Archive for November 25th, 2008

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-25 06:51 Google to cut contract workers - WSJ (Interactive Investor)

Nov 25 (Reuters) - Internet search giant Google Inc said it is "significantly" reducing the number of contract workers it uses, but has no plans at this time to lay off employees, the Wall Street Journal said. "We have been thinking for some time, before the acute phase of the economic crisis, about significantly reducing the number of contract workers," spokeswoman Jane Penner told the paper. ...

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-25 06:51 Google to cut contract workers - WSJ (Interactive Investor)

Nov 25 (Reuters) - Internet search giant Google Inc said it is "significantly" reducing the number of contract workers it uses, but has no plans at this time to lay off employees, the Wall Street Journal said. "We have been thinking for some time, before the acute phase of the economic crisis, about significantly reducing the number of contract workers," spokeswoman Jane Penner told the paper. ...

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Google to cut contract workers: report (Reuters)

(Reuters) - Internet search giant Google Inc said it is "significantly" reducing the number of contract workers it uses, but has no plans at this time to lay off employees, the Wall Street Journal said.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

AnalystWatch: Google Gets the Flu (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Googles philanthropic arm, Google.org, has announced an intriguing initiative that promises to track the spread of influenza two weeks before the current procedures used by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008