Whole Foods Union Faces Tough Task to Secure Contract With Amazon
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our revamped daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Spencer Soper writes that the union election at a Whole Foods store in Philadelphia isn't likely to produce a contract for the workers with Amazon soon.
New Sony CEO: Sony is promoting CFO and President Hiroki Totoki to its top post, effective April. It's more continuity than change, as Totoki is already responsible for operations and strategy, and together with outgoing CEO Yoshida has pushed the company toward acquiring more content and entertainment rights.
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