Apple-bashing Margrethe Vestager ousted from Europe’s anti-trust job: report
The EU’s top official who imposed billions of dollars in fines on US tech giants is set to be forced out of his job. The Financial Times reported on Friday.. During her decade as Europe’s top antitrust enforcer, former Danish deputy prime minister Margrethe Vestager stirred outrage on this side of the Atlantic by extorting […]
Harris campaign job seekers have 9 different pronoun options: ‘More pronouns than policy’
Vice President Kamala Harris’ website allows job seekers to choose from nine different pronoun options when applying for a campaign position, leading some social media users to accuse the Democrat of having “more pronouns than policies.” Applicants can choose from the more common pronouns “he/him,” “she/her” and “they/them,” or they can choose less common gender-neutral […]
US weekly job claims fall, boosting case for Fed to cut rates
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, surprising economists and raising hopes that the Federal Reserve will finally start cutting interest rates next month. The Labor Department said new claims for state unemployment insurance fell to a seasonally adjusted 227,000 for the week ended Aug. 10, below the 235,000 […]
Thailand parliament set to vote on new PM with Thaksin’s daughter nominated for top job | Thailand
Thailand’s parliament will vote on Friday whether to recognize Paethonthan Shinawatra, the billionaire daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as its future leader after more than a week of political turmoil. Paethonthan, 37, was chosen as prime ministerial candidate after 24 hours of frantic negotiations triggered by a court ruling that removed former prime […]
Jim Harbaugh Offered Colin Kaepernick a Job on Chargers Coaching Staff
The NFL’s most vocal and notorious former employee may not be a former employee for much longer. According to new Chargers head coach and longtime Kaepernick confidant Jim Harbaugh, he offered Kaepernick, the NFL’s first national anthem protester, a spot on the Los Angeles Chargers’ coaching staff earlier this year. “Yeah, we talked a little […]
RFK Jr. sought meeting with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job in exchange for endorsement
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week attempted to set up a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris in which he offered to drop out of the 2024 presidential race and endorse her in exchange for a position in her administration, possibly at a Cabinet level. But Harris, 59, has not shown any […]
Biden jokes about impending exit from the White House: ‘Looking for a job’
Speaking to a group of content creators at an event in the West Wing of the White House on Wednesday, President Biden joked about his plans to leave the White House, telling them he’s “looking for a job.” The White House hosted a Creator Economy conference on Wednesday with social media influencers and other content […]
Elon Musk’s favorite job interview question is a secret method to catch liars
If you fail this job interview question, you will be given an “X.” SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed his favorite, time-tested job interview question that detects liars. At the 2017 World Government Summit, Musk admitted that he asks all job applicants, “Tell me about the most difficult problem you’ve ever worked […]
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s girlfriend scores new job with bigger lobbying firm
She upgraded. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s girlfriend has landed a new job at Albany’s largest lobbying firm after being fired from her previous job with a small labor union. Rebecca LaMotte lost her job with the Greater New York LECET in June in what the group called a reorganization, months after her influential boyfriend […]
Time is running out for humans: I was laid off, and my job was replaced by AI
How are you feeling? I feel like layoffs are just the tip of the iceberg, and in this economy, time is running out for humanity. For the past three years, I’ve written about self-improvement, relationships, and spirituality for a media organization that receives tens of millions of website clicks every month. The problem is, an […]