Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food-delivery startup backed by SoftBank, said it will lay off about 360 employees, or nearly 5% of its workforce. In a note to employees, CEO Anthony Tan cited the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the global economy. “We have to prepare for what may be a long recovery period,” he said. The layoffs come at a time when some of SoftBank’s key...
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