Business
Twitter Inc. was sued by contract workers who argue they were a "contingent workforce" with the same duties as employees and shouldn't have been laid off without notice when Elon Musk took over the company.
Apr 5, 2023
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Business
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Verizon Communications a contract potentially worth $2.4 billion to upgrade the agency's technology systems.
Mar 31, 2023
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Business
The tech industry has been roiled by waves of layoffs, with tens of thousands of workers losing their jobs in recent months. After Tesla billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, he abruptly slashed nearly half ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Business
The Alphabet Workers Union said on Monday that thousands of contract employees assessing the quality of Alphabet Inc.'s Google search and advertising won a raise that brought workers' wages up to $15 an hour, following a ...
Feb 28, 2023
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Business
Google's minimum wage and benefits for contractors are withheld from thousands of its U.S. contract workers, a new report from a union alleges.
Feb 23, 2023
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Business
Concerns are mounting among policymakers and utility companies amid the impact of severe weather on the nation's electrical grids. In recent months, electrical grids in Texas have been tested to the point of near failure. ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Business
US industrial giant Honeywell will pay $160 million to settle criminal and civil probes in Brazil and the United States over bribes in order to win business from two national oil companies, the government said Monday.
Dec 19, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple store workers in Towson, Maryland, who became the first of the tech giant's U.S. employees to unionize, will start contract negotiations with the company next month.
Dec 12, 2022
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Business
The Pentagon announced Wednesday it has awarded $9 billion in cloud computing contracts to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle, after scrapping a previous deal during a dispute between two of those firms.
Dec 8, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Computers help physicists solve complicated calculations. But some of these calculations are so complex that a regular computer is not enough. In fact, some advanced calculations tax even the largest supercomputers. Now, ...
Nov 15, 2022
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