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The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on the US economy, but one industry that has continued to see growth and even increased demand, with the renewed interest in health brought on by the crisis is kombucha.
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But for some, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s expression of gratitude went over like a lead rocket.
“I want to thank every Amazon employee, and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all this,” the 57-year-old said during a news conference after becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride in his own spacecraft.
Mr Bezos built Amazon into a shopping and entertainment behemoth but has faced increasing activism within his own workforce and rising pressure from critics to improve working conditions.
Jeff Bezos is awarded his Blue Origin-made astronaut wings by former NASA astronaut Jeff Ashby after the flight (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
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