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Meta is laying off 8,000 workers, about 10 per cent of its workforce, to enhance efficiency and focus on artificial intelligence investments. Concurrently, Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 8,750 employees, marking a significant shift for the company amid industry-wide cost adjustments.
Oil prices surged above $106 per barrel amid escalating US-Iran tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, following reciprocal vessel seizures. The increase represents a nearly 5% rise since late Wednesday, reflecting concerns over shipping disruptions in a key global energy transit route.
US liquefied natural gas exporters are poised to gain as markets plummet amid the Iran war: Markets are plummeting as the conflict escalates – but not every industry is affected.
In the last four years more than 170,000 households approached their local authority as homeless while claiming Universal Credit.
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HMRC has started writing to thousands of people who could be missing out on their full state pension entitlement due to an error in their national insurance records.
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