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Yahoo Reportedly Prepping Up to 700 Today

December 14, 2010
Yahoo Reportedly Prepping Up to 700 Today

Clark Griswold went off the deep end when he received a “Jelly of the Month” membership in place of a holiday bonus check, but at least he wasn’t laid off. The same can’t be said for some 650 to 700 Yahoo employees expected to lose their jobs today, Al…

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Google Dangles $3.5 Million Stock Offer to Retain Engineer from Jumping Ship

November 12, 2010
Google Dangles $3.5 Million Stock Offer to Retain Engineer from Jumping Ship

Most of us wouldn’t think twice if the company we’re working for offered us $3.5 million in restricted stock to stick around, but would you take it if Facebook was trying to pry you away? Probably, and according to TechCrunch, so did the Google employe…

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Can You Legally Be Fired over Facebook Remarks?

November 10, 2010
Can You Legally Be Fired over Facebook Remarks?

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a legal complaint on behalf of Dawnmarie Souza, who was fired from her job as an emergency medical technician after she posted critical remarks about her supervisor on her Facebook page, followed by e…

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Six Tech Heavyweights Settle Antitrust Probe of Hiring Practices

September 24, 2010
Six Tech Heavyweights Settle Antitrust Probe of Hiring Practices

According to an announcement made by the US Justice Department today, six major tech companies  - Apple, Intel, Google, Intuit, Pixar, and Adobe – have reached a settlement in an antitrust investigation. The case centered around an agreement that …

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Google Offering Big Money to Stop Employee Exodus to Facebook

September 1, 2010
Google Offering Big Money to Stop Employee Exodus to Facebook

In recent months, Facebook has been working hard to recruit talent from Google. For example, Google lost Android Product Manager Erick Tseng to Facebook a few months back. Rumor has it the The Big G is now starting to take the situation seriously, and …

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Rotten Apple Employee Arrested for Money Laundering, Taking Kickbacks

August 16, 2010
Rotten Apple Employee Arrested for Money Laundering, Taking Kickbacks

Apple’s PR department has had to work overtime lately, first to provide damage control for the iPhone 4 debacle, and now to distance itself from a former manager who has just been indicted by a federal grand jury for a number of alleged illegal behavio…

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