Monthly Archives: September 2022

Labor board rejects Amazon’s push to overturn its workers’ historic union victory

Labor leader Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, speaks during the Labor Notes conference, in Chicago, Illinois. Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Amazon is about to lose its bid to overturn its workers’ vote to form their first labor union. The National Labor Relations Board indicated that it would overrule all of…

Carlyle’s Joshua Pang just wrapped up a $1 billion partnership in the digital-infrastructure space. Pang is enjoying a flurry of activity in the space amid a record year for private M&A activity in telecoms and data centers.

Joshua Pang, managing director, Carlyle Carlyle Insider’s Banker of the Week series appears in our weekday newsletter, 10 Things on Wall Street. This week we’re highlighting Joshua Pang, a managing director at Carlyle, who has just inked a $1 billion partnership with Tillman Global. Pang joined Carlyle in May last year from rival investment firm…

Global bonds have tumbled into their first bear market in more than 30 years

European bonds have been hit particularly hard. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Global bonds have tumbled into their first bear market in more than 30 years. Soaring inflation has forced central banks to hike interest rates aggressively, causing carnage. The Fed has hiked interest rates 2.25 percentage points since March and isn’t done yet. Global bonds have tumbled…

A retired tech tycoon has pledged $33 million to raise an army of civilian marksmen and ‘black bear warriors’ to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion

Retired tech tycoon Robert Tsao also announced that he had regained his Taiwanese identity after giving up his Singaporean citizenship. SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images A retired Taiwanese tech mogul is pledging his millions to fund training for civilian troops. He says he’d pay a private military training outfit to train 3 million civilians for…

Google SVP confirms Android 14 will support satellite communication

Google looks to have confirmed that it’s going to add the ability to connect through satellite communications to the next version of Android, Android 14. Android 13: Release date, features, and everything you need to know The news is straight from the mouth (okay, Twitter feed) of Hiroshi Lockheimer, a senior vice president of platforms…