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WASHINGTON — A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President (Read More)
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WASHINGTON — Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat o (Read More)
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Today's workplace is not the same as our parent's traditional workplace where a high school education and a willingness to work was a ticket to success. For a majority of our parents, their employment expectations included f (Read More)
All Things Digital:
Nokia’s workforce is deteriorating nearly as fast as it share of the mobile phone market. This morning, the company–which sacked 1,700 employees in March and another 450 in April–said it will cut 330 more jobs in its research (Read More)
All Things Digital:
BoomTown has learned that AOL is offering those who “volunteer” to leave the company now a departure package that ranges from three to nine months of pay, compared to one to four months for employees laid off in the first qua (Read More)
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The isle of Islay, a two hour ferry ride from the western coast of Scotland, is a great spot for getting away from it all. My older son Josh and I took an extended weekend on the isle to tour the famous scotch distilleries an (Read More)
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STRUGGLING to balance their budgets, many local governments in Maryland have frozen salaries for county employees and teachers, cut wages through unpaid furloughs, eliminated unfilled jobs and fired workers. The state governm (Read More)
Gawker:
Just in time for Christmas, AOL is asking 2,500 of its workers to volunteer for buyouts starting Dec. 4 (layoffs come after) as the company separates from Time Warner and a shadow of its former online conglomerate self. AOL C (Read More)
Kotaku:
Last week, Krome Studios - developers of several Star Wars & Spyro titles - laid off a number of employees as tough times hit the veteran Australian development house. We've been told by sources directly affected by the cuts (Read More)
SF Gate:
Despite multiple attempts to balance California's budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20 billion during each of the next five years, according to a long-range forecast released Wednesday. Th (Read More)
CNN:
Aetna announced it eliminated 625 positions Wednesday in the first of two rounds of job cuts that will reduce the health insurance giant's workforce by up to 3.5% by the end of the first quarter in 2010.
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Gawker:
Despite its celebrity chefs and razor scooters, Google's New York office houses a surprisingly disgruntled workforce, judging from one informal survey: of 14 Gotham Googlers profiled by Business Insider, more than a third are (Read More)
Gawker:
Despite its celebrity chefs and razor scooters, Google's New York office houses a surprisingly disgruntled workforce, judging from one informal survey: of 14 Gotham Googlers profiled by Business Insider, more than a third are (Read More)
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Public health officials say the H1N1 flu pandemic is exacerbated by employees going into work sick because they don't get paid time off. But a representative from the business community told Congress on Tuesday to stay out of (Read More)
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A mere week after Adobe Systems reported that it would be shedding nearly 700 employees or 9% of its total worldwide workforce, the company is releasing two highly anticipated new products that have been in the works for a wh (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Adobe announced that it plans to lay off almost 10% of its workforce earlier this week. At the same time, though, the company also announced that it plans to expand its investment in e-books and digital publishing. Adobe is c (Read More)