20, a new oil spill occurred in the Amazon. The leak occurred at kilometer 59 of Section I of the Norperuano Pipeline, operated by Petroperú. A representative of the state company maintained that they were between 200 and 300 barrels of crude oil spilled in the Urarinas district (Loreto region). “We estimate […]
CES 2022, fair starts despite COVID rebound and absence of tech giants
The Consumer Electronics Show (THOSE), one of the largest in the world of its kind, began this Wednesday in Las Vegas despite the rebound in infections of COVID-19 in United States. “Despite some highly publicized cancellations among our exhibitors, we have more than 2,200 exhibitors here at CES 2022 in Las Vegas and they are […]
Brazil suspends permits to explore for gold in preserved areas of the Amazon
The Brazilian government suspended on Monday the seven authorizations it had granted for mining companies to explore possible mines or gold veins in a highly preserved region of the Amazon rainforest, close to the border with Colombia and Venezuela. The government of the president Jair Bolsonaro, which defends mining exploitation even in indigenous reserves in […]