SoftBank-backed Meesho lays off 150 employees from grocery vertical

SoftBank-backed internet commerce firm Meesho has downsized its grocery vertical Meesho SuperStore (formerly Farmiso) in an attempt to drive efficiency. The Bengaluru-based firm did not reveal the number of laid-off employees. However, the company officials said that about 150 employees have been laid off. “As we look to boost efficiencies in the light of the integration, a small number of […]

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‘The Little Prince’ Broadway Review: Classic Tale Takes Flight

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s elegantly humble 1943 children’s novella The Little Prince is transformed into a visually spectacular, dramatically overblown meld of dance, music, video and, best of all, breathtaking aerial acrobatics in Anne Tournié’s international staging opening on Broadway tonight at the Broadway Theatre. Staying true to the book’s plot and spirit, with only a few storyline excisions that might […]

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Warner Bros. Discovery To Host First Upfront May 18

The newly merged Warner Bros. Discovery will host its first Upfront event on Wednesday, May 18 at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, showcasing its combined portfolio of content, brands, franchises and talent, ad sales chief Jon Steinlauf said Monday. The event is likely to be packed with clients, agency partners, investors, sell-side analysts and press following last week’s […]

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CEOs at major oil companies come under fire for high gas prices

New York (CNN Business)Krispy Kreme wants to take the edge off higher gas prices by lowering doughnut prices. Every Wednesday from April 13 through May 4, Krispy Kreme will sell a dozen original glazed doughnuts for the price of a gallon of regular gas. Each week, the chain will use Monday’s national average gas price to set the promotional cost […]

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Twitter CEO Says Elon Musk Not To Join Board

Twitter’s Chief Executive Parag Agrawal said that its largest shareholder Elon Musk has decided not to join the board. The Board appointment of Musk, the CEO of luxury electric vehicle maker Tesla, was due to become effective on Saturday, but he shared that same morning that he would no longer be joining the board. Agrawal said Twitter Board offered Musk […]

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AT&T’s Grim Future

AT&T’s CEO John Stankey says his company is best off out of the media business. From the standpoint of its choppy contribution to earnings and its debt load, he is right. However, that leaves AT&T to rely on the highly competitive broadband business. It is among the most competitive sectors in the United States, and AT&T has yet to prove […]

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How Mamata can woo big-ticket projects to Bengal

The words ‘industry’, ‘industrial development’, ‘jobs’, and ‘employment’ have been ringing with higher frequency since Mamata Banerjee stepped into her third term with landslide victory after a high-octane election last year. “Our government’s next target is industrial development,” the chief minister (CM) had been heard stating at different public meetings in the past few months — perhaps setting the tone […]

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