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Siemens siphons off 17,000 jobs - June 30, 2008

Battening down the hatches German engineering group Siemens is to lay off 17,000 workers from its 400,000 workforce, including 6,450 jobs in Germany alone, as part of an effort to save 1.2 billion.
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C&W closes in on Thus acquisition - June 30, 2008

Shareholders asked for thumbs-up Cable and Wireless has increased its offer for smaller rival telco Thus Group, as it bids to gain weight for its battles against BT for big business contracts.
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Panasonic Matsushita to become Panasonic - June 27, 2008

Better-known brand adopted Come October and Matsushita will be officially called Panasonic, formalising a name the company's used for years and is arguably better known as.
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Yahoo! deckchair! shuffle! filled! with! insight! and! clouds! - June 27, 2008

Microsoft shame unit tabled for now Trying to become less of an organizational disaster, Yahoo! has shuffled around some executives and even formed a cloud computing division. "Take that, activist shareholders, we've got everything under control."
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Google ends marathon search for new financial chief - June 26, 2008

I'm feeling lucky Google has finally found a new chief financial officer, ending a nearly year-long search to replace its current CFO, George Reyes.
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Yahoo! counts! the! reasons! it's better! off! without! Microsoft! - June 26, 2008

Defends right to sell itself Tired of taking it on the chin from bully activist investors, Yahoo! executives are counting the reasons why they're better off forging a advertising partnership Google rather than selling the company's search business to Microsoft.
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Oracle reports bumper results - June 25, 2008

Price hikes yet to kick in Oracle's decision to buy 40 software companies continues to pay off, as it announced annual and quarterly earnings growth of nearly a third.
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Red Hat rolls along in Q1 - June 25, 2008

Over subscribed Strong sales helped Red Hat's first fiscal quarter 2009 get a healthy increase of cash flow, but internal investments and taxes somewhat stymied the Linux licenser's end results.
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Facebook takes a break - June 25, 2008

OMG! Social networking site Facebook is mainly unavailable this afternoon.
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Staff internet policies must be Facebook-ready, warns expert - June 25, 2008

Web 2.0-up your regs Dealing with staff who misbehave on the web may be hampered by office policies written without Web 2.0 sites in mind, an employment expert has said. The warning follows disciplinary action against 18 police officers who boasted about crashes on Facebook.
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