Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Amazon.com’s Ring provided information to the police without user consent

Amazon

Amazon.com’s Ring doorbell gave the footage to law enforcement. Without the user’s consent 11 times this year. They said it provided the video under emergency circumstances. Senator Edward Markey is concerned about increasing law enforcement. Amazon declined to pledge end-to-end encryption for Ring data. Amazon.com’s (AMZN.O) Ring doorbell unit, which makes recordings beyond a proprietor’s … Read more

Rivian will discuss layoffs at a meeting as Tesla will eliminate 229 workers

Rivian

 Rivian Automotive will brief employees on potential layoffs. Plans to suspend some programs.  Tesla will permanently shut its office in San Mateo, California. It will lay off 229 employees. Rivian Automotive (RIVN.O) will brief representatives on Friday on expected cutbacks and plans to suspend a few projects as a component of a more extensive rebuilding, … Read more

Rogers, Shaw shares fall as outage raises uncertainty over C$20 bln deal

Rogers

Rogers suffered an unprecedented outage on Friday. Affected nearly every facet of daily life in Canada. Shaw dropped 4.3% to C$34.67.  Canadian share index ended down 1.2%. Rogers has offered C$40 per Shaw share. Canada’s Competition Ministry is meeting with Rogers. Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO) and takeover target Shaw Communications (SJRb.TO) fell on Monday as … Read more

Twitter loss is dwarfed by Musk’s profit from the Tesla stock sale

Twitter

Elon Musk’s attempt to scrap his purchase of Twitter Inc.  Musk tore up his April 25 agreement to buy the social media platform.  Elon Musk sold 9.6 million Tesla shares at an average price of around $885 per share. Analysts say he is in a better cash position. Elon Musk’s endeavor to scrap his acquisition … Read more

Recession? And what recession? Do not, however, leave before noon!

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The number of people working part-time hit a 21-year low.  Transportation and warehousing have three-quarters of a million new positions.  Wages, overall, continue to rise, and there is no indication that companies are cutting hours. Inflation at 40-year highs is doing little to staunch consumer fears of a downturn. Jay Baker isn’t stressed over a … Read more

Shares drop as GameStop removes its CFO

GameStop

Shares of GameStop fell 8% in extended trading after the video game retailer terminated its CFO. Michael Recupero was previously a chief financial officer of Amazon’s North American consumer business. The exit was first reported by Axios, which also said the company was laying off an undisclosed number of employees. GameStop Corp (GME.N) said on … Read more

Mexico’s circumstance service denies license for Audi sun-based plant

Mexico's

Mexico’s environment ministry denies permits for Audi solar plant. The photovoltaic power plant will be built in the central Mexican state of Puebla. An environmental impact statement requires regional analysis given the additional electrical infrastructure that will be needed. Audi Mexico is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE). Mexico’s current circumstance service said on Friday … Read more

CEO of Xerox John Visentin passes away at 59

John

Xerox CEO John Visentin died due to complications from an ongoing illness. Visentin joined Xerox as CEO in May 2018 after he was nominated by Carl Icahn. Xerox has named Steve Bandrowczak, president and chief operations officer, as interim CEO. Printer producer Xerox Holdings Corp (XRX.O) said on Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer John Visentin, … Read more

At first for the brand, Chipotle employees are seeking union representation

Chipotle

Chipotle workers in Maine have petitioned a federal labor board for a union election. It is the first Chipotle location to seek to unionize in the United States. The chain owns its own stores, making unionization easier than at franchised chains like McDonald’s. Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill eatery in Augusta, Maine, have requested … Read more

James and Naomi Osaka launch new media organization

James

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka is sending off another media organization in association with four-times NBA champion LeBron James pointed toward recounting stories that multifaceted boundaries, the previous world number one reported on Tuesday. Hana Kuma, which means “blossom bear,” will deliver stories that are “socially unambiguous however all inclusive to all crowds” and right … Read more

Tesla sued by previous workers over ‘mass cutback’

Tesla

Tesla (TSLA.O) workers have recorded a claim against the U.S. electric vehicle organization. The claim was documented late on Sunday in Texas by two laborers who said they were ended from Tesla’s gigafactory plant in Sparks, Nevada, in June. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the world’s most extravagant individual, said recently he had a “terrible inclination” … Read more

Germany takes chance with downturn as Russian gas crisis deepens

Germany

Energy is at the heart of a financial fight between Russia and the West over Ukraine. “This is another aspect,” Habeck said. “This methodology can’t be permitted to succeed.” Germany Economy Minister Habeck said diminished supplies added to monetary assault and part of Russian President Putin’s arrangement. The EU depended on Russia for as much … Read more

Mumtalakat eyes possible IPO for McLaren in few years

Mumtalakat

Bahrain’s sovereign abundance reserve, Mumtalakat, has a 60% stake in Mclaren. CEO Khalid Al Rumaihi: “The hustling group has profited from the development and viewership so that side of the business has been doing phenomenally well”. Mumtalakat possesses around 69% of Alba, the world’s biggest aluminum smelter beyond China, as per data on the organization’s … Read more

