Facebook and Zuckerberg Take Painful Decisions (msn.com)

As a result of stagnant growth FB plans to cut expenses by 10%.  This includes "drastic staffing cuts".   Reportedly FB employees are being asked to re-apply for their jobs under re-structuring efforts. 

Amazon closing, canceling, delaying fulfillment centers nationwide (msn.com)

Nearly 70 facilities impacted by Amazon's decisions

  https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/fedex-to-cut-costs-withdraws-outlook-4956177/

Rail strike averted by tentative deal - FreightWaves

According to various sources, each of over 125,000 rail workers will receive $11K payment when the contract is signed as part of the contract agreement for a cost of over $1,375,000,000 at signing.

Averted U.S. Railroad Strike Is Wake-Up Call For Company Executives (forbes.com)

This article has good advice for planning for supply disruptions 

Transport strikes put supply chains under duress again - FreightWaves

More September-October strikes to negatively impact supply chains 

Dow drops over 600 points as stocks tumble after hotter-than-expected CPI reading (msn.com)

E-Sellers need to factor in new economic data for their Holiday and 2023 strategies.

Freight rail operators say they can’t carry hazardous goods or your e-commerce package, blaming a looming rail strike (msn.com)

Norfolk Southern has stopped carrying shipping containers effective Sept 13 in preparation for a potential strike.  Hazmat is also not being accepted by several railroads as a precaution for safety of the country.

The White House is racing to prevent a railroad worker strike, fearing it could cripple the economy and hurt Democrats in the midterms (msn.com)

• If there's no deal by Friday, a threatened railroad worker strike could cause "economic disaster."

Chinese game company appointed the world’s first humanoid robot as its CEO (interestingengineering.com)

Virtual CEO, Ms. Tang Yu started her position in the company’s principal subsidiary, Fujian NetDragon Websoft