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Russian-backed grocery app Buyk furloughs 98% of employees due to sanctions
New York Post ^ | March 4th, 2020 | https://nypost.com/2022/03/04/russian-backed-grocery-app-buyk-furloughs-98-of-employees-due-to-sanct

Posted on 03/04/2022 5:06:48 PM PST by nickcarraway

Russian-backed grocery app Buyk abruptly furloughed the vast majority of its staff on Friday as sanctions against Russia left the company without funding.

Buyk, which was founded by two Russians and has sizable operations in New York and Chicago, is furloughing about 98% of its employees until it can secure funding from American sources, CEO James Walker said in a statement to The Post.

The news comes about a week after The Post reported that Buyk employees were scared that an economic war between the US and Russia would cost them their jobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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1 posted on 03/04/2022 5:06:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

When do you think the push for internment camps starts?


2 posted on 03/04/2022 5:13:28 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: nickcarraway

Punishing citizens because of Putin is wrong.


3 posted on 03/04/2022 6:40:16 PM PST by roving
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