#news

We made the daily top list, at lease there is one list that has us as #1:

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1981480445847257211

Charter made at least one top list:
https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1981063739819676156

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/india-working-on-2-nm-chip-ashwini-vaishnaw-shows-wafer-at-ndtv-world-summit-9477738

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1980376273269698771

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2025/10/14/layoffs-wells-fargo-job-cuts-wfc-severance-expense.html

The city of Rocky Mount has initiated layoffs for about 100 city employees, a little more than 10% of its full-time workforce. The city said it is a necessary step to address its financial crisis.

https://www.wral.com/news/local/rocky-mount-employees-layoff-agreements-unfair-financial-crisis-october-2025/

In a third round of layoffs, Newmont Corp. plans to let go 65 employees at its headquarters in Denver, bringing to 107 the number of recently announced staff reductions.

Newmont, the world’s largest mining company, notified state and Denver officials Wednesday that the layoffs are expected to occur around Dec. 14. The announcement follows one in August that 19 employees would be laid off and one Oct. 1 that 23 positions, primarily in its headquarters, would be terminated on or around Nov. 30.

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/10/17/newmont-corp-layoffs-gold-mining-2/

https://esportsinsider.com/2025/10/activision-blizzard-battle-net-workers-unionise

Attorneys Encourage Investors and Potential Witnesses to Contact Law Firm

https://www.gurufocus.com/news/3147604/bank-first-corporation-receives-regulatory-approval-to-acquire-centre-1-bancorp-inc

Check out Pat’s commentary grants vs investment..

Oh the headline is more click bait…the meat of the interview was intel and the fed government dollars

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/10/13/former-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-of-course-were-in-an-ai-bubble.html

https://www.portugalpulse.com/microsoft-portugal-proceeds-with-collective-dismissal-of-68-workers/

Does anyone know if there are going to be cuts at the Evening news? Do we know if anyone took the buyout?

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bank-america-sued-over-alleged-financial-ties-jeffrey-epstein-2025-10-15/

Analysis By NAN Business Editor
News Americas, Georgetown, Guyana, Tues. Oct. 14, 2025: ExxonMobil’s Guyana President, Alistair Routledge on Monday claimed the company is “still operating in the red to the tune of around US$6 billion” in Guyana, as he retorted over to a question by three U.S. senators on the company’s tax breaks. So which number is closer to reality: $6 billion or $3.4 billion in losses?

What Routledge Said
Speaking at Exxon’s Ogle, East Coast Demerara headquarters, Routledge told reporters that the NGO Oil and Gas Governance Network, (OGGN) may have misled U.S. senators about the company’s tax filings. He said that ExxonMobil Guyana is still operating with a negative cash flow of around six billion US dollars.

“We continue to be actually cash flow negative on an accumulative basis… we are probably still around six billion US dollars in negative cash flow as we look at the cumulative expenditures and cumulative revenues that we’ve seen from the Stabroek Block,” he told reporters.

Routledge asserted that in ExxonMobil Corporation’s 2023 and 2024 tax filings, there were no Guyanese tax credits included in either of those filings, “and you would recall that prior to 2023, we were not making profits here in Guyana, so there were no tax credits from that. Up until this point, there have been no Guyana tax credits used by ExxonMobil.”

The Alternative Figure: $3.4 Billion
But Exxon’s own Guyana website identifies a different figure: US$3.4 billion in red ink — even while acknowledging an accounting profit in 2024. According to Exxon’s 2024 financials:

Gross production rose sharply with the Prosperity FPSO, boosting revenue for all partners

Despite posting an accounting profit, the company said it remains “in the red” by US$3.4 billion

Exxon and its co-venturers have invested a cumulative US$55 billion in Guyana to date.

This divergence begs the question: how can a company be both profitable on paper and yet claim to be billions in losses?

The Contractual Context
Under the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), Exxon’s Guyana deal allows it to recover up to 75% of its share of oil revenue for cost recovery before profit payments begin. In practice, this means a large portion of early revenue goes to recovering the developer’s costs- capital, exploration, infrastructure – leaving little net profit early on.

Furthermore, financials for 2024 show:

Operating expenditures of GYD 477.6 billion

Depreciation/amortization at GYD 301.8 billion

Exploration, production, royalties also eat into margins

These mechanics help explain how Exxon could legitimately claim negative cash flow despite strong revenues.

