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Nestle to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide
Nestle to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide
by  AFP

Nestle, the Swiss food giant whose brands include Nespresso coffee and Perrier water, announced Thursday plans to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, sending its share price soaring. The layoffs include 12,000 white-collar jobs over the next two years, saving the company one billion Swiss francs -- which it said was double what had been previously planned.

AI boom delivers record net profit for Taiwan's TSMC
AI boom delivers record net profit for Taiwan's TSMC
by  AFP

Taiwanese tech titan TSMC reported Thursday a forecast-busting record net profit for the third quarter on skyrocketing demand for microchips used to power iPhones and artificial intelligence. TSMC said net profit for the three months to September soared 39.1 percent from a year ago to NT$452.3 billion (US$14.7 billion).

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