Palm Quarterly Sales Fall Short of Analyst Estimates (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Palm Inc. , the maker of the Treo and Centro mobile phones, missed analysts’ sales estimates and announced plans to cut jobs after the economic slump curbed consumer spending on handsets. |
BOSLEY PROPOSES PLAN TO INCREASE SALES TAX (The Massillon Independent)
Commissioner Todd Bosley will introduce a plan today to raise the county sales tax a quarter percent in order to replenish the general fund and restructure Stark’s dispatching operations. The county currently has a 0.25-percent sales tax, the lowest in the state. It generates about $11 million annually for the general fund. |
Global chip sales fell 2.4% in October, says SIA (EETimes)
The three-month moving average of worldwide sales of semiconductors declined by 2.4 percent in October to $22.47 billion compared to sales of $23.03 billion in October 2007, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which referenced World Semiconductor Trade Statistics as its source. Presented By: Get the new Treo? Pro smartphone by Palm ... |
Global chip sales fell 2.4% in October, says SIA (EETimes)
The three-month moving average of worldwide sales of semiconductors declined by 2.4 percent in October to $22.47 billion compared to sales of $23.03 billion in October 2007, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which referenced World Semiconductor Trade Statistics as its source. |
Williston sales tax to get a review (Williston Herald)
Names are being sought for a committee to evaluate the one-cent city sales tax that sunsets in June 2010. |
Open Source: A silver lining in the economic slump (ZDNet Asia)
Sales at open-source software companies are booming, even as stock prices slump and corporate IT spending plummets, Are the good times here? Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com |
Study Lists Cell Phone-Addicted Cities (R News)
It seems like we can't do without our cell phones these days. Rochester, however, is one of the least cell-phone addicted cities in the country. In a study published in this month's Men's Health Magazine, Rochester ranks as the sixth least cell phone-dependent city. |
Downturn forces Brown to scale back Queen's Speech (Independent)
Gordon Brown's legislative programme for next year has been streamlined at the last minute to enable the Government to focus on the ailing economy. Previously announced plans to curb cigarette sales, set up a giant database of phone records and boost protection for ancient monuments are to be delayed by ministers. |
Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)
The shops and stores were packed Friday as the holiday shopping season officially started. Now no one expects the cash registers to ring endlessly and sales records to reach new heights, but it probably isn’t as bad as some pundits would have you believe. |
Job-search sites expand features to meet demand (Baltimore Sun)
Greater numbers of laid-off workers flocking to the Web in search of opportunities |
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