The New Bern Sun Journal reported that Embarq will cut about 100 jobs when it closes its call center in November. The closing is connected with Embarq’s recent merger with CenturyTel Inc.
The Raleigh News & Observer reported that Time Warner Cable will close its customer-call center in Fayetteville on Oct. 29. Those 80 jobs will move to Raleigh and Wilmington.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
San Francisco Chronicle management representatives met Friday with the San Francisco Media Workers Guild to discuss the Chronicle’s plans to slash additional jobs through both buyouts and layoffs, Guild officials said in an Aug. 28 statement.
Source: SF Business Times
Social web site Facebook Inc. is looking for hundreds of people to hire, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report, based on an Aug. 20 interview with Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, said the Palo Alto, Calif. company plans to increase its work force by 50 percent this year. The business has about 900 workers right now.
Source: San Francisco Business Times
Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from his post on Apple’s board of directors due to what Apple called a conflict of interest.
5 Reasons Schmidt Left Apple Board:
1. Apple’s rejection of Google Voice from the App Store;
2. The iPhone vs. Google Android rivalry is heating up;
3. Let’s not forget Apple’s App Store vs. Android Market;
4. Both Google and Apple are entrenched in the Web browser game;
5. Apple and Google will also soon compete in the OS market, too.
Source: ChannelWeb
So much for the “boatload of money” Carol Bartz wanted from Microsoft in return for a search deal with Yahoo. Instead, Yahoo’s chief executive settled for a deal that wouldn’t fill a bathtub. The transaction involves no cash upfront and gives Microsoft what it has always wanted: effective control over Yahoo’s search business.
Source: WSJ
Reuters: “Yahoo investors disappointed, but hold out hope” [..] “Bartz said on the earnings call the company is now hiring more engineers and sales and marketing staff as it invests in new products and branding.”
WPP, the global advertising company, is to cut 7,200 jobs this year as the recession forces companies to slash their advertising costs, reports The Observer.
About half of this number has already been lost, with the rest expected to go by the end of 2009, said the newspaper citing sources close to the company.
Source: Reuters
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