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I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and author Sharifah Hardie’s experiences are a testament to that. Facing repeated layoffs and disappointments at the workplace would have crushed anybody. But she decided to make it a learning experience and made use of all the experience she had gained over the years and put it to some constructive [...]

Ford pulled a very pleasant surprise amidst the crippling recession and ‘the worst market for American car manufacturers.’ The company is finally profitable, having recently reported a $1 billion profit for the third quarter period. It predicts to be “solidly profitable” in 2011. Ford has had some dependable strategies and standard reasons such [...]

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Yahoo Inc, the second largest online search giant has been a typical example of calling shots to stabilize itself in the tough economic climate. It has already cut as many as 2400 jobs last year alone. With Carol Bartz as the new chief executive, another round of layoffs could be announced next Tuesday, [...]

The internet search engine giant, Google Inc. has begun to feel the ripple effect of the economic storm as well. As a measure to cut costs, 200 marketing and sales jobs are to be cut from its international operations. Google broke its record of over ten years of not cutting the mainstream jobs, as an unavoidable step to cope with the recession. The [...]