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Co-working facility giant WeWork files for BANKRUPTCY

a month ago -

CNBC reported that the company, whose headquarters is located in New York City, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New Jersey federal court on Nov. 6. WeWork had entered into agreements with the vast majority of its secured note holders, and had expressed intent to trim "non-operational" leases.

In an initial filing, WeWork reported total debts of $18.65 billion against total assets of $15.06 billion – amounting to a $3.59 billion deficit. The company clarified, ...

Political correctness has hindered efforts to tackle Asian grooming gangs, claims British PM

April 04, 2023 -

(Article by Thomas Brooke republished from RMX.news)

Fresh measures including a new police task force will be created, and regional police forces will be ordered to improve the recording and analysis of ethnicity data.

“The safety of women and girls is paramount,” said Sunak ahead of Monday’s announcement. “For too long, political correctness has stopped us from weeding out vile criminals who prey on children and young women. We will stop at nothing to stamp out ...

Musk’s statement against Disney sparks massive BOYCOTT of entertainment giant

6 days ago -

Kobeissi Letter reported that thousands of users had shared screenshots of canceled subscriptions on Disney's streaming platform within hours of Musk's interview at the 2023 DealBook summit.

During his conversation with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times, Musk dismissed the recent trend of advertisers leaving his X platform due to concerns about the sentiments expressed on the app. He singled out Disney CEO Bob Iger in the audience, greeting him with a casual ...

Food giant Dole temporarily halts U.S. production following ransomware cyberattack

February 24, 2023 -

Dole Food Company fresh vegetables division senior vice president Emanuel Lazopoulos wrote in a February 10 memo that the company was "in the midst of a Cyber Attack," prompting it to "shut down our systems throughout North America."

Dole sent this memo to various supermarkets after customers complained about popular Dole food products like prepackaged salads, including salad blends, salad kits, and ready-to-eat salads, being out of stock.

"Our plants are shut ...

REPORT: Ukraine abducts wounded Russian soldiers using giant drones with pincers

August 25, 2023 -

Russian media quoted a member of the Akhmat battalion labeling the drones as "Baba Yaga" – an ogress or witch from Slavic folklore who snatches and eats children. He said "Baba Yaga" has massive claws capable of carrying troops off into the sky.

"Such large drones, only slightly more modernized, have previously been used by the enemy in order to steal our wounded. The drone is equipped with special devices that look like claws, with which it captures a person who is not ...

Manufacturing giant 3M announces mass layoffs in preparation for a recession

April 26, 2023 -

According to 3M, this round of layoffs will help streamline corporate operations, simplify the company's supply chain and reduce management layers. A spokesperson for 3M claimed this is supposed to make the company "stronger, leaner and more focused."

This also comes on top of the 2,500 manufacturing jobs 3M laid off in January, and the several mass layoffs the conglomerate announced in 2019 and 2020. (Related: Recession fears surge as new job creation slows down, jobless ...

Giant flying insect discovered at Arkansas Walmart actually from the Jurassic era

March 22, 2023 -

Michael Skvarla, the current director of Pennsylvania State University's (Penn State) Insect Identification Lab, first spotted the insect at the side of a Walmart building in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He initially misidentified it as an average dragonfly when he first saw it in 2012.

"I remember it vividly," the entomologist said in a press release. "I thought it looked interesting, so I put it in my hand and did the rest of my shopping with it between my fingers. I got ...

Real estate giant Brookfield defaults on $161M in loans for DC office buildings

April 20, 2023 -

A Bloomberg report said Brookfield's loan was transferred to a special service working with the company "to execute a pre-negotiation agreement and to determine the path forward." The debt-ridden properties in the federal capital only had an average occupancy rate of 52 percent in 2022, down 27 points from the 79 percent occupancy rate at the time of the debt's underwriting in 2018.

Property security firm Kastle Systems mentioned that about 43 percent of workers in the ...

Gaming giant Activision rolls out AI that SNOOPS on in-game voice chat conversations

September 07, 2023 -

Activision, known for its popular first-person shooter franchise "Call of Duty," has officially announced a partnership with AI startup Modulate. This partnership entails integrating Modulate's AI-powered voice moderation tool known as ToxMod into several of the company's most popular games, including "Modern Warfare 2," "Warzone 2" and eventually "Modern Warfare 3" when it comes out in full release in November.

Modulate describes ToxMod as "the only proactive voice ...

Giant coronal hole on the sun creates second hole, unleashing solar winds toward Earth

April 11, 2023 -

According to scientists, the said "coronal hole" 30 times bigger than Earth was first discovered on March 23. This first hole subsequently created a second hole, this time 20 times bigger than Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the two coronal holes.

