Category: BUSINESS
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Altice employee involved in workplace love triangle sent revenge porn of ex to co-worker: suit
A caddish cable guy sent explicit photos of his ex-girlfriend to his new flame in a bizarre case of revenge porn at the Optimum office where all three worked – and the jilted woman was demoted after alerting supervisors, according to a shocking lawsuit. Bronx customer service rep Chrismelle Castillo claimed Jesus Reyes “circulat[ed] naked…
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Majority of Microsoft workers would take comparable job offer from rival, survey shows
Microsoft employees are reportedly eyeing the exits in the wake of mass layoffs and other unpopular moves at the tech giant. Just 47% of Microsoft employees said they would remain at the company if they received a comparable job offer from another firm, according to the results of a leaked May internal survey called “Daily…
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Ford CEO says Tesla’s Cybertruck is for ‘Silicon Valley people,’ not ‘real people who do real work’
Ford’s chief executive Jim Farley slammed Tesla’s Cybertruck as a vehicle “for Silicon Valley people” while his company’s F-150 Lightning electric truck is “for real people who do real work.” “The reality is, America loves an underdog — and we are the market leader for EV trucks and vans, and we know those customers better…
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Mechanic who gave worker oily pennies ordered to cough up $40K in back wages
A Georgia auto mechanic paid an employee’s final paycheck by dumping 91,500 oily pennies in his driveway is now being ordered to dish out $40,000 in additional back wages and damages. Miles Walker, the owner of A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City, Ga., was ordered by a federal judge to pay $39,934 in back…
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Disney’s diversity chief reportedly exits after ‘woke’ policies controversies
Disney’s chief diversity officer Latondra Newton is reportedly leaving the company — ending a six-year stint that generated controversies as the Mouse House adopted “woke” policies that have alienated many of its core customers. Last year, Disney World in Orlando, Fla. grabbed headlines when it did away with its longtime greeting, “Ladies and gentlemen, boys…
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‘Orgasmic meditation’ group founder to challenge forced labor charge
The founder of OneTaste, a sexual wellness company that claims to teach “orgasmic meditation,” plans to challenge a federal criminal charge that she surveilled group members and withheld promised wages, her lawyer said Wednesday. Reid Weingarten, a lawyer for Nicole Daedone, told US District Judge Diane Gujarati in a hearing in Brooklyn federal court that the indictment…
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SoftBank CEO had a crisis of confidence that left him in tears for days: ‘I felt a real emptiness’
SoftBank’s billionaire CEO Masayoshi Son admitted he “had a big cry” after soul-searching last year — because he realized that he would never be able to live out his dream to become an architect. “I had a big cry. The tears didn’t stop for days,” the Japanese tech tycoon told shareholders Wednesday during the company’s…
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US approves nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat — chicken made from animal cells
For the first time, US regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves. The Agriculture Department gave the green light to Upside Foods and Good Meat, firms that had been racing to be the…
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Elon Musk says he’s ‘up for a cage match’ with jiu-jitsu-trained Mark Zuckerberg
Twitter owner Elon Musk said he is ready to throw down with Meta boss and noted martial arts enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg. Musk, 51, challenged the 39-year-old Facebook founder – who recently won his first amateur Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament – to a “cage match” after Zuckerberg’s Meta-owned Instagram reported plans to build a text-based social media…
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Wall Street firm ditches Seagram Building for massive Madison Ave. space
In a landmark-to-landmark mega-move, private investment firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice is leaving the Seagram Building for more than twice as much space at Olayan Group’s re-invented 550 Madison Ave. In what appears to be the year’s largest new Manhattan office lease to date, CD&R signed for 144,000 square feet on the 18th-22nd and 26th floors.…