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Oracle Layoffs 2009: Sorting Fact from Rumors

Layoffs at Oracle began on Friday 1/9, but so far rumors abound while hard facts and figures are difficult to come by. Shocking. In an effort to sort the wheat from the chaff, here’s the latest separation of fact and fiction…

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Ogilvy Layoffs 2009: Follow-up

As a follow-up to our coverage of Ogilvy’s recent layoffs, we bring you “The Top 6 Layoff Headlines that Were Never Posted on Ogilvy.com” as well as “Key Excerpts from Recent [awesome] Comments in the Blogosphere…”

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Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta: Will it Suck as Bad as Vista?

A beta version of Windows 7 is now available on Microsoft.com and geeks everywhere are racing to see if it’ll suck as bad as Microsoft Vista. Considering 35% of consumers who purchased Windows Vista ended up downgrading to XP because of a wide range of adoptability issues, it’ll be interesting to see how Windows 7 performs…

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Apple Launches 3-Tier Pricing Model for iTunes

NEW YORK (CNN Money.com) — Apple unveiled a change in the pricing structure for its iTunes music downloads, ending the 99-cents-a-song pricing that has helped iTunes dominate the industry. SVP Phil Schiller said iTunes will now offer three price points for songs…

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Google Layoffs: 5,000-10,000 Contract and Temp Jobs Get Cut

Details are murky, but Google Inc. has cut 5,000-10,000 temporary workers in a recent austerity drive spurred by the recession, although the Internet search leader still intends to spend billions of dollars during the next two years on product research, development and acquisitions…

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France Bans Prime Time TV Advertising

In a purported attempt to “increase the quality of advertising,” advertisements are now banned on France’s state-run TV stations from 8:00pm-6:00am…

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Ogilvy to Layoff 10% of U.S. Staff

In response to reductions in client spending, layoffs began yesterday at The Ogilvy Group. Some sources are estimating up to 300 North American employees will be laid off, while others are predicting a 10% reduction. BNET is predicting that this is just the beginning of a wave of thousands that will go through WPP’s agencies in the coming year…

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Hyundai Rolls Out No-Cost Car Return Program

DETROIT, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co has rolled out a new incentive program for U.S. consumers that allows them to return vehicles within the first year of purchase if they lose income. File this under “Take that, GM…”

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