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Always Be Closing
I had a closing kind of day. There’s a scene in The Boiler Room where Ben Affleck talks about closing. He asks “Who’s going to close? You or him?”. Alec Baldwin does it even better in Glengarry Glen Ross. Besides “Coffee is for closers”, Baldwin says “Only one thing counts. Get them to sign on…
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Jobs Report Disappoints
(Reuters) – The U.S. economy shed jobs in September for a fourth straight month as government payrolls fell and private hiring slowed, hardening expectations for more stimulus from the Federal Reserve to spur the recovery. Nonfarm payrolls dropped 95,000, the Labor Department said on Friday. Private employment, a better gauge of labor market health, increased…
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Microsoft, Adobe in Acquisition Talks, Report
SEATTLE, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Adobe Systems Inc’s (NASDAQ:ADBE) stock skyrocketed on Thursday after a media report stirred speculation it might become an acquisition target for Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT). The New York Times reported that Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer had met secretly with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen at Adobe’s San Francisco offices "recently." The…
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Facebook, Twitter Hold Security Threats: Report
Nearly two billion people today use the Internet to conduct business, communicate with family and friends, stay-in-touch with current events and entertain themselves – and in doing so, expose themselves to an extensive and growing number of malware threats, according to a report released by IT management software and solutions company CA Technologies. The company’s…
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Cisco Names Four Strategic Efforts to Evolve Partner Organization
Cisco has added more color to its plans to evolve its worldwide partners organization by naming four key pillars and strategic initiatives to help get the organization from where it is today to where the company envisions it in three to five years. Keith Goodwin, senior vice president of the Worldwide Partner Organization for Cisco…
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Cisco Home Telepresence Announced at $599 Plus Monthly Fee
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) launched a $599 home videoconference system, a high-quality rival to Skype and other low-cost providers, as the network equipment maker seeks to expand in the consumer market. The high price, and a $24.99 monthly fee, may make it tough for Cisco to win much of…
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