Why It Matters for Guyana
The optics of a $6B loss vs $3.4B matters deeply for public trust, fiscal policy, and future licensing. Guyana has collected over US$6.2 billion in oil profits and royalties since 2020 – so when Exxon claims it’s in the red, critics say the narrative raises concerns about transparency and fairness. If Exxon can delay or reduce profit sharing through cost recovery claims, that changes the magnitude and timing of what Guyana as a partner actually realizes.

Bottom Line
Both $6 billion and $3.4 billion claims could contain grains of truth, depending on accounting methods, timing, amortization and recovery policies.
Routledge emphasized cash flow negativity and absence of Guyanese tax credits in filings.

Exxon’s public data insists on a lower loss figure despite profits.

The discrepancy boils down to methodology, timing, and cost recovery mechanics.
So, while the $6B figure commands headlines, the $3.4B estimate rooted in Exxon’s own reporting asks where did the almost three additional billion come from?. It’s really a question of how loss and profit are really defined.

https://www.newsamericasnow.com/exxonmobil-guyana-loss-vs-profit-2025/

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KPMG has cut 195 people from its US audit business to counter low employee turnover rates and changes in how it conducts its core business.

Employees learned earlier this week of the layoffs that hit just over 2% of KPMG’s US audit workforce, according to a person familiar with the company’s operations.

https://news.bloombergtax.com/financial-accounting/kpmg-cuts-195-us-audit-staff-in-fourth-layoff-in-three-years

In the news...

Humana loses challenge to 2025 Medicare Advantage ratings

October 14, 20251:58 PM EDT

What is happening down under? Massive shocking news, or not shocking?

The building blocks of transformation: A conversation with Udit Batra

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-building-blocks-of-transformation-a-conversation-with-udit-batra

Judge lets $67.5M premium financing lawsuit against MassMutual, Penn Mutual move forward

(Source:https://insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/montana-funeral-directors-67-5m-premium-financing-suit-proceeds)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/microsoft-outlines-ambitious-post-quantum-plans-but-challenges-remain/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4_KErk3XfM

https://archive.is/DuZGe

Intel (INTC.O), opens new tab on Thursday unveiled key details of its upcoming Panther Lake laptop processor, the first chip built on its next-generation 18A production process, aiming to convince investors its costly turnaround plan can restore its manufacturing edge. https://www.reuters.com/business/intel-outlines-details-first-pc-chip-made-its-new-manufacturing-tech-2025-10-09/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/verizon-buys-starry-what-you-need-know

Current issue: https://fortune.com/article/wells-fargo-was-reeling-from-scandal-jamie-dimon-protege-charlie-scharf-bet-his-career-on-saving-the-173-year-old-bank/

At least we made one top list:

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1975999349135114323

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/legal-battle-heats-up-between-merrill-lynch-and-breakaway-advisors/ar-AA1NxRLs

https://web.archive.org/web/20250930120805/https://fortune.com/ranking/best-workplaces-technology/

or go straight here
https://fortune.com/ranking/best-workplaces-technology/

the top link is archived and there are no paywalls or adds. the bottom link is the source link.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chris-leahy-chair-ceo-cdw-231100873.html

Time for a drink.....

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-supreme-court-rejects-software-giant-saps-bid-avoid-rivals-antitrust-suit-2025-10-06/

Both counties seen quite calm still.

Any piece of news on the room?

Deloitte to refund government, admits using Al in $440k report
Edmund Tadros and Paul Karp
Oct 5, 2025 - 7.41pm

Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement….

A new version of the report for the Department of Workplace Relations (DEWR) was quietly uploaded to the department's website on Friday…

Deloitte to refund government, admits using Al in $440k report
Edmund Tadros and Paul Karp
Oct 5, 2025 - 7.41pm

Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement….

A new version of the report for the Department of Workplace Relations (DEWR) was quietly uploaded to the department's website on Friday…

https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/verizon-taps-ex-paypal-virgin-mobile-exec-new-ceo

Analyst thinks Schulman’s appointment is a stop-gap measure and eventually, Sowmyanarayan Sampath, Vestberg’s heir apparent, is likely to take over. Sampath is currently CEO of the Consumer Group at Verizon.

https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/harger-washington-recession/4139846

Valve's September 2025 Steam Hardware Survey reveals AMD's Ryzen CPUs are rapidly gaining market share from Intel, driven by popular 8-core and 16-core models.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/108073/steam-data-shows-pc-gamers-are-choosing-amd-cpus-over-intel/index.html

India wants to lure its best minds back from the US

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1792qwg85qo

A large portion of the US population doesn't want you and your home country wants you back. The US isn't going to get better any time soon and the attitudes toward you will only get worse. Why are you waiting?

You heard it here first. You have been WARNed.