Amazon CEO says company will axe more than 18,000 jobs
Amazon’s layoffs will now increase to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, chief executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesday.
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Nearly £1bn of fraudulent Covid grants made to UK firms ‘unlikely to be recovered’
Business department says in annual report that a total of £985m likely to be lost to ‘fraud and error’Taxpayers are facing a loss of almost £1bn in fraudulent or erroneous grants paid to supposedly struggling businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, ac…
Amazon’s Massive Layoff Signal Growing Fears Of Recession
The massive job cuts by Amazon.com Inc, one of the biggest private employers in the United States, show the wave of layoff sweeping through the tech sector could stretch into 2023 as companies rush to cut costs, analysts said on Thursday.
Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow will not seek re-election in 2024, opening seat in battleground state
Democratic senator plans to ‘pass the torch’ to a ‘new generation of leaders’ with her retirement from Congress
Huge storm hits California with damaging winds, heavy rains
Damaging winds and heavy rains in California have knocked out power to tens of thousands, caused flash flooding and contributed to the deaths of at least two people.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen denies culling the wolf suspected of killing her pet horse
Ursula von der Leyen’s pony horse was killed by a wolf in September at her family residence in northwest Germany.
$940M Mega Millions prize just latest of massive jackpots
Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots.
Bemusement at ‘barmy’ bunch of 60 bollards near Birmingham school
Bevy of bollards along 50-metre stretch of pavement is likened to ski slalom course and called an eyesoreResidents in Birmingham have been left perplexed after the city council covered a pavement near a primary school with a “barmy” array of 60 bollard…