{"id":8541,"date":"2023-01-06T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/job-cuts-and-falling-shares-how-did-it-all-go-so-wrong-for-the-us-tech-sector\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:38:00","slug":"job-cuts-and-falling-shares-how-did-it-all-go-so-wrong-for-the-us-tech-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/job-cuts-and-falling-shares-how-did-it-all-go-so-wrong-for-the-us-tech-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Job cuts and falling shares: how did it all go so wrong for the US tech sector?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Amazon axes 18,000 roles and Tesla loses 65% of its value, we examine the causes of the glitch hitting Silicon Valley<\/p>\n<p>Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/05\/amazon-to-axe-18000-jobs-citing-economic-uncertainty\">announced 18,000 job cuts<\/a>, Apple\u2019s share price <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2023\/jan\/04\/uk-chancellor-expected-meet-business-leaders-discuss-energy-support-business-live?page=with:block-63b52e3c8f083b097affee95#block-63b52e3c8f083b097affee95\">fell below $2tn (\u00a31.7tn)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/03\/tesla-shares-price-value-decline-elon-musk\">there was more bad news from Tesla<\/a>: it has been another tough week for big US tech firms.<\/p>\n<p>But this has not been a one-off. The ongoing drama at Twitter since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/27\/elon-musk-completes-twitter-takeover\">its takeover by Elon Musk in October<\/a> has taken place against a backdrop of global economic uncertainty, retrenchment from aggressive expansion plans and China\u2019s disruptive transition from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/nov\/29\/china-zero-covid-policy-what-is-it-and-why-lockdowns-quarantine-protests\">Covid lockdowns<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/06\/china-covid-wave-of-celebrity-deaths-sparks-concern-over-actual-death-toll\">rocketing case numbers<\/a> as restrictions ease.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/06\/amazon-apple-tesla-elon-musk-job-cuts-tech-sector\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/19138a13253a8638e6a983bd915c8836ad3f05be\/0_233_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=30b6c15e355880a384ecf7d9688bccce\" title=\"Job cuts and falling shares: how did it all go so wrong for the US tech sector?\" \/>As Amazon axes 18,000 roles and Tesla loses 65% of its value, we examine the causes of the glitch hitting Silicon Valley<br \/>\nAmazon announced 18,000 job cuts, Apple\u2019s share price fell below $2tn (\u00a31.7tn) and there was more bad news from Tesla: it has been another tough week for big US tech firms.<br \/>\nBut this has not been a one-off. The ongoing drama at Twitter since its takeover by Elon Musk in October has taken place against a backdrop of global economic uncertainty, retrenchment from aggressive expansion plans and China\u2019s disruptive transition from Covid lockdowns to rocketing case numbers as restrictions ease. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Amazon axes 18,000 roles and Tesla loses 65% of its value, we examine the causes of the glitch hitting Silicon Valley Amazon announced 18,000 job cuts, Apple\u2019s share price fell below $2tn (\u00a31.7tn) and there was more bad news from Tesla: it has been another tough week for big US tech firms. But this &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/job-cuts-and-falling-shares-how-did-it-all-go-so-wrong-for-the-us-tech-sector\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Job cuts and falling shares: how did it all go so wrong for the US tech sector?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8541"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}