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Intel will not close Malaysian plants
News Intel Corp denies market talk that it plans to close manufacturing facilities in Penang and move to China.
Wedding bells ring for telecoms vendors
Insight update Faced with competitive pressure and fragmenting research efforts, telecoms vendors hope consolidation will lead to matrimonial bliss.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Acquisitions, Mergers
Adobe to buy Omniture for US$1.8B
News Calling the move a "game changer", Adobe's CEO says acquisition of the Web analytics company will help customers looking to better monetize their content.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Adobe Systems Inc., Web Analytics, Macromedia Inc., senior vice president, SEC, acquisition, game, Data warehousing/business intelligence
HSBC job cuts to hit techies
News HSBC has confirmed IT workers will be hit by the 1,100 job cuts the bank announced on Friday, as fallout from the global credit crunch continues.
Tags: Layoffs, Banking, Job Cut, Back-office, information technology worker, London, Silicon.com, job, bank, information technology
AMD slashes 500 more jobs
News Troubled chipmaker announces that it has cut 500 employees, or about 3 percent of its workforce, in an effort to reduce expenses.
Tags: Processors, Layoffs, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Job Cut, Manufacturing, Workforce, CEO, Sunnyvale, job, News.com
SmarTone fired less than 2% of staff
News SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd, Hong Kong's third largest mobile phone company, confirmed a newspaper report that it cut about 20 employees, or less than 2 percent of its workforce, last month.
SmarTone fired less than 2% of staff
News SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd, Hong Kong's third largest mobile phone company, confirmed a newspaper report that it cut about 20 employees, or less than 2 percent of its workforce, last month.
Short Take: Acer lays off nearly 800 in Malaysia
News Computer maker Acer Inc laid off about a third of its 2,300 local workforce in June due to the global slump in PC demand. It was the Taiwan company's first job cut in Malaysia since it set up its manufacturing plant in the country.
Pay for Sun's Schwartz jumps 56 percent
News Sun Microsystems' new president pulls in US$677,000 in fiscal 2004, as the company tries to return to prosperity.
Tags: Financial
Intel expected to cut thousands of jobs
News Chipmaker's latest efficiency plan could hit as many as 10 percent of employees.
Tags: Processors, Financial, Accounting, Financial statements, Sales/revenue, Analyst reports, Layoffs
Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce
News Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Adobe Systems Inc., Omniture Inc., Web analytics company, restructuring, software, job, Workforce, Sales
Google buys Teracent to boost display ad push
News Google's latest acquisition is a startup that helps advertisers format and target display ads to particular groups.
Tags: Internet advertising, Acquisitions, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Teracent, advertisement, Internet Search Advertising, Stock, DoubleClick Inc., leader
Microsoft local chief, top execs grab 'separation' package
Blogs When Rafael "Pepeng" Rollan, managing director of Microsoft Philippines, told the local IT press on May 17 that the comp...
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Tags: Layoffs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., job, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Small Business, layoff, Silicon Valley
A series of unfortunate layoffs
Blogs Despite the depressing economic outlook around the world, most Filipinos that I've talked to still view the Philippines ...
