Tag: slash

A strikingly slick hack and slash game

The opening moments of Stellar Blade really set the tone; we drop down onto a ravaged earth and take control of our 7th Airborne Squad member Eve. Chaos unfolds all around you as debris crashes into the earth creating a true visual spectacle. It goes a long way to creating a meaningful first impression which […]

Brockton students outraged over plan to slash DEI office

BROCKTON — Brockton High School senior Amelia Vieira — a student ambassador for the school district’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion office — often speaks with her fellow students about the challenges they face inside the school and relays those issues back to the EDI office staff. “For many of my peers and for myself, the […]

Energy agency announces $6 billion to slash emissions in industrial facilities

The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding Monday for projects that will slash emissions from the industrial sector — the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize domestic industry to fight climate change. The industrial sector is responsible for roughly 25% of all the nation’s emissions, and has proven difficult to decarbonize due to its energy-intense, […]

COVID Cuts Slash Laptops, Summer School, After-School

The Cleveland school district, one of the poorest and largest recipients of federal COVID relief cash in the country, may soon slash summer school, after-school and a program providing laptops for every student as the flow of aid ends this summer. Those initiatives, created to help the high-poverty district’s students after schools closed during the […]

Bayer Plans to Slash Dividend by 95% in Bid to Pay Down Debt

(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG plans to slash its dividend by 95% in an effort to pay down debt as the German company looks to recover from multiple crises including a wave of litigation over Roundup herbicide. Most Read from Bloomberg Bayer will present a plan to offer investors 11 euro cents ($0.12) per share for […]

Ebay to slash 1,000 jobs and scale back contracts

E-commerce platform Ebay is to cut about 1,000 roles, or an estimated 9 per cent of its current workforce. The company employees approximately 900 people in its Irish operations. It is not yet clear how the announcement may impact Irish jobs. “While we are making progress against our strategy, our overall headcount and expenses have […]

The stock market could soar as much as 30% next year as expectations grow for the Fed to slash rates and inflation to drop ‘like a rock,’ Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says

The S&P 500 stands a chance of soaring as much as 30% next year, according to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stocks could soar as much as 30% this year, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee said. Lee predicted the S&P 500 would notch 5,200, implying a 9% increase from the index’s current levels. But there’s […]