Maryland Apple Workers Face Hurdles After Vote to Unionize

Maryland

Representatives in a Baltimore suburb casted a ballot to unionize by an almost 2-to-1 edge. It’s not yet clear whether the flood of unionizations address a more extensive change in U.S. work. Experts say workers have more power now, particularly at low unemployment. Maryland Apple Workers Face Hurdles After Vote to Unionize Apple store to … Read more

The US considers tariffs with China and the suspension in federal gas tax

China

Joe Biden’s administration reviewed the removal of some tariffs on China and a possible pause on the federal gas tax. Top officials say the U.S. struggles to tackle soaring gasoline prices and inflation. Janet Yellen says some tariffs served “no strategic purpose” under Donald Trump. President Joe Biden’s organization is inspecting the evacuation of certain … Read more

In the United States, Bayer has won the fourth Roundup weedkiller case

weedkiller

Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller did not cause an Oregon man’s cancer, jury finds. It is the firm’s fourth consecutive trial victory over such claims. Bayer has spent billions of dollars to settle close to 100,000 Roundup cases in the U.S. alone. A U.S. jury viewed as Bayer’s (BAYGn.DE) Roundup weedkiller didn’t cause an Oregon man’s malignant … Read more

GM raises the price of the Hummer EV by over $6,000 as commodity

Hummer

General Motors raises the price of its Hummer EV pickup truck by $6,250 to $110,000. The increase comes as it seeks to mitigate higher commodity and shipping costs amid high demand for cars and trucks. The company has been able to offset $5 billion in higher supply chain costs by raising prices and cutting expenses, … Read more

Doubt on global firms’ commitments to achieve net-zero emissions

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Roughly half of the Forbes 2000 largest  global companies have yet to announce plans to reach net zero. Net Zero is the point at which greenhouse gas emissions are negated by deep cuts in output and methods to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. Two-thirds of companies haven’t made clear how they plan to achieve that goal. … Read more

Inflation in the United States, according to Biden, might linger ‘for a while’

Biden

Biden: Inflation “will come down gradually, but we’re going to live with it for a while”. Comments were made at an event hosted by billionaire media magnate Haim Saban. ‘Midterm elections are on Nov. 8, and control of Congress is on the line. President Joe Biden advised that U.S. expansion could endure “for some time” … Read more

Meta is investigating Sheryl Sandberg’s use of company resources

Meta

Sheryl Sandberg’s use of company resources is under investigation by Facebook-parent Meta Platforms, WSJ reports. Several employees have been interviewed in connection with the probe, sources say. The probe has been underway since at least last fall, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Attorneys are examining Meta Platforms Inc’s cordial activities boss Sheryl Sandberg’s utilization … Read more

The deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico expects a 75 basis point rate

Deputy

Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Jonathan Heath says rate hike likely at June 23 meeting. Inflation rose 7.65% in the 12 months through May, far above the central bank’s target. Banxico has an inflation target of 3% plus or minus one percentage point. Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Jonathan Heath said on Friday that the … Read more

Tesla will seek shareholder approval for a three-for-one equity split

Tesla

Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Friday proposed a stock split at a three-to-one ratio in the form of a stock dividend. Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp’s co-founder and a self-proclaimed close friend of Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, will not stand for re-election to Tesla’s board. Electric vehicle producer Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Friday … Read more

South Korea, U.S. feature air power during U.S. official’s Seoul visit

South Korea

The show included 20 warplanes including F-35A secrecy contender jets. It came a day after the partners terminated eight surface-to-surface rockets off South Korea’s east coast. South Korea and the United States organized a joint air power exhibition on Tuesday during a visit by U.S. Representative Secretary. He told there would be areas of strength … Read more

Walmart store is bringing back its annual neighbourhood bash

Walmart store

At Walmart store thousands of employees gathered at a huge arena on Friday for the annual pep rally. CEO Doug McMillon acknowledged the new challenge facing the company: Inflation. Walmart’s workforce is “resilient and we love the challenge of retail,” he said. “We have been really buckling down on costs through and through, making a … Read more

Wall Street opens mixed on last session of short week

Wall Street

The Dow climbed yet S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell in early US trading Thursday, as financial backers processed new economic information, hawkish Federal Reserve discourse, and the most recent Elon Musk dramatization. The Tesla boss made an unexpected proposal to purchase Twitter outright, days subsequent to taking an enormous stake in the web-based entertainment organization … Read more

Mexico rejects UN charge of enforced disappearance impunity

Mexico

 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday rejected appraisal from a United Nations committee that urged the country to fight systemic impunity in the face of forceful disappearances. “No international organization is going to put us in the dock if we are acting legally, humanely — if we do not allow corruption or impunity,” … Read more