Barclays bank cut 5,000 jobs in cost-saving drive

It used to be fairly easy to dismiss Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, as a clownish anti-vaccine quack posing a danger mostly to residents of his home state. That has become harder to do as time goes on, as Ladapo has moved from promoting useless treatments for COVID-19, such as the drugs hydroxychloroquine…

AutomotiveBusiness & Finance 28 November 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Bhavish Aggarwal, India’s answer to Elon Musk, is racing to roll out millions of electric scooters and speed his nation to a cleaner future. Some of his mechanics can’t keep up, though. Aggarwal’s Ola Electric, which he likens to Tesla in the…

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If you’re a fan of techno-hype, 2023 was the year for you. Believers felt themselves validated by seeing excitement and fear about AI chatbots reach previously untouched heights. Skeptics may have felt initially confounded by the rollout of driverless robotaxis in San Francisco and a few other cities, but ultimately validated when they were ordered…

Facebook has used illegal monopoly power and an “unlawful scheme” to stifle competition, degrade personal privacy, and crush rivals, according to antitrust lawsuits filed Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 46 states and two territories. “For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals…

Andy May, who has just got out of prison, wants to help other people with gambling addictions.