Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic lays off 185 employees as it doubles down on efforts to build new spaceships

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Virgin Galactic is opening a factory in 2024 that will produce its new Delta Class spaceships.

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How companies decide who to lay off

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Layoffs stink for everyone.

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All the signs are pointing to a recession that'll cost Americans their jobs, veteran bond investor Jeff Gundlach says: 'Layoffs are coming'

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DoubleLine Capital founder Jeffrey Gundlach.

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I got laid off from Amazon. They've tried 4 times to rehire me, but I can't go back.

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Amazon cut about 18,000 workers at the start of the year.

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Google's latest job cuts were pretty targeted and reportedly included several 'director decapitations'

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Google News VP Shailesh Prakash.

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Nokia says it's going to cut up to 14,000 jobs

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Nokia phones were a staple for many before the advent of smartphones.

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Layoffs hit coding community Stack Overflow as software engineers increasingly shift to AI for help

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Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekhar recently announced another round of layoffs.

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LinkedIn employees discovered a mysterious list of around 500 names over the weekend. On Monday, workers said those on the list were laid off.

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LinkedIn laid off over 600 staffers on Monday.
LinkedIn laid off over 600 staffers on Monday.

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Read the email LinkedIn sent employees announcing more than 600 layoffs across its engineering and product teams

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The LinkedIn logo is displayed in the Apple App Store on an iPhone.

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Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It's putting those people in an awkward spot.

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Companies that only months ago were laying off workers are now trying to hire some back. For workers, there can be a lot to consider.

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