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Vodafone leads round of cuts with plans to save £1bnVodafone is to cut costs by £1bn, it said yesterday, after it dropped its annual sales forecast for the second time in four months. It blamed tough trading in Europe and slowing growth in emerging markets such as India.The company, which employs 47,000 staff across Europe, refused to say ho... |
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Job fears as Vodafone launches £1bn cost-cutting driveVodafone is launching a £1bn cost-cutting drive, which could lead to job losses, after reducing expectations for annual revenues for the second time in four months, in the face of tough trading in Europe and slowing growth in its emerging markets.The world's largest mobile phone company sai... |
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Multi-mode LTE chips predicted for 2009, WiMAX for "developing nations"Filed under: Wireless We may be savoring just a small taste of WiMAX here in these United States, forced to wait until "2010+" before getting to know the robust flavor of LTE (the next, next high-speed wireless standard), but that's not stopping analyst Philip Solis from predicting that... |
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Midday Open ThreadHappy 5th Birthday to the Swing State Project: But most importantly, I have to thank you, the readers. You truly have turned this into more than just a site but a flourishing community of intelligent, inquisitive, and committed Democrats always eager to learn more - and to keep each other on ou... |
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10 Gadgets That Help You Survive in Cheap Hotel Rooms [Thank Giz It's Friday]Tomorrow I embark on a week-long vacation that will have me hiking up mountains, enjoying art and music and dining in fancy restaurants. Needless to say, I am looking forward to it. The only thing I am not 100% about is the hotel room. I've never stayed in this particular chain before and I got... |
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Sarin (Nasty.) [Molecule of the Day]Sarin is an organophosphate that irreversibly inhibits cholinesterase. it's a neurotoxin, and a potent one. It'd be absolutely terrifying as a weapon, if it weren't so unstable. Even if a rogue state had gobs of Sarin last year, it's all pretty much a dud by now. The instability of acid halides (... |
