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“It wouldn’t surprise me if they see an outflow of clients over the next six months,” one user told MarketWatch.
The 35-year-old Bank of America investment banker who died from a blood clot earlier this month wanted to leave the U.S. bank because he was working more than 100 hours a week, according to an executive recruiter who spoke with him about seeking a new job. Junior banker Leo Lukenas III died of an acute coronary artery thrombus, a type of blood clot, the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said last week. Lukenas said in mid-March that he wanted to leave Bank of America because of the grueling hours, Douglas Walters, a managing partner at GrayFox Recruitment, told Reuters in an interview.
Walmart on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant’s campus offices. It also said it will require most remote workers and personnel in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its primary offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area. The news, conveyed via a Walmart staff memo provided to The Associated Press, said the relocations will serve the goal of “bringing more of us together more often.”
Toyota Motor and Ford Motor executives might feel a little uneasy Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker unveiled its Shark pickup truck in Mexico. It’s the company’s first truck, a plug-in hybrid vehicle that is a little longer than a Ford Maverick, and a similar size as the Toyota Tacoma.
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Henrik Fisker’s electric-vehicle startup burned through cash and struggled to make and sell an auto.
Vehicle prices continued their downward trend in April as costs continue to moderate from pandemic-era highs.
(Reuters) -Uber Technologies is introducing a shuttle service in the U.S. and widening a delivery tie-up with membership-only retailer Costco as part of a series of initiatives unveiled on Wednesday to attract price-conscious consumers amid competition from rival Lyft. The initiatives were unveiled at the company's GO-GET annual event for new products and are meant to maintain growth at the ride-share and delivery giant after a strong 2023 that saw it reporting its first-ever annual profit. The San Francisco, California-based company said it will allow Uber Shuttle users to reserve up to five seats in advance on buses operating in high-traffic areas like airports, concerts, and sports events.
A congressional waiver on sunsetting Boeing’s production of 767 freighters to comply with international emissions rules will benefit FedEx and UPS. The post Congress exempts Boeing 767 freighter from 2028 production cutoff appeared first on FreightWaves.
Today's modern crop of heavy duty diesel pickup trucks are extremely capable. But they are also riddled with emissions equipment and hefty fuel bills. How about a hybrid instead?