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Savings windfall for firm that moved from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail
"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...
IndyMac Fails, Seized by U.S. Regulators
IndyMac Bancorp Inc. became the second-biggest federally insured financial company to fail today after a run by depositors left the California mortgage lender short on cash. "FDIC Establishes IndyMac Federal Bank,... Glitch hampers iPhone launch
"NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work. ... Cops Make Major Drug Bust When FedEx Delivers Pot Package to Wrong Address
And here I thought that Big Brown and FedEx trucks mostly brought goodies from shopping or expedited business materials. But one drug pusher decided that his business would do best by FedEx--which luckily then took a shipment to the wrong address."When it absolutely,... 12,000 Laptop Losses Per Week at US Airports
It strikes me as odd that someone would walk away from a security checkpoint without their laptop- would you even bring the thing with you if it weren't an integral part of the reason for travel? So, yeah, I can... Five to face Concorde crash trial
Finally French judicial officials have given go ahead for the trial of Concorde crash accused " Five people are to stand trial over the Concorde crash near Paris eight years ago which killed 113 people, French... Hot Wheels hit the road for 40th anniversary
Previous articles on the 40th birthday of Hot Wheels can be seen here.I wish I could go to one of the road shows, but I don't think they are stopping in Vancouver. Seems more interesting than a regular car show since... Starbucks plans to close 600 U.S. stores, fire 12,000
I am quite surprised by this. Just yesterday while I was driving back from dinner, I saw two starbucks that I have not noticed before. In Vancouver it seems like Starbucks is more prevalent than ever, but I guess... High-security terror trial puts jail safety in spotlight
"High-security terror trial puts jail safety in spotlightNeco Cockburn, The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Friday, June 27, 2008In light of the extraordinary displays of security at the Ottawa courthouse during...Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat"
Pretty radical but considering rapidly escalating healthcare costs here I wonder if we're heading down the same path in North America. "An anonymous reader writes "A recently-introduced law in Japan requires all businesses to have mandatory obesity checks (video... United States Department of Justice Revises EEO Policy
United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey is credited with revising damaging policies created by previous Bush administration attorney general John Ashcroft and continued by attorney general Alberto Gonzales,... Text-message ruling could change corporate policies
" SAN FRANCISCO -- Most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers' e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory. A federal appeals court sought to clarify matters in a ruling Wednesday by distinguishing between electronic... Cuba to abandon salary Parity
Change of leadership in Cuba has brought a whiff of changes. Cubans have realised benefits of free economy and as first step they allowed mobile phones. Now old system of same pay for everyone is going to be... Marry or be fired, employees told
" A MAJOR Iranian state-owned company has told its single employees to get married by September or face losing their jobs, the press reported today."One of the economic entities in the south of the country has asked its single employees to start creating a family," the... 'Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It'
Now here's an interesting idea. Two human resource pros are attempting to popularize an unstructured work environment called ROWE, where employees set their own hours. It's not the hours that count, but rather, the...
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