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...The commerce ministry last week banned several Raytheon and Lockheed Martin executives from entering the country and prohibited Chinese groups from selling to the two US defence contractors....
...The deal will greatly expand Home Depot’s reach among contractors and builders....
...Scarlett’s allegation appeared to contradict Apple’s claim to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it “supports the rights of its employees and contractors to speak freely” about workplace issues,...
...Inc., a footwear company based in California, agreed to settle charges for failing to disclose payments for the benefit of its executives and their immediate family members....
...S&P is three years on from completing the purchase of analytics group IHS Markit for $44bn and chief executive Doug Peterson told analysts earlier this month that the company was open to “tuck-in acquisitions...
...Strong deals in Europe have added to the mood, with listings for the likes of German defence contractor Renk and Athens International Airport rising after their market debuts....
...The delivery company said on Tuesday the headcount reductions would target its 85,000 workers in management, along with some contractors, with three-quarters of the lay-offs expected to occur in the first...
...recombination of ideas (those constant software updates), learning by doing and international trade (has anyone ever produced a high tech product at a scale matching Apple and its stable of global sub-contractors...
...Avid Bioservices, a small-cap company that helps develop and manufacture drugs for pharmaceutical companies, filed this with the SEC yesterday: On February 29, 2024, Avid Bioservices, Inc....
Short-form video app hires hundreds to help curb spread of harmful content
...Peterson also moved to an executive chair role after handing his Flexport job to Clark. Letting go is difficult if you never truly leave....
...Uber had argued that it was exempt from VAT because its drivers were self-employed contractors. However, the Supreme Court ruled that its drivers should be considered workers....
...Hacking Inc....
...its minimum wage of $15 per hour was below reasonable estimates of the “living wage” in some parts of the country, and that it was avoiding obligations to workers by treating many of them as “independent contractors...
...Some of the larger contractors are also looking at partnerships....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 3. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Social networks including Meta, TikTok and YouTube hire external contractors to conduct this work....
...US aerospace and defence contractor L3Harris Technologies will acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, the last independent domestic maker of missile propulsion systems, in a $4.7bn deal....
...getting these firms to come to the US, expanding in the US, and there aren’t workers for that, and it’s not like you’re going to pull workers from McDonald’s,” said Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson...
...And the kinds of projects contractors are working on “are changing from large-scale remodels to smaller projects”....
...The US defence contractor is buying missile engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7bn, including debt....
...privately held builders, as Citi’s Pettinari points out: Pandemic-related supply chain tightness has led to extended cycle times, and large public builders have more resources (procurement scale, access to contractor...
...“Inflation is biting for contractors, with the price of some materials more than doubling since the start of the year,” said Max Jones, Lloyds Bank’s infrastructure and construction director....
...“While independent contractors have an important role in our economy, we have seen in many cases that employers misclassify their employees as independent contractors,” labour secretary Marty Walsh said...
...When I typed “how to be a man” into YouTube’s search bar, I got results for Tate and for the feminism-sceptic psychologist Jordan Peterson....
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