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Maher to Oil Rig Workers: ‘F*ck Your Jobs’

HBO host Bill Maher declared, “f*ck your jobs” while talking about oil rig workers in Louisiana on Friday’s “Real Time.” Maher, while discussing the Volkswagen emissions scandal, stated, “shouldn’t someone ask a Republican candidate…who are always going on about how

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Texas Oil Giant to Lay Off 9,000 Workers Across Globe

HOUSTON, Texas – Nine thousand workers are set to be laid off by Texas-based oil giant Schlumberger. The oil tool services company said it must fire 9,000 workers because of plummeting crude oil prices and a slow-down in 2015 production and exploration. The employee reduction comprises about 7.5 percent of the company’s 120,000 global labor force.