A vice president of Amazon’s cloud computing arm said on Monday that he had quit “in dismay” over the recent firings of workers who had raised questions about workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Tim Bray, an engineer who had been a vice …
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Home prices will fall 2-3% this year, according to Zillow; As a comparison, home prices dropped just more than 27% nationally during the Great Recession, from their peak in 2006 to the trough in 2012, according to the S&P Case-Shiller Indices. Zillow predicts …
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EMPLOYMENT. GE slashes 13,000 aviation jobs. General Electric will cut about 13,000 jobs from its jet-engine operation, in the latest sign of the coronavirus outbreak’s devastating impact on global air travel. The reductions, going well beyond cuts …
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Cinco de Mayo, the celebration of a historic battle during the Franco-Mexican War, has in recent decades evolved into a holiday celebrated by folks of all cultures (not unlike, perhaps, the March 17 celebrations intended to honor the death of Ireland’s patron …
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Cirrus Logic, Inc. (CRUS) – Get Report posted better-than-expected revenue and earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter but forecast that fiscal first-quarter revenue will fall 6% from the same period last year. The maker of chips used in mobile phones and other …
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