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Amazon Commits $20M to Colorado River Water Conservation
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE2 days agoAmazon's announcement, published September 21, 2026, says "Amazon is launching the Colorado River Basin Collaborative (CRBC) and plans to invest $20 million".[1]Amazon pledges $20 million and launches the Colorado River Basin Collaborative, a corporate coalition with Aldi, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ecolab and others that aims to raise $100 million for water projects across the basin in two years.$20M0.56FTC v. Amazon Monopoly Trial Begins in Seattle
DELAYED5 months late69% CONFIDENCEin 187 daysJudge Chun's December 15, 2025 order moves the "Bench Trial" from "February 9, 2027" to "March 29, 2027" ("The Court approves the proposed schedule"), and the August 26, 2026 joint status report still lists "March 29, 2027 Bench Trial".[1]The FTC and state attorneys general take Amazon to a bench trial before Judge John Chun over claims it illegally keeps its online marketplace monopoly by overcharging sellers and punishing those who offer lower prices elsewhere. The trial has slipped twice from its original October 2026 date.0.56Amazon and Wiwynn Expand Texas Server Rack Plant, Adding 1,000 Jobs
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE14 days agoAmazon's post, published 9 September 2026, says "Amazon and Wiwynn announced an expansion of Wiwynn's manufacturing operations in Socorro, Texas"; KVIA[4] reports the ribbon-cutting was held that Wednesday.Wiwynn's server-rack plant in Socorro, near El Paso and its first US factory, is expanding to make hardware for Amazon's data centers, with nearly 1,000 new manufacturing jobs expected by the end of 2027 and a Wiwynn investment of over $1.6 billion.$1.6B0.55AWS Agrees to Acquire DuckLabs, the Company Behind DuckDB
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE28 days agoThe Amazon[5] News post (article:published_time 2026-08-26) says "Amazon has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs[3][4]", and DuckLabs' own release dated 2026-08-26 says it "today announced that it will become part of Amazon Web Services".Amazon signed a definitive agreement to buy DuckLabs, the bootstrapped Amsterdam team of more than 30 that builds the open-source DuckDB analytics database. DuckDB itself stays free under the MIT license and the independent DuckDB Foundation.0.54Abbott Agrees to Buy Exact Sciences for $21 Billion
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE307 days agoThe release is datelined "ABBOTT PARK, Ill., and MADISON, Wis., Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced a definitive agreement".[1]Abbott agreed to buy Cologuard maker Exact Sciences for $105 a share in cash, a total equity value of about $21 billion, to enter cancer screening and precision oncology diagnostics.$21B0.54Abbott Completes Its Acquisition of Exact Sciences
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE184 days agoThe release is datelined "ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Exact Sciences".[1]Abbott closed its $105-a-share cash purchase of Cologuard maker Exact Sciences, which became a wholly owned Abbott subsidiary; Exact Sciences shares last traded on Nasdaq on 20 March.0.54Amazon's $20 Minimum Starting Pay Takes Effect
SCHEDULED81% CONFIDENCEin 4 daysThe AP reports "The pay increase is effective starting Sept. 27, the retailer said"; Amazon's own post announces the raise on September 16 without an effective date.[1]A $1-an-hour raise lifts minimum starting pay for Amazon's U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20, with average pay nearly $24 an hour, part of a more than $1.5 billion investment in higher pay. A 10% employee grocery discount and a lifetime banking benefit come with it.$1.5B0.54Amazon Raises Louisiana Data Center Plan to $18 Billion
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE36 days agoAmazon's article says it "was updated on August 18, 2026 to reflect Amazon's increased investment in northwest Louisiana", and Louisiana Economic Development's release is dated August 18, 2026.[1]A third northwest Louisiana data center campus, at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport, lifts Amazon's planned investment from $12 billion to $18 billion and its expected jobs to up to 750 across three campuses.$18B0.53Amazon Leo Consumer Satellite Internet Launch
ESTIMATED6 months late74% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysAmazon says consumer service comes 'later this year'; one report puts consumer beta in five countries in late 2026 or early 2027. The last day of 2026 is used.[1]Amazon says it has launched enough Leo satellites for initial service and will open its satellite broadband to consumers later in 2026, after an enterprise preview that began April 8.0.53Lord's Media Centre Refurbishment Completes
David Miller Architects and MCC use 3D laser scanning and BIM to modernise Jan Kaplický's Stirling Prize-winning press box at Lord's Cricket Ground.0.53The 92nd Heisman Trophy Goes to College Football's Best Player
Jazz at Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019, USA
SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 80 daysThe Heisman[2] ceremony is fixed to the second Saturday of December - 13 December for the 91st award in 2025, so 12 December 2026 for the 92nd - and Kalshi's[1] market expires on 1 January 2027, after it.KalshiThe Heisman Trophy is presented on Saturday 12 December 2026, at a televised ceremony on ABC that the Heisman Trophy Trust marks as a private event. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi's market was the tightest in years: Trinidad Chambliss led at 24% and Darian Mensah at 22%, with Kamario Taylor at 10%.0.53Sam Bankman-Fried Is Sentenced to 25 Years
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, United States
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE2.5 years agoDated by the US Attorney's own press release announcing the sentence, issued on 28 March 2024.[1]The founder of FTX was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $11bn, four months after a jury convicted him on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy over the theft of customer deposits from the cryptocurrency exchange.0.52
