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Oct. 29, 2023 11:36 am ET SINGAPORE—TikTok is asking managers across the world to give more employees lower ratings in performance reviews, a move that staff fear could reduce bonuses and lead to layoffs, people familiar with the matter said.  In mid-October, managers were told by senior management and staff in human resources that they needed …

Updated Oct. 23, 2023 9:12 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Govind Gnanakumar was in diapers when Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard. Like the Meta founder, he won’t wait for a university diploma to start his business.  The 19-year-old dropped out of the Georgia Institute of Technology in May to focus full time …

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd on Friday said they will build a $4.3 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the United States amid a push to take advantage of tax credits. Manufacturers must adhere to new US sourcing requirements for EV battery components and critical minerals so that buyers …

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Twitter logo at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Reuters) – After Twitter Inc laid off roughly half its staff on Friday following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, the company is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs …

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  The vast majority of Americans of all ages, races, generations and backgrounds say the US has a mental health crisis. Nine in 10 Americans in a new survey from CNN and …

CNN  —  Georgia authorities released body camera footage Friday of an incident from earlier this month where a mother experiencing what her family called a mental health crisis died due to a fatal injury while in police custody. Brianna Grier, 28, was experiencing a mental health episode on July 15 when her mother called police …

A pedestrian carries shopping bags in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Calla Kessler | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sandy Magny plans to take her teenage daughter to West Palm Beach, Florida, this summer, even though airfares are surging. It won’t be cheap, but Magny doesn’t want to …

Break out the cosmic confetti: Wonder Theory just turned one! That’s right. It’s been a whole year since we kicked off this curiosity voyage, as Dustin Henderson from “Stranger Things” would say. There are few things greater than marveling together at the many splendors of the science world. I’ve loved every minute of it so …

CNN  —  Jack White’s fans were treated to an unexpected surprise on Friday at a concert in Detroit, where the singer-songwriter pulled out a ring and proposed to his girlfriend Olivia Jean. The rocker, best known for being one half of The White Stripes, seemingly confirmed the news on Instagram with a photo of him …

The latest round of sanctions by the United States on Russia has drawn renewed scrutiny to the family life of Russian President Vladimir Putin, unveiling two new targets: Katerina and Maria, his eldest daughters. Despite Putin’s domination of Russian politics, he rarely talks about his family and little is known about his personal life or …