Laid-off techies struggle to find jobs with cuts at highest since 2001

The Google office in New York on February 2, 2023. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Allison Croisant, a data scientist with about a decade of experience in technology, was laid off by PayPal earlier this year, joining the masses of unemployed across her industry. Croisant has one word to describe the process of … Read more

Company to cut 900 workers from PlayStation division

Sony aims to sell 18 million PlayStation 5 consoles in its financial year ending in March 2023. Thiago Prudencio | Lightrocket | Getty Images Sony Interactive Entertainment on Tuesday said it will lay off about 900 employees in its PlayStation unit, or 8% of its global workforce, becoming the latest technology company to announce headcount … Read more

Inflation fight may go down bumpy path

A view of grocery store in Washington DC, United States on February 14, 2024.  Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

Cisco says it’s cutting 5% of workforce, amounting to over 4,000 jobs

Chuck Robbins, Cisco CEO & Chairman, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 25th, 2022. Adam Galica | CNBC Cisco announced plans to cut 5% of its workforce on Wednesday, a decision that will result in the elimination of about 4,250 jobs. Shares were down as much as 9% in extended trading. It’s the latest … Read more

HPE to acquire Juniper Networks for $14 billion

Antonio Neri, president and chief executive officer of Hewitt Packerd Enterprise (HPE), speaks during the HPE Discovery CIO Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. The summit brings together experts and industry leaders to explore the critical elements CIO’s must address to enable speed and agility, including people, use of data … Read more

Here are 3 stocks other than Nvidia getting AI premium from investors

Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD, during an interview with Mad Money, broadcasting from CNBC’s San Francisco bureau on November 21, 2019. Jacob Jimenez | CNBC The big winner for investors this year in the generative AI boom was Nvidia. The company’s stock price rocketed 234% as demand soared for the chipmaker’s processors that … Read more

Signs of a sector rotation plus 2 more themes to watch in stock market

It was another win for the bulls this week. Wall Street started the month of December higher Friday — building on November’s rally, which broke a three-month losing streak. November really lived up to its stellar reputation, with monthly gains of nearly 8.8% for the Dow , about 8.9% for the S & P 500 … Read more

Cisco acquires Splunk in cash deal worth $28 billion

Cisco is acquiring cybersecurity software company Splunk for $157 per share in a cash deal worth about $28 billion, the company said Thursday, in its largest acquisition ever. Splunk shares ended Thursday up 21%, while Cisco shares closed down 4%. Splunk’s technology helps businesses monitor and analyze their data to minimize the risk of hacks … Read more