Wells Fargo & Co. was fined more than $22 million by the U.S. Labor Department for allegedly firing a senior manager in its commercial banking unit after the employee reported concerns about misco...
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Ford Confirms Layoffs, Says It Is Cutting About 3,000 Jobs
Updated Aug. 22, 2022 4:58 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Ford Motor confirmed Monday it is laying off roughly 3,000 white-collar and contract employees, marking the latest in its efforts to slas...
Seattle CEO who cut his pay so workers could earn $70,000 minimum resigns
SEATTLE — A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employees has announced his resignation. Dan Price, the embattle...
Beyond Meat Plans to Lay Off 4% of Global Workforce
Beyond Meat is cutting 4% of its global workforce, saying the layoffs are part of its plan to reduce costs as inflation prompts consumers to buy less-expensive protein. The California-based company, w...
Oracle Lays Off Hundreds of Employees
Oracle laid off hundreds of employees this week as the business software provider prioritizes its healthcare IT services and cloud businesses, according to people familiar with the company’s actions. ...
Walmart Stock Falls After Report of Hundreds of Layoffs
Text size Shares of Walmart are down about 10% this year. Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Walmart is eliminating about 200 jobs in a bid to restructure the company, according to a report from The...
Boeing Stock Rises as Strike Temporarily Averted, 787 Cleared for Deliveries
Text size The Federal Aviation Administration gave clearance to Boeing to begin deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner after approving the company’s plan to correct production problems with the aircra...
Defense Companies Hurt by Staffing Shortages Amid Growing Weapons Demand
July 30, 2022 11:04 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) U.S. defense companies are experiencing staffing shortages when the war in Ukraine and tensions surrounding Taiwan are expected to stoke demand ...
Microsoft stock jumps after ‘shockingly robust’ forecast calls for continued strong cloud growth
Microsoft Corp. missed expectations for profit and revenue in a Tuesday earnings report, as deteriorating economic conditions led to an even greater shock than expected when executives revised their g...
It’s the end of ‘fantasyland’ for Big Tech and its workers
After Big Tech grew in unprecedented and unchecked fashion for a decade, building ostentatious palaces to house growing workforces while plying them luxuriant freebies to keep them from defecting to r...
Ford Plans to Cut Several Thousand Salaried Jobs
Ford Motor Co. is planning to cut several thousand white-collar workers as it looks to trim costs to position the company for a long-range transition to electric vehicles, according to people familiar...
All Jobs Businesses Cut in Pandemic Are Back, but Not Where They Were Lost
Private-sector payrolls exceeded prepandemic levels in June, taking just over two years to close a 21 million job gap that was created in the spring of 2020 and reshaping the labor market in the proce...
Strike at Machinery Maker CNH Industrial Grinds On as Talks Stall
Negotiations between CNH Industrial NV and the equipment maker’s striking workers have hit a stalemate, deepening supply-chain problems with farm and construction equipment. Bargaining sessions betwee...
Novartis Will Cut 8,000 Jobs Under CEO’s Shake-Up Plan
Text size Vasant Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis. ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images Pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Tuesday it will lay off more than 7% of its workforce, just a few months after CEO Vas N...
I set up a company with friends. It has sales of $1 million. Two partners hijacked control of the bank accounts, and want to push others out. What can we do?
I went into business with friends operating a night market. We hold big events every two weeks. We started an LLC as equal members, all with a 25% share. Friend A had the idea to do it and said they w...