Workforce & Careers
Associates at Weil Gotshal were told to pursue other work from Oct. 27 with up to 90 days of salary and benefits. Reports tie the move to partner departures and ended merger talks, but the wind-down still depends on a partnership vote, and accounts disagree on key details.
Workforce & Careers
Huerta's death was confirmed by her family on October 28, 2026. The abuse allegations against Chávez remain contested: accounts conflict on when Huerta disclosed them, and no verified evidence ties a March 2026 lawsuit to her account.
Business & Markets
The Fed left its benchmark rate at 3.75%–4.00% on October 28 on a 10-2 vote, with two officials dissenting in favor of a quarter-point increase. Chair Kevin Warsh called the hold a pause after September's hike, not the end of tightening.
Business
A Cairo court convicted Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah of operating an unlicensed website, imposing the maximum EGP 3 million fine, a closure order, and equipment confiscation. Whether the closure has been executed is unconfirmed, and a retrial is set for 11 November 2026.
Business
OneKey MLS has joined CRMLS as a plaintiff asking a Manhattan federal court to declare "clear cooperation" listing rules lawful, after Compass's Oct. 16 antitrust suit against CRMLS in Los Angeles. No court has suspended the rules, and no liability finding exists.
Workforce & Careers
Amazon cut up to about 250 Devices & Services roles on Oct. 28, primarily software development, days after launching new Kindle, Fire tablet and Echo products. The company cited efficiency and roadmap alignment; severance terms and affected teams weren't disclosed.
Workforce & Careers
IG Metall's contract for about 3.7 million metal and electrical workers expires October 31 with no agreement. After the union rejected employers' first offer on October 27, warning strikes are flagged as possible from November 1, not certain.
Startups & Entrepreneurship
Villa Vie Residences suspended its residential ship Odyssey in Cambodia and told more than 200 residents to disembark, pursuing restructuring and recapitalization over roughly 60 days with no confirmed restart date. Reports attribute the trigger to a fuel-cost shock rather than weak demand.
Business & Markets
Global Banking & Finance Review's late-October 2026 entries are restatements of one disclosure: content may be third-party supplied and compensated, and nothing published is financial advice. No institution, funding measure or payment failure appears, so the entries record a disclosure rather than…
Business
Comey's Espionage Act case may turn on whether a prosecutor-filed criminal information can toll the ten-year limitations period, a contested question with no ruling yet. Separately, Judge Furman found his daughter Maurene's July 2025 firing unlawful; that relief is individual.
Workforce & Careers
Microsoft's Voluntary Exit Offer, announced Oct. 26, is reported open to roughly 60,000 US, Canada, UK and India employees at level 70 and below — with one account anticipating lower take-up than the prior program. Microsoft hasn't confirmed no-backfill rules across units or disclosed a…
Workforce & Careers
Poland's amended mobbing definition and six-times-minimum-wage compensation floor take effect 5 November 2026, but employers with 10 or more staff have until 5 May 2027 to implement anti-mobbing rules, leaving a transition period where the obligations' content is not yet fixed.