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Layoffs in numbers: tracking companies that lay off workers End-shutdown
Shifting its focus to electric vehicles and their batteries, Ford laid off about 3,000 white-collar employees in August, according to the Wall Street Journal. It represented a 1 percent reduction in Ford’s 183,000-person workforce and primarily affected workers in the United States, Canada and India, according to the Journal. On Tuesday, February 14, the automaker […]
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Weather Tracking: Madagascar Prepares for Cyclone Freddy | Madagascar End-shutdown
Cyclone Freddy, upgraded to a very intense tropical cyclone on February 19, is expected to make landfall in Madagascar this week, with a chance of fatalities. The previous tropical cyclone to affect the country was Cheneso, which hit about a month ago and caused dozens of deaths. Freddy is predicted to deal much more damage. […]