Job cuts surged to 62,075 in July 2025, ending the summer lull. Tech, AI, tariffs, and federal budget cuts are driving major layoffs, according to the latest Challenger Report. The post Summer Lull Ends: July 2025 Job Cut Announcements Spike to 62,075, Tech, AI & Tariffs Increasingly Blamed appeared first on Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. | Outplacement & Career Transitioning Services.| Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. | Outplacement & Career Transitioning Serv...
Here are two sentences you’ll never hear bosses say:| Alan Cantor Consulting
When retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter died earlier this month, the nation lost a remarkable public servant – and a man who, sadly, predicted with stunning accuracy the constitutional disaster we now face as a nation. I was an acquaintance of David Souter’s. Our relationship began in the late-1980s when I was a young...| Alan Cantor Consulting
The writer Dorothy Parker had a unique way of answering the phone. Instead of saying hello, she would cry out, “What fresh hell is this?!” I think of that on a daily basis as I hear about at the latest amalgam of cruelty, graft, chaos, mendacity, and inanity coming out of the Trump Administration and...| Alan Cantor Consulting
[Note: This is a slight updating of a post I did nine years ago. Alas, the content is still current!] As fairy tales go, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” is fairly benign. Goldilocks is not eaten by a wolf. She isn’t fed poisoned apples. The worst thing that happens to Goldilocks is that she wanders...| Alan Cantor Consulting
Nobody who has followed Elon Musk’s rampage through the world of business, social media, and politics would be surprised to learn that his approach to charitable giving has been a bit, well, ill-considered. Heedless. Self-serving. Disrespectful of the norms and the rules. Certainly infuriating. And Musk’s charitable impact? Only a bit more than negligible. Musk’s...| Alan Cantor Consulting
As we approach this year’s Academy Awards, I’ve been thinking about the best picture of 1957, director Sidney Lumet’s “12 Angry Men.” If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth watching. It’s a terrific courtroom drama – or, more precisely, a jury room drama, as twelve jurors (this was nearly 70 years ago, so they were...| Alan Cantor Consulting
Our grandson Jack is a few weeks shy of turning three, but he’s extremely verbal and bright – or at least this doting grandfather thinks so. During our July family vacation, we were walking on a beach in Maine, and my wife Pat said, “Oh! Somebody left trash on the beach!” To which Jack asked,...| Alan Cantor Consulting
[Note: An edited version of this article appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 12, 2022.] If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it, well, a dozen times: “We almost never have time in board meetings to talk about strategy. We’re too busy with board business!” Which raises the question: What kind of board business is...| Alan Cantor Consulting
The boarding school I attended recently announced a $25 million gift from one of its trustees. I don’t begrudge my alma mater its big gift. I’ll also note that the donor is a gracious and generous man – I’ve met him once or twice. And the funds are directed for scholarships, which I applaud. But...| Alan Cantor Consulting
Take Action Now: Use our State Action Center to contact lawmakers and protect the future of hemp in your state. A big thank you to all hemp supporters ...| hempsupporter.com
U.S. employers announced 47,999 job cuts in June, down 49% from May but nearly flat vs. last year. Q2 cuts hit 247,256 — the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020. Retail, Tech, and Government sectors are most affected. Read the full Challenger report.| Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. | Outplacement & Career Transitioning Serv...
Take Action Now: Use our State Action Center to contact lawmakers and protect the future of hemp in your state. A big thank you to all hemp supporters ...| hempsupporter.com
Maninha Xukuru Kariri ao lado de Xikão Xukuru (sentado) em audiência com Miguel Arraes, então governador de Pernambuco (1995-1998). Arquivo/Cimi| cimi.org.br
Scientists in China placed a 0.5 mm thick aluminum foil between the solar cell and the EVA, and between the EVA and the glass layer. The two experimental modules were compared to a reference module and were found to dissipate heat and increase the in-plane temperature uniformity.| pv magazine International