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Electronic Arts is currently facing two opposing forces negotiating against the recently announced private equity buyout. One by the United States politicians who are concerned for the privacy and data collection of millions of players, and another by EA’s own employees who are worried about their job positions. Let’s break it down in the latest news reports: US Politicians Send …

Nestlé will lay off 16,000 employees worldwide as recently-appointed CEO Philipp Navratil looks to turn around the world’s largest food company.  In a bid to cut costs, Nestlé will slash 12,000 white-collar jobs along with an additional 4,000 manufacturing and supply-chain positions, reducing 6% of its global workforce over the next two years, the company announced Thursday. Some white-collar roles …

As health insurance prices are surging, some companies are covering their employees’ medical plans. Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR NPR’s series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what’s driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live? Fill out …

Termination notices went out to 150 NBC News Group employees Wednesday as the financial health of the traditional television business continues to erode. The cuts have been anticipated for months as NBC is seeing declines in TV ratings and ad revenue that are not being fully offset by a growing digital business. Audience migration to streaming platforms has put pressure …

Goldman Sachs has reportedly informed its staff to expect an additional round of job cuts before the end of the year, as the bank looks to achieve further savings and leverage efficiencies gained through artificial intelligence (AI). The New York-based firm plans a “limited reduction in roles across the firm” and will “constrain headcount growth through the end of the …

Now in the third week of the partial government shutdown, tensions are rising rapidly over the impending wave of reductions in force across federal agencies. In the aftermath of several agencies’ RIF announcements late last week, federal employees joined with Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to blast the planned layoffs. With a view of the Office of Management …

Approximately 550 employees of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be laid off, according to an announcement made on the agency’s website on Monday (Oct. 13). The news comes in the midst of an ongoing U.S. government shutdown and the looming threat of the single largest funding reduction in NASA’s 66-year history. Due to those potential cuts, NASA has been …

The firings of hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been reversed, according to several reports citing officials familiar with the matter, and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing federal workers. On Friday, the White House budget office announced that as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, reductions in force …

A person walks past the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Sweeping layoffs announced Friday by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for overseeing special education, according to multiple sources within the department. The reduction-in-force, or …

RALEIGH, N.C. (WKRC) — A hospital patient allegedly removed an IV from his arm and used his “HIV positive blood” as a weapon by spraying it into the eyes of medical personnel. According to an arrest warrant obtained by Law&Crime, 25-year-old Kameron Gilchrist was being treated for diabetes at UNC Rex Hospital on March 21, 2025. Gilchrist began spraying “his …