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Vaniya Agrawal Shares Microsoft Resignation Letter After Protesting Gaza
Agrawal, who joined Microsoft in 2023 as a software engineer in the Artificial Intelligence division, made news when she interrupted a panel featuring Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Nadella ...
Indiatimes15d
Microsoft's former CEO Steve Ballmer on Trump tariffs: As Microsoft shareholder, this kind of thing is not good; but it creates opportunity to ...
Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO, warns that President Trump's new tariffs will impact consumers and investors, leading to economic disruption. While Ballmer acknowledges the challenges ...
Variety16d
France’s Love Affair With Hollywood Continues, and Vice Versa, in U.S.-Heavy Cannes Lineup
Let the Oscar predictions begin (but don't let that overshadow work made with other goals in mind) as the world gets a look at the first Cannes selections to be announced post-'Anora.' For the ...
Business Insider16d
The world's 10 richest people gained $135 billion in the rally following Trump's tariff rollback — but they're still down $244 billion this year
9. Steve Ballmer Microsoft's former CEO, Steve Ballmer, remains one of the company's largest individual shareholders with an estimated 4% stake in the tech giant. His net worth on Wednesday ...
The Sun16d
Michelle Obama finally addresses Barack divorce rumors and breaks silence on Jimmy Carter funeral & inauguration snubs
MICHELLE Obama has finally broken her silence on rumors of marriage troubles between her and Barack. The former first lady opened up about her relationship with her husband after she refused to ...
Indiatimes17d
Who is Vaniya Agrawal who 'shamed' Microsoft CEOs at the company's 50th anniversary celebrations and sent company-wide email announcing resignation
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebrations faced disruptions from Pro-Palestine supporters at its Redmond headquarters. Two women employees, including Vaniya Agrawal, voiced their protests over ...
The Daily Star17d
Microsoft fires employees who protested Israel military AI deals
The firings come as Microsoft faces broader scrutiny over its military contracts and external pressures, including new US tariffs criticised by former CEO Steve Ballmer. The protests have ...
Indiatimes17d
Microsoft sends memo to staff saying ... as it fires employees who 'disrupted' 50th anniversary event
Agrawal, who disrupted a panel featuring Satya Nadella, Bill Gates, and Steve Ballmer, had already submitted her resignation but was dismissed immediately following the incident. Microsoft's 50th ...
The Greenville News17d
2 SC businesspeople are on billionaires list: See how they made their money, world's top 10
Larry Page, Net worth $144 billion ∎ No. 8: Sergey Brin, Net worth $138 billion ∎ No. 9: Amanda Ortega, Net worth $124 billion ∎ No. 10: Steve Ballmer, Net worth $118 billion ...
The Hill17d
Microsoft fires employees who protested its support for Israel at 50th anniversary event
CEO Satya Nadella and former CEO Steve Ballmer. Earlier this year, the Associated Press reported that the company’s commercial artificial intelligence (AI) is being used by the Israel Defense ...
Hindustan Times18d
Microsoft fires employee who disrupted 50th anniversary event by ‘yelling and finger-pointing at the CEO’
The other was Indian-American engineer Vaniya Agrawal, who started speaking while Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was on the stage with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. In a mass email sent to colleagues ...
Fox Business18d
Microsoft workers with anti-Israel message interrupt company event, get fired
The second protester, Vaniya Agrawal, interrupted a panel featuring Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, former CEO Steve Ballmer and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. In her protest, Agrawal shouted that ...