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Mar
17/08
Just can't Bear it
Last Updated on Monday, 17 March 2008 05:59
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Monday, March 17th, 2008

Bloody Monday….we’d love nothing more than to see some folks hung up by their toenails for the financial irresponsibility that put this nation in a financial crisis.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Sunday that it would acquire troubled Wall Street firm Bear Stearns for a mere fraction of what it was once worth amid deepening fears about further erosion of the world’s financial markets.

The rock-bottom price left investors feeling queasy. Asian markets tumbled, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index finishing Monday’s session nearly 4% lower. U.S. stock futures plunged, indicating a miserable start for Wall Street. (CNN)

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Mar
14/08
PodShow them to the door
Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2008 03:51
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Friday, March 14th, 2008

The millions go so fast these days…

PodShow, the San Francisco-based online-video network best known for launching the career of CNET’s Natali Del Conte, is laying off about 20 employees, or as much as 30 percent of its staff. (ValleyWag)

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Mar
13/08
Not so cool, eh?
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 March 2008 07:47
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008

“Molson Coors Brewing Company says it plans to eliminate up to 390 jobs and outsource the duties to Hewlett-Packard Company. The company says the cuts will be divided about evenly among the company’s three operating divisions: Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Coors Brewers Limited in England, and Molson Incorporated in Toronto.”  (KRDO)

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Mar
13/08
Bebo Baggins finds new shire
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 March 2008 09:20
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008

This one doesn’t look like it will have a happy ending for anyone other than the Bebo investors.

In an unexpected move, AOL has acquired social-networking site Bebo. The price tag: $850 million in cash.

Rumors had floated over the past few months that Bebo, which has over 40 million members, was up for sale. Reports suggested a $1 billion price tag, but there were few hints as to potential buyers. Though Bebo had already partnered with AOL’s AIM messaging client to facilitate friend-invite interoperability between the two services, even the most creative blogger speculation didn’t seem to point to AOL eventually buying the social network.  (News.com)

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Mar
12/08
GoobleClick layoffs coming
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:49
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Say it isn’t so…

With its acquisition of Internet ad firm DoubleClick now approved by European regulators, Google is set to commence the full integration of this early Web success into its strategic and administrative system, which will likely include reducing the company’s size, at least where positions are redundant or deemed outside the Web giant’s new goals for serving up ads online. According to a memo by Google CEO Eric Schmidt posted yesterday on the Google blog, “there will be reductions in headcount.” Most of the layoffs will take place in the U.S., according to the memo.  (Switched.com)

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