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Update: Amazon's profits swallowed by Covid costs

Online retail giant Amazon says its profits for the comings months will be swallowed up by Covid-related operational costs

Online retail giant Amazon says its profits for the comings months will be swallowed up by logistics, increased staffing and protective equipment costs related to the Covid-19 crisis, as the firm pays heavily to keep its business in operation throughout. Plus, we look at the effect of coronavirus on Bollywood megastar Rishi Kapoor's funeral in India. And a bleak look at the US stock markets: unemployment is high, Amazon has disappointed, and Tesla's spark from its results didn't last long, as Cary Leahey from Decision Economics explains.

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