Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced mass layoffs at Google on Friday.AP A laid-off Google engineer said his “spidey-senses” detected incoming job cuts at the company. Zac Bowling told Insider he’d been laid off before and was familiar with the build-up. He said Google’s severance email was “cold,” “faceless,” and made him feel “isolated.” A laid-off Google engineer said his “spidey-senses” detected incoming job cuts at the company — and the “cold” severance email that followed left him… Source link
Read More »Isolated Russia Celebrates Tsar Who Opened ‘Window to Europe’
More than three centuries after he sought to bring Russia closer to Europe, Russians on Thursday marked the 350th birthday of tsar Peter the Great with the country deeply isolated over the Ukraine conflict. Inspired by time spent abroad, Peter made huge efforts to modernize his vast and under-developed nation during his rule from 1682 to 1725, most famously building St. Petersburg as Russia’s “window to Europe.” Celebrations will be held in his namesake city and Moscow to mark the… Source link
Read More »Yandex, considered ‘Russia’s Google’, shaken and isolated by Putin’s war
Yandex, the company often referred to as “Russia’s Google”, has become increasingly isolated as Western investors and key partners abandon it in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. More than 75 per cent of the company’s value has been wiped off in the past six months, while plummeting dramatically as Russian forces began their attacks last week. Trading in the company’s shares was halted on Monday because of volatility. Widely seen as one of the jewels in the… Source link
Read More »Russia ‘will be more isolated than ever’ from the world, strategist says
Russia’s actions against Ukraine may lead it to being even more isolated from the rest of the world, which could have damaging effects on its economy, warns one veteran policy strategist. “They will be more isolated than ever. Countries will not want to do deals with them. I think the pariah label will stick for quite a while,” said Greg Valliere, AGF chief U.S. policy strategist, on Yahoo Finance Live. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of Russian troops to two… Source link
Read More »Walmart to return firearms to the sales floor today as social unrest remains ‘geographically isolated’
TipRanks The Bottom Is in for These 3 Stocks? Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Markets are down, but not collapsing. Investors remain worried about the coronavirus, and Tuesday’s election remains up in the air. Uncertainty rules the day, exacerbated by recent market losses. Wall Street, however, expects that the bulls will start running again after next week’s results – who wins will be less important than having a result.In the meantime, market declines and low share prices make for a prime time… Source link
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