Chevron to Lay Off Up to 20% of Staff

Chevron wants to save about $3 billion. Layoffs are on the horizon.

The integrated energy company said that layoffs will affect 15% to 20% of its employees, starting this year and with most layoffs completed before the end of 2026.

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Vance Is Laying the Groundwork

The vice president is the millennial Republican we should have seen coming.

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Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting

Exclusive: Google executives gave employees details on dropping the company’s promise against weaponized AI and nixing diversity goals. Google ’s executives gave details on Wednesday on how the ...

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Chevron will slash up to 20% of its workforce as part of cost-cutting plan

The layoffs will begin this year with most of the cuts complete before the end of 2026.

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Chevron to Lay Off Up to 20% of Staff

The second-largest U.S. oil company may cut as many as 9,000 workers worldwide in an effort to cut costs.

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Some Laid-Off Meta Staff Cry Foul as Pushback Spotlights Meta’s Harsher Side

Meta’s just the latest big tech company to lay off staff. But it may have handled things indelicately—and staff who were let go as part of a culling of “low performers” claim they’re high achievers.

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Sicily's gangsters complain they can't get the staff

An investigation reveals a crime group having to adapt to modernity and displaying a nostalgia for past ambitions.

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Raiders announce their 2025 coaching staff, and it includes Pete Carroll's two sons

The Raiders announced their full coaching staff Tuesday.

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Sam Altman Dismisses Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy OpenAI in Letter to Staff

OpenAI’s CEO claims the company has yet to receive an official offer from Elon Musk’s team, sources say.

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‘I am pretty much uninsurable’: My 20-year term life insurance is up, but I was diagnosed with throat cancer. Do I renew it?

“I am pretty much uninsurable.”

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CFPB’s new leadership begins staff purge with dozens of employees terminated

The terminations have sowed more confusion at the bureau, as several of those being laid off had already accepted federal buyout offers, said one of the people.

CNBC - 5h

Man missing for 20 years found in Utah reservoir

Steven Willard Anderson, 46, who went missing in 2004 has been found inside a submerged car in a Utah reservoir.

CBS News - 6h

Oil giant Chevron to lay off thousands in bid to cut up to 20% of global workforce

No 2 US oil firm aims for $3bn in cost cuts through 2026 and seeks to simplify business after production challenges. Chevron will lay off 15-20% of its global workforce by the end of 2026, the US ...

The Guardian - 7h

Chevron to slash up to 20% of its workforce

US oil group announces cuts despite Donald Trump’s exhortation to ‘drill, baby, drill’

Financial Times - 7h

Fintech unicorn Zepz to lay off 20% of its global workforce, sources say

London-based fintech Zepz is laying off around 200 IT workers as part of a major redundancy plan, two employees impacted by the move told CNBC.

CNBC - 16h

Sources: Man United mulling further staff cuts

Manchester United are considering making further cuts to club staff, sources have told ESPN.

ESPN - 1d

Flagg, Broome headline Wooden Award's Top 20

Duke's Cooper Flagg, a Blue Devils freshman and favorite to be the No. 1 pick in June's NBA draft who is averaging 19.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists, and Auburn's Johni Broome headline the ...

ESPN - 1d

More than 20 million people are under winter weather alerts

NBC News' Priya Sridhar reports on the winter weather alerts in place for millions of Americans as back-to-back snowstorms are predicted to slam the South and Northeast.

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Schumer lays out Senate Democrats' strategy to push back against Trump

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer detailed Democrats' efforts to combat what he called a "coordinated assault" by President Trump.

CBS News - 2d

Schumer warns of 'Trump shutdown,' lays out 4-pronged plan for Democrats

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) in a letter to colleagues Monday warned of the possibility of a “Trump shutdown” and reminded fellow senators that Democrats have the power to make or ...

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Trump’s acting chief of federal financial watchdog orders staff to pause activity

Russell Vought is now acting head of CFPB, created in wake of 2008 financial crash to supervise financial companies. Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s newly installed acting head of the US Consumer ...

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‘I’m in my early 20s most of the time… totally up for it!’: Tamsin Greig on ageing, caring and learning bass guitar

The stage and screen actor on her two, vastly different new roles – with Celia Imrie in a radical play about a woman caring for her mother after a stroke, and in a Sally Wainwright TV drama about ...

The Guardian - 3d

Bryant leads Illinois against Wisconsin after 20-point outing

Illinois Fighting Illini (18-5, 8-4 Big Ten) at Wisconsin Badgers (11-12, 2-10 Big Ten) Madison, Wisconsin; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Illinois visits Wisconsin after Genesis Bryant scored ...

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Oklahoma State hosts Arizona State following Mason's 20-point performance

Arizona State Sun Devils (12-10, 3-8 Big 12) at Oklahoma State Cowboys (11-11, 3-8 Big 12) Stillwater, Oklahoma; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cowboys -1.5; over/under is 144 BOTTOM ...

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Trump amends CBS '60 Minutes' lawsuit and demands $20 billion

President Trump doubled the damages he is seeking from CBS and its parent company, Paramount Global, which needs FCC approval for its pending merger.

Los Angeles Times - 4d

Jaguars announce full 2025 coaching staff

The Jaguars have announced their full coaching staff for the 2025 season.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Staff let go, map tool shut down in tumultuous week at EPA

EPA staffers have had to contend with dramatic shake-ups. About 1,100 employees were told they could be terminated, and then 168 staffers were put on leave.

NBC News - 4d

Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave

A last-minute lawsuit means Trump's efforts to dismantle the overseas aid agency have been put on hold.

BBC News - 4d

Granny pants and situationships: Lessons Bridget Jones taught me in my 20s

Grab your diary and your ice cream - here are Bridget's relatable wisdoms for those trying to survive adulthood.

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Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave

Judge Carl Nichols said he would be entering a "very limited" temporary restraining order directed at the 2,200 at-risk USAID workers.

CNBC - 5d

Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPA

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPA The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than 160 workers who ...

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A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’

An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

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