CNN Business — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Wednesday that an “uncertain” economy had prompted the e-commerce giant to press ahead with rare and wide-ranging layoffs after it carried out a major wave of job losses. hiring during much of the pandemic. “We had the target for a very uncertain economic environment, as well …
CNN Business — The dictatorial management style of Twitter owner Elon Musk risks driving the company headlong into unforced business mistakes, content moderation disasters and the degradation of the platform’s core features that help protect vulnerable users, according to a former top Twitter executive who led the company’s content moderation before quitting abruptly. this month. …
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To receive it in your inbox, subscribe for free, here. New York CNN Business — Over the weekend, mainland China experienced something it hadn’t seen in over 30 years: thousands of protesters flooding the streets, defying the Communist Party. The protests had …
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CNN — Sunday officially marks a month since the world’s richest man took over as Twitter’s helm. Around that time, Elon Musk launched mass layoffs and gave remaining employees a cryptic ultimatum, reinstated the accounts of controversial figures including former President Donald Trump, and launched — and then rejected — a plan to bill employees. …
CNN — Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Friday following her conviction in January for defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup Theranos. Judge Edward Davila imposed a sentence of 11 years and three months in prison, with a further three years of supervision after Holmes’ release. …
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The financial results of Nvidia Corp. surprised investors a little, and not on the good side – product inventories doubled to an all-time high as the chip company prepares for a dodgy holiday season. Nvidia on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter revenue slightly above analysts’ discounted expectations, but the numbers weren’t so great. Revenue fell 17% …
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New York CNN Business — In just three years, Sam Bankman-Fried has transformed FTX into a massive crypto exchange backed by big-name investors and valued at $32 billion. It only took a few days for it all to implode into a sprawling bankruptcy filing. Sheila Bair, a top regulator during the 2008 financial crisis, told …
