The Golden State Warriors didn’t make too many waves last offseason while constructing what would be a championship roster, but Draymond Green was apparently gunning for a big splash. During an episode of his Draymond Green Show with Chicago Bulls star DeMar DeRozan, Green recounted how he tried to recruit his guest to the Warriors during free agency last summer. DeRozan was apparently not interested, though Green did not hesitate to point out that it all worked out for Golden State: “Last… Source link
Read More »China urges IMF to approve US$1.4 billion Zambia bailout, but told it must reach deal with other lenders
China has urged the International Monetary Fund to approve a US$1.4 billion bailout for Zambia but the fund responded by telling Beijing and other official creditors they must first agree a relief package. Lusaka is seeking a bailout from the IMF and is also in the process of restructuring about US$17.3 billion of external debts, including from its largest bilateral lender – China. In November 2020, it became the first African country to default on some of its dollar-denominated bonds during… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk told employees at the Twitter all-hands meeting that workers who are ‘exceptional’ can sometimes work remotely
Elon Musk attends the 2022 Costume Institute Benefit celebrating In America: An Anthology of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City.Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Elon Musk has taken a strong stance on office work, requiring it from his Tesla employees. Musk might soon own Twitter and had a town hall with employees Thursday. Pushing back on the company’s current hybrid structure, he said people should be in the office. Elon Musk prefers employees in… Source link
Read More »Google told to pay Australian politician $515,000 over defamatory Youtube videos
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The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SYDNEY, June 6 (Reuters) – An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a former senior lawmaker on Monday after finding that a Youtube star’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” drove him to quit politics prematurely. ($1 = 1.3883… Source link
Read More »Here’s What Google Told LinkedIn, When LinkedIn Asked How to Hire Like Google
Every year, LinkedIn publishes a list of what it says are the 50 best workplaces to grow your career. It’s intended for potential applicants, but I like to use it for something else — something that can help business leaders and entrepreneurs of all stripes. In short, when I find a compendium like this, I like to take the data points and advice and reverse engineer it. You walk away with good insights into how some of the most successful companies say they recruit and hire top candidates –… Source link
Read More »Zuckerberg Says an Ex-Yahoo Exec Told Him ‘Every Organization Sucks’
Mark Zuckerberg shared advice that a former Yahoo COO gave him as he was launching Facebook. Dan Rosensweig said, “every organization sucks, but you get to choose the ways in which your organization sucks.” Zuckerberg shared the advice with podcaster Tim Ferriss during a chat about Meta’s core values. … Source link
Read More »Yahoo ‘Brazen’ In Ripping Off Droplets’ Web IP, Jury Told
By Bonnie Eslinger (March 8, 2022, 10:15 PM EST) — Yahoo Inc. has been “brazen” in its unlicensed use of Droplets Inc.’s patented technology for quickly updating web pages while tech giants such as Facebook and Amazon eventually agreed to pay license fees, the startup’s lawyer said Tuesday during opening statements in a California federal court patent infringement trial. Kicking off the proceedings, Droplets’ lawyer Courtland Reichman of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP told… Source link
Read More »Sanctioned Russian billionaire banker Mikhail Fridman was locked out of the private-equity firm he cofounded and staff were told to ignore him, report says
Russian banker Mikhail Fridman has a net worth of $10 billion.AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko Russian banker Mikhail Fridman stepped down from the board of the investment firm he cofounded. Fridman was barred from entering LetterOne’s offices and speaking to employees, per the FT. The billionaire is among oligarchs sanctioned by the EU in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian billionaire and banker, Mikhail Fridman, was locked out of the investment firm he cofounded after he was hit by… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk said Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger once told an entire table at lunch ‘all the ways Tesla would fail’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Chris Saucedo/Getty Images for SXSW Billionaire investor Charlie Munger once told people at a lunch “all the ways Tesla would fail,” Elon Musk recounted. Musk said the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman’s comment made him “quite sad.” Tesla is currently the world’s most valuable carmaker with a market capitalization of $954.3 billion. Elon Musk said billionaire investor Charlie Munger once told people at a lunch “all the ways Tesla would fail.” The Tesla CEO was responding to a… Source link
Read More »Yahoo workers in Japan told they can work anywhere in the country rather than return to the office
Yahoo workers in Japan have been told that they can work from anywhere in the country rather than return to the office – and commute by plane when necessary. Around 8,000 employees will benefit from the change, which takes effect on April 1, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. More than 90 per cent of employees are already working remotely and Yahoo President Kentaro Kawabe said their performance has held or improved at home, Japan Times reported. The new flexible working policy… Source link
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