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Amazon pauses corporate hiring amid economic worries HEALTH

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president of people experi- azon had paused hiring for Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
ence and technology, said the corporate side of its re- The Amazon logo is displayed at a news conference in New Urgent Care 586 0448
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vice president of people experience and technology, said in
to monitor what we're see- ten rid of subsidiary fabric. a memo Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, that company executives de-
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Ukraine is counting on more The invasion triggered "ex- Taxi Tas 587 5900
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Russia drags on, with Mi- said. Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
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government and other or- Women in Difficulties
ganizations to continue Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov AID FOUNDATIONS
using the Microsoft cloud gestures during a joint news conference with President and Vice FAVI- Visually Impaired
and its public data centers Chairman of Microsoft Brad Smith, left, at the Web Summit tech- Tel. 582 5051
across Europe, the compa- nology conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. Alcoholics Anonymous
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Ukraine operations, Smith
said, after Russia targeted
Ukrainian data centers with
air strikes when it invaded
more than eight months
ago.
Before the Feb. 24 invasion
Ukraine had a law prohib-
iting government agen-
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