Amazon General Counsel David Zapolsky suggested smearing a warehouse worker it fired earlier in the week – who he described as “not smart or articulate” – as part of a strategy in response to bad press and workers’ efforts to unionize, Vice reported on Thursday. The leaked memo is likely to remain in the news for some time, as Amazon encounters more scrutiny about its treatment of warehouse and...
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Genesis Creditors Could Miss Out on Recent Crypto Rally

Crypto prices have risen since parts of crypto lender Genesis filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, lifting the value of customers’ crypto assets stuck in Genesis accounts. That’s not necessarily good news for Genesis’ creditors, however. Creditors are worried that any repayments they get from the bankruptcy will be made in dollars, not the original cryptocurrencies,...
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