By Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Wednesday to make Europe's biggest economy competitive again after the cabinet approved measures aimed at reducing bureaucracy and making it quicker and easier to do business through AI and digitisation. "We are of course aware of the problems facing the German economy at the moment, but we aspire to return to the top," Merz said at a press conference at the Borsig Palace on Berlin's outskirts. Under Merz, Germany has shifte ...

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025.Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that he's working to root out bureaucracy from within the company's ranks as part of an effort to reset its culture.Speaking at Amazon's annual conference for third-party sellers in Seattle, Jassy said the changes are necessary for the company to be able to innovate faster."I would say bureaucracy is really anathema to startups and to entrepreneurial organizations," Jassy said. "As you ...