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Bartz paints colourful picture of Yahoo exit

...Yahoo boss Carol Bartz has given a typically forthright account of her sacking by the board, which took place on Tuesday. Speaking to Fortune on... Read more

9 September, 2011

HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves

...early retirement plan, which may reduce the number of redundancies. Apart from sacking people, the company said it will "achieve additional savings" by cutting products... Read more

24 May, 2012 by David Meyer

HP planning at least 25,000 job cuts, reports say

...Former eBay chief Whitman took the top spot in November after the sacking of Leo Apotheker, who had only been in the position for less... Read more

18 May, 2012

Autonomy: Oracle is 'confused' over supposed sale offer

...was almost certainly one of the key factors that led to HP sacking its chief executive, Leo Apotheker. In a move likely to further embarrass... Read more

29 September, 2011

Oracle publishes Autonomy 'shopping' slides

...a move that was likely a major factor in HP's board sacking chief executive Leo Apotheker. According to The Wall Street Journal, Lynch denied... Read more

29 September, 2011

HP kicks out Apotheker, brings in Whitman

...has been installed as chief executive and president of HP, following the sacking of Leo Apotheker. HP chief executive Leo Apotheker (left) has been replaced... Read more

23 September, 2011 by David Meyer
Soccer Manager 2.0

Soccer Manager 2.0

...on opposition teams - Physiotherapist reports on injuries - Transfer budgets and wage caps - Sackings, resignations and Job markets - League tables, fixtures lists and cup draws - Incredible... Read more

22 February, 2012
Breakdance Step-by-Step - Beginner's How to Bboy Video Guide 1.5

Breakdance Step-by-Step - Beginner's How to Bboy Video Guide 1.5

...Breaks, Swipes, Kip Ups, Back Spin, Flares, Sets, Popping, Twist-O-Flex, Sacking, Gliding, Boogaloo, Waving.Bonus Features: Interviews with old skool Bboys and Uprockers... Read more

22 July, 2011
Fizz Baseball Manager 2010 Free 1.02

Fizz Baseball Manager 2010 Free 1.02

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21 July, 2011
El Saqueo Cultural de Amrica Latina 1.0

El Saqueo Cultural de Amrica Latina 1.0

...profound well-documented essay reaches up into the present to expose the sacking of all cultural areas by Latin American dictators and the illegal trafficking... Read more

26 August, 2010

Orange sackings over 'severed body parts

A source close to Orange claims the sackings at mobile phone operator Orange were over the distribution of images of... Read more

4 September, 2000 by Rachel Munro

Staff suspended for Bart email keep jobs

...Atkinson, head of communications at Royal & Sun Alliance, says the suspensions and sackings were the result of serious misconduct. "We believe the material was unacceptable... Read more

11 January, 2001 by Will Knight

Orange sacks forty over Internet porn

...of inappropriate material" in what is believed to be the biggest Internet sacking case in the UK. Orange refuses to comment on whether the material... Read more

1 September, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Most Internet abuse dismissals related to porn

...have sacked staff due to Internet misuse. Sixty-nine percent of the sackings relate to pornography. Over 500 human resources professionals responded to the survey... Read more

9 July, 2002 by Andrew Swinton

E-male looks for love

...of men and seven percent of women admitted to this risky habit. Sacking employees for perceived misuse of email is nothing new, and the edesigns... Read more

17 August, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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