Amazon told employees Thursday that it will delay its timeline for returning to regular work in the office until early next year. GeekWire reports: The new date: Jan. 3, 2022. Previously, Amazon had expected employees to start working in the office regularly the week of Sept. 7. However, Amazon stopped short of implementing a vaccine mandate for those who do work in the office, as companies including Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have done. Amazon said it requires employees to wear masks in the office, except for those who can verify they've been fully vaccinated. Earlier this week, Google told staff that it's approved 85% of employee requests to work remotely or relocate once its offices fully re-open. "Google is one the largest companies trying a hybrid approach to returning from the pandemic," reports Bloomberg. "It will ask most of its staff to go back to work in their previous offices, but let others do their jobs elsewhere." Shockingly, only 10,000 of Google's 145,000+ employees asked to work from home.

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Amazon struck an agreement with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to develop an air-cargo facility at Newark Liberty International Airport. From a report: Amazon Gobal Air, the company's cargo airline, plans to spend $125 million to transform two existing buildings at the airport, according to a Port Authority news release. The agency will receive $157 million in rent over a 20-year lease and an upfront payment of $150 million. The lease is expected to take effect later this year, the Port Authority said.

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DrTJ writes: Chipmaker Qualcomm places a bid of $4.6bn for Swedish automotive company Veoneer. As of last week, Magna offered $3.8bn for the company. Qualcomm is making an 18% higher offer, or $37 per share. Veoneer focuses its business on ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), including computer vision, radar sensing, LIDAR and drive policy software. Both Qualcomm and Magna states that they want to strengthen their ADAS position on the market by the purchase.

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