Explained: What is the Voluntary Retirement Programme that Microsoft is offering to its 8500-plus employees

Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to roughly 7% of its US workforce—about 8,750 people out of 125,000 American employees. It’s the first time in the company’s 51-year history it has done anything like this. In previous years, when Microsoft needed to cut costs, it reached for layoffs: more than 15,000 jobs went last summer alone….

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Us Sanctions China Oil Refinery: ‘Economic Fury’: US sanctions China’s ‘teapot’ refinery & 40 shipping companies, tightens pressure on Iran oil trade

The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and around 40 shipping companies and tankers linked to Iranian oil transport, escalating its campaign to choke Tehran’s key revenue stream.The move, announced on Friday, targets what Washington describes as an extensive “shadow network” used to move Iranian crude to global markets.It…

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Gujarat woman critical after bullet rips through her jaw at US store; husband held for ‘accidental’ firing | Ahmedabad News

The victim, Jigisha alias Soniya Gajera, suffered devastating facial injuries when a firearm discharged on April 4 inside Mezo Grocery and Deli in Bossier City. AHMEDABAD: A sudden gunshot during a conversation at a convenience store in the US state of Louisiana has changed a 30-year-old woman’s life. The victim, originally from Gujarat, is now…

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