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The Great Mismatch: With millions of open positions, why does the job market feel so dire?

  By Sam Becker October 06, 2023 The era of confounding economic data and indicators stretches on. The latest jobs report, released Friday, shows that the economy added 336,000 jobs during September, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.8%, a sign that the labor market remains strong, despite fears that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes … Continue reading The Great Mismatch: With millions of open positions, why does the job market feel so dire?

Who is Lenny Rachitsky? And what does he know that you don’t about making millions writing online?

  By Michael Callahan August 20, 2023 Lenny Rachitsky merely thought he’d share some tips. The career software engineer and executive decided to write about seven things Airbnb taught him about building a business. He’d spent seven years at the company, leaving in 2019 as the leader of the team overseeing wooing consumers to the … Continue reading Who is Lenny Rachitsky? And what does he know that you don’t about making millions writing online?

MediaMath Files For Bankruptcy, Owes Hundreds Of Millions To Ad-Tech Companies

MediaMath Files For Bankruptcy, Owes Hundreds Of Millions by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, July 3, 2023 Demand-side platform MediaMath filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware district court on Friday. The company owes between $100 million and $500 million to between 200 and 999 companies, including Google, Magnite, OpenX, PubMatic, Xandr, among many others. Emails … Continue reading MediaMath Files For Bankruptcy, Owes Hundreds Of Millions To Ad-Tech Companies

Despite layoffs and looming recession fears, millions of workers are still quitting their jobs

    By Sam Becker May 31, 2023 The economy simply won’t quit—even as 3.8 million workers voluntarily did in April. The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday, which showed that there were 10.1 million job openings last month, up from 9.7 … Continue reading Despite layoffs and looming recession fears, millions of workers are still quitting their jobs

Twitter is making millions of dollars from previously banned accounts, report says

Elon Musk will offer ‘amnesty’ to banned Twitter accounts amid more layoffs   Kris Holt @krisholt Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk says a “general amnesty” for banned accounts will begin next week for those who “have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam.” He polled users on whether Twitter should offer the … Continue reading Twitter is making millions of dollars from previously banned accounts, report says

Anti ā€˜woke’ ESG policies are already costing taxpayers millions

  By Talib Visram December 28, 2022 In May, Mike Pence wrote a scathing op-ed against the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement in the Wall Street Journal. He railed against asset managers prioritizing investments in socially and environmentally responsible companies, saying the practice interferes with the free market and actively hurts fossil fuel companies. … Continue reading Anti ā€˜woke’ ESG policies are already costing taxpayers millions

IRS refuses to fix controversial ā€˜math error’ notices that have baffled millions of taxpayers

By Christopher Zara July 15, 2022     The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has declined to add critical information to its so-called math error notices that would make them easier to understand, despite the letters being called out by the Taxpayer Advocate Service as ā€œvague and confusing,ā€ a new report has revealed. At the end … Continue reading IRS refuses to fix controversial ā€˜math error’ notices that have baffled millions of taxpayers

Whistleblower says Microsoft spent millions on bribes abroad

Whistleblower says Microsoft spent millions on bribes abroad The former employee estimates “a minimum of $200 million each year” is being skimmed. A. Khalid @askhalid March 26th, 2022 Stringer . / reuters In an essay published Friday on the whistleblower platform Lioness, former Microsoft manager Yasser Elabd alleged that Microsoft fired him after he alerted … Continue reading Whistleblower says Microsoft spent millions on bribes abroad

Yelp's, Google's Millions Of Reviews Woo Advertisers, Consumers

Yelp’s, Google’s Millions Of Reviews Woo Advertisers, Consumers by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 2, 2022 Local knowledge and personal experience make online reviews helpful when consumers search for what to buy, where to stay or what to eat. But the online industry has grappled for years with untrustworthy and fake reviews, requiring companies … Continue reading Yelp's, Google's Millions Of Reviews Woo Advertisers, Consumers