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Nokia closes plant, 'reorganises' 600 staffOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 64 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags bill ray, the register, economic crisis, turku, finland, salo, helsinki,
Bill Ray of The Register writes about more fallout from the economic crisis. "Nokia will close its site at Turku, Finland and redeploy the staff there to Salo or near Helsinki. The company has also read more »
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Dash Charts a New Course, Cuts 50 JobsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 65 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: internet | Tags dash navigation, platform, web 2.0, gps-based navigation system for cars, jobs, economic crisis, ,
Dash Navigation, whose platform marries Web 2.0 services with a GPS-based navigation system for cars, is cutting 50 jobs, or about 2/3 of its workforce and making other major changes in response to t read more »
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The Prickly Prince From Microsoft Strikes AgainOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 87 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags michael arrington, techcrunch, dare obasanjo, microsoft, nigeria, economic crisis, mass media,
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch comments on a statement by Dare Obasanjo, a Microsoft employee and the son of a former President of Nigeria. Mr. Obasanjo said, in response to articles posted this past week on TechCrunch related to the current economic crisis, "The last thing we need is popular blogs AND the mass media spreading despair and schadenfreude at a time like this." Arrington's reply "Our job isn’t to cheerlead the startup scene no matter what happens. Our job is to report the news as it happens and add our opinion as we feel is appropriate. So even if we were reporting nothing but doom and gloom, the criticism isn’t appropriate." read more »
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