"Coronal holes are magnetically open areas that are one source of high-speed solar wind. They appear dark when viewed in many wavelengths of extreme ...

GET WOKE GO BROKE: Home-goods giant Bed Bath & Beyond considers filing for bankruptcy

January 06, 2023 -

"For the third quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company expects to report net sales of approximately $1.259 billion compared to $1.878 billion in the year-ago period, reflecting lower customer traffic and reduced levels of inventory availability, among other factors," the statement included.

Sue Gove, president and CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond, said the firm is considering all "strategic alternatives," including restructuring and refinancing its debt, seeking additional debt ...

END of DOLLAR’s HEGEMONY: Russian oil giant now using yuan and rubles for export settlements

September 27, 2023 -

The company's CEO Aleksandr Dyukov revealed this information on the sidelines of the TNF Energy forum, which was held in the oil-rich Tyumen Region in Siberia.

The conventional practice of conducting international trade used to be done using major global currencies like the dollar and euro. This decision increasingly reflected a strategic move to align its trade practices more closely with the economic and geopolitical interests of Russia, as well as its significant ...

Food service giant Compass sued over wrongful termination of employee who stood up against discrimination

August 01, 2023 -

The lawsuit was filed on July 24 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California under the auspices of the Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm headquartered in Chicago.

Rogers used to worked for Compass from her home office in San Diego, California. She was hired in August 2021 with the title of "recruiter, internal mobility team." (Related: Equity vs. equality: California reparations commission wants to legalize racial discrimination....

BlackRock recruiter claims ‘war is good for business,’ says asset management giant ‘decides people’s fate’

June 23, 2023 -

In its latest undercover sting, the media organization founded by former Project Veritas principal James O'Keefe "published a new story focusing on perhaps [his] most powerful investigative subject to date, BlackRock Inc.," said a post by O'Keefe Media Group, also known as OMG.

The recorded video showcases Serge Varlay, a recruiter from BlackRock, who reveals in approximately seven minutes of captivating undercover footage how BlackRock holds the ability to exert influence ...

Canadian businessman to build 4,000-room hotel inside giant moon replica atop a Dubai building

May 24, 2023 -

Henderson's new project, dubbed "MOON," will be just like the real moon that Earth's billionaire space tourists may one day visit, only 0.008-percent the size. The said project could easily fit in this futuristic city-state as the chief port and commercial center of the U.A.E. already has a red-hot real estate market, "fueled by the wealthy who fled restrictions imposed in their home countries during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and Russians seeking refuge amid Moscow's ...

Asian-American student has near-perfect SAT score and a 4.65 GPA, gets ugly shock after applications to elite universities

June 13, 2023 -

(Article by Bryan Chai republished from WesternJournal.com)

Bad news for Asian-Americans across the United States — they won’t be finding much reprieve from school administrators and staff at the university level.

Look no further than the curious case of 18-year-old Jon Wang, a Florida native sporting some impressive academic marks.

According to Fox News, Wang scored a sterling 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT exam (many Asian parents would probably be mad about ...

VICTORY against Monsanto achieved: Chemical giant forced to pay out over $1.5 billion in Roundup verdict

20 days ago -

Jurors in state court in Jefferson City awarded James Draeger, Valerie Gunther and Dan Anderson a total of $61.1 million in actual damages along with another $500 million each in punitive damages over claims that using Roundup on their lawns and gardens caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The suit is one of many in recent days in which juries have ruled against Monsanto over claims concerning the carcinogenic properties of its Roundup formula. This latest suit is ...

Unhappy comeback: Embattled Chinese real estate giant Evergrande crashes again by 87% after 17-month suspension

August 30, 2023 -

The stock of the embattled real estate developer Evergrande Group, which trades in Hong Kong under what was supposed to be the "lucky" ticker 3333, opened 87 percent lower and ended the day at HK$ 0.35. Investors immediately wiped more than four-fifths off the market value of the company, which last month reported a combined loss of $81 billion for 2021 and 2022. According to reports, it lost more than 99 percent of its share market value over the past three years.

The ...

Twitter files: Big Tech giant broke its own rules to help US gov’t spread war propaganda

December 22, 2022 -

(Article by Andreas Wailzer republished from LifeSiteNews.com)

1. TWITTER FILES PART 8

*How Twitter Quietly Aided the Pentagon’s Covert Online PsyOp Campaign*

Despite promises to shut down covert state-run propaganda networks, Twitter docs show that the social media giant directly assisted the U.S. military’s influence operations.

— Lee Fang (@lhfang) December 20, 2022

American investigative journalist Lee Fang was given excess to Twitter’s internal ...