Spotify Axes 17% Of Workforce In Third Round Of Layoffs This Year

The music streaming service hopes the cuts, which amount to about 1,500 people, will help it become profitable.

The music streaming service hopes the cuts, which amount to about 1,500 people, will help it become profitable.
About 120,000 workers at the supermarket will see their wages increase by more than 9% from March.
The governors of New York and California announced sweeping plans to crack down on retail crime this week, as trade associations and police departments lobby for government action to curb theft. The plans include new legislation designed to increase the penalties for retail crime offenses and more funding for police departments and district attorney’s offices…
Two Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday expressed concerns about ex-Wall Street financiers overseeing the Commerce Department’s distribution of $39 billion in grants to the semiconductor industry, saying the staffing raised questions about the creation and abuse of a revolving door between government and industry. In a letter to the Commerce Department, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts…
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