Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN, -0.79% layoffs will affect more than 18,000 employees, the highest reduction tally revealed in the past year at a major technology company as the industry pares back Read more
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Here are MarketWatch’s most popular Moneyist advice columns of 2022
What fresh shenanigans and money dilemmas enthralled readers in 2022? Another year of broken promises, dodgy dealings and moving letters about how to get back on one’s feet after divorce, Read more
Eat, drink and be merry: Here’s where shoppers have been spending the most money this holiday season
Restaurants are set to become the biggest winners of a holiday season that could turn out to be the most normalized since the onset of the pandemic. That’s according to Read more
Vanguard sees a recession in 2023 — and one ‘silver lining’ for investors
The last 12 months was a year of fast-rising inflation, fast-rising interest rates and fast-rising questions about a future recession. Prices went up while stock markets and savings account balances Read more
Exclusive: San Francisco city attorney looking into loss of Twitter janitors’ jobs
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said Tuesday that he will look into the loss of Twitter janitors’ jobs, which appears to be in violation of San Francisco law. Members Read more
‘Gaslighters have two signature moves’: Are you being gaslighted at work? How to recognize the signs.
Are you less happy at work since you befriended that new recruit? Have they told you stories about how colleagues have constantly undermined them? Or do you have a boss Read more
This 82-year-old has found his true calling in retirement: Moose
Butch Phillips, an 82-year-old member of the Penobscot Nation, etches 18-inch long moose call horns from birch bark he harvests off tribal land. While some moose calls he gives away Read more
‘A rail shutdown would devastate our economy’: Biden urges Congress to head off potential strike
OMAHA, Neb. — President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks, following pressure by business Read more
5 things NOT to buy on Black Friday
It’s a year for shopping prudently. Americans will spend between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion this holiday season, according to projections from the National Retail Federation. That’s up from last Read more
Amazon CEO says more layoffs are coming in 2023
Amazon.com Inc. plans more layoffs, but employees will have to wait until 2023 to see if their jobs are affected. Chief Executive Andy Jassy said Thursday that while Amazon AMZN, Read more