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...Yield was hard to find and cash was abundant, so borrowers’ lawyers were able to take the offensive, as a general rule....
...In the 1990s, 51 prime contractors worked for the Pentagon. This has shrunk to five highly diversified companies: Lockheed, Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman....
...“We were frankly not anticipating the speed of the recovery we have seen in some key geographies and definitely the UK,” said Anabel Diaz Calderon, Uber’s regional general manager for Europe, the Middle...
...US defence contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon also report earnings as demand for their products surges. 3M, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric also report....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 9 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...The “Big Five” consists of Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics, which have a combined market capitalisation of $470bn....
...It wasn’t on their radar,” said Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, whose members the inquiry has previously criticised for their own failings on the night of the fire....
...When it comes to fleet EV sales, General Motors and Ford are for now concentrating more on commercial operators than rental companies....
...The judge said the ruling would not take effect while gig economy workers and others, including California’s attorney-general, pursued an appeal....
...Briefly Defence contractor Qinetiq is not so lucky....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 27 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...“You may think that Uber and the GMB don’t seem like obvious allies but we’ve always agreed that drivers must come first,” said Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for northern and eastern Europe...
...Independent contractors have none of these rights....
...They also launched multiple spear-phishing attacks targeting energy, aerospace and technology companies, as well as the US state department, the US defence department and other US defence contractors, the...
...Another KKR partner who is not on the Axel Springer board weighed in too: General David Petraeus, the former head of the CIA, who joined the private equity group in 2013....
...California voters’ decision to let Uber and other gig economy companies continue to treat their workers as independent contractors has dealt a crushing blow to campaigners and legislators and paved the way...
...The court case was brought by the state’s attorney-general who sought to enforce the new law against the tech companies....
...An Amazon spokesperson said that the numbers refer to Amazon and Whole Foods warehouse and cashier staff, not delivery drivers, who are contractors....
...If Prop 22 passes, the attorney-general’s case is dead in the water and the gig economy is emboldened....
...Uber will this week make a last-ditch attempt to overturn a UK court ruling that its drivers are workers rather than independent contractors in one of the most significant British employment cases for years...
...“This decision is a recognition of Uber’s commitment to safety and we will continue to work constructively with TfL,” said Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for northern and eastern Europe....
...Stripe hires GM’s CFOThe San Francisco-based online payments company has poached a big-name CFO in the shape of Dhivya Suryadevara of General Motors....
...It codified a Supreme Court ruling that set out criteria for treating workers as employees rather than independent contractors. The law is now being used to take the gig economy companies to court....
...lawsuit seeks to enforce Assembly Bill 5, a Californian law that came into effect at the beginning of the year, which is designed to raise the bar for companies wanting to treat their workers as independent contractors...
...Babcock International has hired former Cobham head David Lockwood as chief executive to drive change at the UK defence contractor. More here....
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