Southwest Airlines is eliminating 1,750 jobs, or 15% of its corporate workforce, in the first major layoffs in the company's 53-year history. read more
Plonk numbers changed dramatically. Accounts that 'joined' but never appeared on the STATS page are showing listed. Weird.
JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon said during a Wednesday town hall he didn't care how many employees signed a petition to bring back hybrid work. read more
Several channels owned by Paramount Global, including CBS, Comedy Central and MTV, will soon disappear from YouTube TV on if the two companies don't reach a contract renewal. YouTube TV, owned by Alphabet, told its customers that it's "working hard to reach a fair agreement with Paramount that allows us to keep their channels," but despite negotiations, it hasn't "been successful yet." The channels will go dark tonight if a deal isn't reached. "Paramount is an important partner for us and as you can imagine, this is not the outcome that we want," YouTube TV said in a statement. "We're still in active conversations with Paramount and are hopeful we can come to an agreement to keep their content available on YouTube TV." Paramount said on a special webpage that YouTube TV is "attempting to pressure Paramount to unfavorable and one-sided terms" and that it's proposing a "comprehensive deal" to keep its channels on the service. read more
The Georgia Department of Agriculture has lifted the suspension of poultry activities in Georgia, one of the country's top poultry-producing states, after bird flu testing, depopulation, cleaning and disinfecting were done in the area and no new cases were found. read more
I suspect we will never see who has who plonked for the same reason we could not see who flagged posts on the Nooner.