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2. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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   Jeff Bezos's home in Bellevue, Washington, where the company was founded in 1994. Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos after he relocated from New York City to Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, to operate an online bookstore. Bezos chose the Seattle area for its abundance of technical talent from Microsoft and the University of ...

3. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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   3°S 60°W  /  3°S 60°W  / -3; -60. Area. 5,500,000 km 2 (2,100,000 sq mi) The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which ...

4. Amazon River - Wikipedia

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   Only about 10% of the Amazon's water enters downstream of Óbidos, very little of which is from the northern slope of the valley. The drainage area of the Amazon basin above Óbidos city is about 5,000,000 km 2 (1,900,000 sq mi), and, below, only about 1,000,000 km 2 (390,000 sq mi) (around 20%), exclusive of the 1,400,000 km 2 (540,000 sq mi ...

5. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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   Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests. The Amazon region includes the territories of ...

6. United States Agency for International Development - Wikipedia

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   The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $50 billion, USAID is one of the largest official aid agencies in the world and accounts for more than half ...

7. The Walt Disney Company - Wikipedia

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   Disney earnings in fiscal 2001 were $120 million compared with the previous year's $920 million. To help reduce costs, Disney announced it would lay off 4,000 employees and close 300–400 Disney stores. [282] [283] After winning the World Series in 2002, Disney sold the Anaheim Angels for $180 million in 2003.