News Mash-up: Business Troubles

Amid a crisis, Facebook renames itself An embattled Facebook Inc. is now called Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Oct. 28 is its commitment to developing the new surround-yourself technology known as the “metaverse.” The social network itself will still be called Facebook. Skeptics immediately accused the company of trying to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, the trove of leaked documents that has plunged the social media giant into its biggest crisis since it began life as FaceMash in 2003. (AP) AirCanada CEO pledges to ‘improve my French’ Air Canada chief executive officer Michael Rousseau on Nov. 4 apologized for remarks suggesting he did not need to speak French, Canada’s second language, even though the airline is officially bilingual. “I apologize to those who were offended by my remarks,” Rousseau said in a statement. “I pledge today to improve my French.” Rousseau was backtracking from remarks to reporters in Montreal on Nov. 3 that triggered widespread criticism in the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, where the airline is headquartered. (Reuters) These articles were provided by The Japan Times Alpha.