Full coverage: Amazon

Walmart had held title as biggest company by annual revenue since 2009, writes Sarah Nassauer and Sean McLain, The Wall Street Journal.

The two tech giants have filed applications with ComReg in recent weeks to set up ground stations for their satellite broadband businesses in Cork and Mayo.

Days before Patrick O’Donovan blocked the idea of a media fund supported by levies on video revenue, the online giant’s lobbyists impressed on him the risks of losing local productions if it went ahead.

Climate groups and opposition politicians have called for transparency over the energy and water demands of the growing industry. This is about to happen, with the Government set to transpose new EU rules by May.

The debate around employees returning full-time to their company’s offices has been intensified by Amazon’s decision to require everybody back inside. Other companies will likely follow suit but employees will also have their say.

Tech-driven power demand is adding strain to Ireland’s energy infrastructure, but it also supports the investment needed to make it greener. Don’t believe any of the black-and-white answers to this thorny question.

Restructuring saw AWS’s Irish unit change hands within the Amazon group at the end of last year. The price paid was a fair reflection of the bricks, mortar and servers on its books but did not reflect its runaway growth.

The technology giant’s fastest-growing Irish subsidiary paid hundreds of R&D staff €50 million in Amazon shares last year. How much will they get this year?

Diego Piacentini led Amazon's international expansion for sixteen years, from a plucky internet upstart to the gargantuan force it is now. In town for Endeavor Ireland's first retreat, he sat down with The Currency to discuss transforming the retailer and his home country's digital footprint.

As it continues to grow its Irish data centre and e-commerce operations, the US multinational has revealed the potential it attaches to its fast-expanding “development centre”.