FedEx questioned for hiring hundreds of H-1B workers while firing US staff after $2.24 billion federal contract: ‘Our strategy is…’

American company FedEx has come under fire after a multibillion-dollar federal delivery contract coincided with a sharp increase in the company’s hiring of foreign workers, even as it cut hundreds of US jobs across multiple states.In December 2022, the US Transportation Command awarded FedEx a contract worth $2.24 billion for the Next Generation Delivery Service-2…

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Father’s guarantee: Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison backstops son’s $78bn Paramount bid for Warner Bros. Discovery | Business

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has stepped in to personally guarantee more than $40bn in financing for Paramount Skydance’s hostile $78bn bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. The move follows open scepticism from WBD’s board over whether the offer was fully funded and capable of closing. By putting his own wealth on the line, Ellison aims to…

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‘Mitsubishi to power Shriram Finance’s growth’

NEW DELHI: Capital infusion by Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) will strengthen Shriram Finance’s balance sheet as well as provide long-term growth capital. MUFG has said it will invest Rs 39,618 crore in Shriram Finance through a preferential allotment of equity shares, acquiring a 20% stake in the non-bank lender. MUFG will make the…

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