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Finding Good News in Bad Jobs Numbers
Even for a closet nerd like me, the amount of economic-related data we have been fed over the last few months has been overwhelming. The fact that 95 percent of it is depressing doesn’t help either. That’s why I was tickled to come across this factoid: “According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, through…
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Parrish: NetApp Committed to the Channel
Refuting persistent rumors and speculation that NetApp will shake off its solution providers in favor of a direct sales model, newly installed global channel chief Julie Parrish says the storage vendor is committed to growing its channel and working with solution providers to battle competitors head on. “I don’t think [NetApp] would have hired senior…
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Las Vegas Drops Hotel Rates for CES
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gadget geeks, used to booking hotel rooms way in advance for the annual Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, may be one-upped by lazier peers this January. With just two months to go before the January 8-11 show, hotel rooms on the Strip are usually sold out by now. But this…
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Panasonic Captures Sanyo to Create Electronics Giant
TOKYO (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp said it would acquire smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co, creating Japan’s top electronics maker and foreshadowing further consolidation in an industry hit by slowing consumer demand. The acquisition, which one analyst estimated could cost about $8.8 billion, would fortify Panasonic’s competitiveness in rechargeable batteries and solar power equipment as…
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Google Chief Says No to Obama Tech Czar Post
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Friday he would not serve as technology czar in Barack Obama’s administration if he was asked. "I love working at Google and I’m very happy to stay at Google, so the answer is no,"…
