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...down on the numbers of stores without Windows in the U.S., Microsoft (MSFT) is launching its own retail outlets. Given the size of its customer base, it would seem to be like going after an elephant with...
...that would pay for a laptop for every kid in grades 6 through 12. At the fast-growing Forsyth County Schools District in Cumming, Ga., Bailey Mitchell, chief technology and information officer, recently opted to use free open-source software instead of purchasing expensive software licenses from vendors like Microsoft. Mitchell says the decision will save $1.1 million over three years. "We sat back and recognized the money we needed simply wasn't going to materialize out of thin air," he says...
...look at the companies which announced layoffs in December and January demonstrates that almost no industry is immune from job losses due to this contracting economy. Tech companies such as Microsoft (MSFT) fired people. So did many retail operations including Macy's (M).Consolidation efforts led by Pfizer's (PFE) marriage to Wyeth (WYE) have begun to put tens of thousands of people out of work. GM (GM) is signaling that it may have to take another 15,000 or 20,000 jobs off its payroll in the next month to convince the federal government that it can become economically...
...look at the companies which announced layoffs in December and January demonstrates that almost no industry is immune from job losses due to this contracting economy. Tech companies such as Microsoft (MSFT) fired people. So did many retail operations including Macy's (M). Consolidation efforts led by Pfizer's (PFE) marriage to Wyeth (WYE) have begun to put tens of thousands of people out of work. GM (GM) is signaling that it may have to take another 15,000 or 20,000 jobs off its payroll in the next month to convince the federal government that it can become economically...
...Real concern will come if the undertow moves to other parts of the economy which have been expected to hold up fairly well. Technology sector firms including Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), IBM (IBM), and Microsoft (MSFT) have cut large numbers of people, although they are still extremely profitable. Another set of broad layoffs among these companies would be extremely bad news. The reaction to increasing unemployment will worsen if job losses spread to the large energy companies and media conglomerates...