Shopee rolls out spending caps for all employees, including economy-only flights and $30 meals, as the company braces for layoffs and financial trouble

Ecommerce giant Shopee is bracing for financial trouble. NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty images On September 15, Shopee CEO Forrest Li told employees the company would be restricting expense policies. Layoff conversations began September 19, affecting a low-single-digit percentage of Shopee employees. Shopee parent Sea Limited raised $ 6 billion in 2021, but now faces […]

ITV GMB: Piers Morgan surprises Donald Trump over military spending ‘I didn’t know’

Piers Morgan interviewed President of the United States Donald Trump yesterday in the Churchill War Rooms and the interview was shown today on Good Morning Britain. During the interview, Morgan appeared to surprise Trump with a fact about his own country’s army. The ban on transgender people serving in the United States army was approved […]

UK airports spending millions on military-grade anti-drone tech after Christmas chaos at Gatwick

Gatwick and Heathrow airports have ordered “military-grade anti-drone equipment” worth millions of pounds in a bid to prevent a re-run of the massive disruption caused after suspected drone sightings during Christmas week. The airports saw fit to acquire the cutting-edge anti-drone systems after the British armed forces finally withdrew their detection capabilities from Gatwick this […]

Jair Bolsonaro must tackle Brazil’s soaring pensions spending

“WE CAN’T SAVE Brazil by killing old people,” says Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s next president. He is referring to the country’s main public-policy problem: a bill for pensions that eats up more than half of the federal budget and is growing at a rate four percentage points above inflation. He is not the only person in […]

Green wave: Record spending makes 2018 US midterms ‘most expensive ever’

Democrats are pouring record amounts of money into congressional midterm elections this year, hoping to gain control of the House and the Senate, with the GOP close behind. But will big spending translate to ballot box victory? Democrats are pinning their hopes on a “Blue Wave” that would give them control of both the House […]

Amex Offer: $25 or 2,500 MR Points for Spending $50+ on Stitch Fix

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Amex Offer: $60 Back After Spending $200 at Hyatt Place & Hyatt House

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How Not to Let Work Take Priority over Spending Time With Family

In modern life, it’s increasingly difficult to switch off from work. Technology streamlines life and opens up new opportunities but it doesn’t reduce our workloads. Now, many employees find it difficult to switch off when emails continue to pop up on their smartphone. The knock on effect here is less time spent with family. How […]

Targeted Amex Offer: $15 Lyft Credit After Spending $75+

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