Google’s billions make job cuts ‘needless’ – union
The Alphabet Workers Union criticises the tech giant for axing hundreds of jobs despite vast earnings.
The Alphabet Workers Union criticises the tech giant for axing hundreds of jobs despite vast earnings.
Anemona Hartocollis, a New York Times reporter who covers higher education, was at a holiday party when she overheard revelers talking about Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University. The people Ms. Hartocollis writes about are not typically fodder for holiday party chatter. But the Harvard controversy, Ms. Hartocollis said in a recent interview, has…
Business & FinanceGovernment 14 December 2023, 5:25 am 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Austria is seeking to have Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, struck off a Ukrainian blacklist in return for signing off fresh European Union sanctions on Russia, said two people familiar with the situation. Market Impact Raiffeisen’s presence…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to allow Wall Street firms to offer easier ways to buy and sell bitcoin on financial markets, a major decision that could lead to the cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream just over a year after the crypto markets crashed….
New York City is months away from introducing the first zone-based tolling program in the U.S. The project, which begins in the spring of 2024, will increase the tolls drivers pay to enter points of Manhattan south of 60th Street. The final price of the toll is not yet determined. People close to the process…
The RMT’s general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Following further positive discussions, the negotiations on a pay deal for our London Underground members can now take place on an improved basis and mandate with significant further funding for a settlement being made available.”
At least four people who attempted to debunk coronavirus misinformation that President Donald Trump said in a Fox & Friends interview were locked out of their Twitter accounts when they tweeted Trump’s words. In the Wednesday interview, the president said children are “almost immune” to the virus — which is false. “This is nuts, @TwitterSupport,”…