Putin's warning to Poland, advice from former Google recruiters to job-seekers, and the antitrust chief's denial that he was selecting winners and losers after failing to stop Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard were all at the top of the news the previous week.
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Putin's Warning to Poland
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has warned Poland, saying that Moscow would see any action directed towards Belarus as an attack on Russia.
The threat comes after the Russian leader accused NATO of territorial intentions in the former Soviet Union. On Friday, July 21, Putin warned that Moscow would respond to any action against its ally, Belarus, which he called a loose "Union State" with Russia, with all available means.
In reaction to Putin's charges, Warsaw authorities dismissed any form of territorial aspirations in Belarus. The Russian president also reminded the Poles that the western portion of Poland was a gift from Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to his country.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecky responded, saying Stalin was a war criminal who killed hundreds of thousands of Poles. He said history is undisputed.
Ex-Google Recruiter's Advice to Job Seekers
Continuum CEO Nolan Church identified the most prevalent resumé error that might prohibit candidates from gaining their ideal job at Google.
Church, a former Google recruiter from 2012 to 2015, told CNBC that brick texts, an endless stream of text with plenty of words but no context, are his worst resume pet peeve. "There's zero chance you're going to move forward," he said.
The Forbes 2014 study estimates that Google receives two million job applications annually; this means that prospective employees need to stand out from the crowd right from the start.
Church noted that the capacity to be concise in selling oneself is a critical talent that might imply the difference between success and failure in one's professional life. He also suggested that job-seekers utilize editing tools like ChatGPT and Grammarly to improve their applications.
New DOJ-FTC Merger Guidelines
New, more stringent suggested rules for how the Biden administration would control monopolistic power were released last Monday, July 17. Now, the authorities in the field are responding to claims that the document is a political ploy to scare firms away from lawful mergers and acquisitions.
New regulations were issued after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was unsuccessful in its attempt to block Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard, maker of the Call of Duty video game franchise. The watchdog agency has subsequently filed an appeal against the proposed merger.
Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust chief and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter stated that the government was "not picking winners and losers" in its approach to the Microsoft vs. FTC case.
"We've gone through painstaking detail to make sure this is not an ideological document ... to make sure this is a legally rigorous document," he said.
