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World Service,09 Nov 2022,26 mins

Meta slashes 13% of workforce

World Business Report

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The parent of Facebook and WhatsApp, Meta, has announced 11,000 staff will lose their jobs in a major payroll cut. It's the latest big company to announce layoffs amid a global tech sector crunch. America's two main parties have fought a close battle in the US midterms - so how different is their vision for the country's economy? A leading German economist shares his concerns around a recession in the coming months. We're also joined by the secretary-general to the Commonwealth of Nations, Baroness Scotland, as COP27 continues in Egypt. (Picture: A litter picker outside Meta's headquarters in California. Credit: Getty Images.)

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