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Elon Musk is succeeded by Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s CEO.

The embattled social media company Twitter’s new leader, Linda Yaccarino, assumed her position sooner than anticipated. Days after Twitter lost its second head of trust and safety, Ms. Yaccarino, who had previously served as the company’s head of advertising, joined….

Elon Musk: Twitter hires the top executive from NBCUniversal

Joe Benarroch, a senior NBCUniversal executive, has joined Twitter as Elon Musk continues to reshuffle the leadership of the social media network. Beginning on Monday, Mr. Benarroch will focus on business operations in his new position. It happens less than…

Amazon dismisses Alabama warehouse worker who led unionization efforts

An Amazon employee who helped lead a historic organizing campaign to organize the company’s first US union in an Alabama facility has been sacked by the e-commerce giant. Jennifer Bates became the face of the push to unionize an Amazon…

Strong employment gains in the United States add to the economic conundrum.

Despite rising prices and a significant increase in borrowing costs, the United States continued to generate jobs at a robust rate last month. The number of positions increased by 339,000, but the unemployment rate rose to 3.7% from an unusually…

Relations between the United States and Taiwan: A new trade agreement is about to be signed as tensions with China grow.

As tensions with China grow, the United States and Taiwan are due to sign a new trade agreement on Thursday. It will be the first deal reached under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade, a framework for talks between…

BHP claims it underpaid workers for 13 years.

BHP claims to have underpaid current and former employees across Australia for the past 13 years. According to an assessment done by the firm, about 28,500 employees received less vacation time than they were entitled to. Meanwhile, 400 employees did…

Air New Zealand weighs passengers before taking off.

As part of a survey to assess average passenger weight, Air New Zealand is measuring passengers before they board overseas flights. According to the company, the weight would be anonymously stored in a database but will not be accessible to…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is on his first trip to China in over three years.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in China, making his first trip to the world’s second largest economy in more than three years. He arrived in Beijing on Tuesday and is set to visit Tesla’s massive production facility in Shanghai. Within…

After running aground in the Suez Canal, a bulk carrier was refloated.

According to shipping firm Leth Agencies, a ship that became stranded in the Suez Canal has been refloated. Tugboats had been working to refloat the bulk ship, Xin Hai Tong 23, the business had previously stated. The Suez Canal Authority…

After DeSantis launch issues, Twitter’s engineering manager leaves.

The day after Ron DeSantis’ US presidential campaign on Twitter was launched, Twitter’s head of engineering announced his departure from the firm. The campaign launch was plagued by technical difficulties. In a post, Foad Dabiri said, “After almost four incredible…