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Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts

Technology / Business

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.





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Sexual harassment 10 times more likely in casual and contract jobs

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women employed in casual and contract jobs are up to ten times more likely to experience unwanted sexual advances than those in permanent full time positions, a University of Melbourne study has found.


How Temporary Help Agencies Impact the Labor Market

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Temporary help agencies place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent, jobs scholar Vicki Smith argues ...


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Fortune crowns Steve Jobs 'CEO of Decade'

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fortune Magazine crowned Apple top dog Steve Jobs "CEO of the Decade" in its newest edition.


Adobe Systems announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide

Adobe cutting 680 jobs

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adobe Systems, known for its Photoshop editing program and Acrobat document software, announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide, about nine percent of its workforce.


Jobs Says Apple Customers Not into Renting Music

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs indicates he is unlikely to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based model to Apple's wildly popular iTunes online music store.


Dell cuts NC, Tenn. jobs; further details scarce

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created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Dell Inc., the world's second-largest computer maker, said Wednesday it is laying off workers around the world but would not say how many or where.


Microsoft's vendors, temps nearly equal regular staff numbers

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's widely known Microsoft has a large contingent work force in addition to its 96,000 direct, regular employees worldwide. But the company has never publicly quantified these people, who typically work through third-party ...


FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.


Contracts foster trust, but flexibility is needed, research says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While detailed contracts can foster trust between parties, there needs to be flexibility in negotiating potential changes, according to research recently published in MIS Quarterly.


UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.



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