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New York CNN  —  Starbucks’ new CEO Laxman Narasimhan teased his plan for the company in a letter to employees. It includes working in Starbucks stores as a barista once…

New York CNN  —  Amazon is cutting 9,000 more jobs, CEO Andy Jassy announced Monday in a memo to staff. The latest cuts come after the company announced earlier this…

CNN  —  Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is preparing to walk down the aisle for the fifth time. The 92-year-old tycoon revealed he’s engaged to marry Ann Lesley Smith in…

New York CNN  —  On the morning of January 20, one Google employee had to call tech support after getting hit with an unusual error message when they tried to…

Here’s why ‘Succession’ star pushes back on character’s comparison to Rupert Murdoch “Succession” star Brian Cox tells CNN’s Chris Wallace why he rejects comparisons of his character Logan Roy to…

Bloomberg Businessweek Columnist and author of “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power” Max Chafkin tells “Nightcap’s” Jon Sarlin how tech leaders and VCs “behaved in a…

New York CNN  —  “A challenging period.” That’s how Mark Zuckerberg described in a memo what the near future will be like for Meta employees after he announced the once-impervious…

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers weighs in on bank collapse and looking ahead Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers discusses what errors he thinks Silicon Valley Bank made, and what can…

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Late last year, Dan Sinker found himself in a “Groundhog Day” situation. When he would check his notifications tab on Twitter, Sinker, who has tens of thousands of followers, often…