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AT&T is keeping up the heat on Google by sending more letters to the FCC. In the latest bit of correspondence, they’ve done a few experiments with Google Voice to see what phone calls are being blocked. The company found that Google blocked calls placed to a convent, the campaign offices of Representative Collin Peterson [...]
The talk around town among eBay sellers is the drastic eBay slowdown. Sales are off as the economy takes a toll. At the same time eBay is working hard to run off affiliates while promoting the ‘eBay Bucks’ program. Although ebay will not currently admit to a sales slowdown the proof [...]
Just two hours ago Garth Brooks announced that he is no longer retired. Steve Wynn and Garth Brooks announced today that Brooks will perform in the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas for a series of special engagements. Concerts begin December 11, 2009.
Fresh Market, a Greensboro North Carolina retailer, is expanding. According to Progressive Grocer Fresh Market already has 91 stores spread throughout the South, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. Current economic conditions demand that grocers cut costs and market aggressive low-price images.
Rush Limbaugh wanted to place a bid for the Saint Louis Rams. “The league has 78 percent African-American players. Do you bring in someone who has made racist statements to own a team that’s largely made up of players the owner has made slurring statements about?” So said Dan Lebowitz, executive director [...]
This is the layoff and unemployment news report for mid-January through mid-February. We receive input from over 100 sources and call it like we see it. Don’t be confused by conflicting news reports and government statistics. This is what is really happening in America, at the worker’s level.
This is the Refile News job loss and layoff roundup for mid-January 2010. This report was written on January 18th, and compiled from over 100 sources. This report does not include city, county, and state government layoffs unless there was a significant event.
As December 2009 comes to a close we saw no mass layoffs of 50 or more from the same location. For three days our research input reflected only city, county, and state layoffs only. Refile News saw this as a positive sign that layoffs were slowing down but the economy [...]
