• RBA raises interest rates by 25 points

  By AAP | 01 December, 2009 15:02

  The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has raised the cash interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent.

• Laid-off Nortel workers lobby for severance

  By Jim Duffy | 29 January, 2009 08:18

  Workers laid off from Nortel are pleading with the company to restore their severance packages.

• With global revenue dropping, Symantec posts big loss

  By Robert McMillan | 29 January, 2009 06:55

  Symantec posted a big loss Wednesday, citing the tough economic climate, but the company's quarterly earnings still were better than analysts had expected.

• Union: IBM layoffs now 4200 -- may go higher

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 29 January, 2009 09:31

  IBM's not-so-secret layoffs may have reached 4200 Tuesday, according to Alliance@IBM, which believes that thousands of other employees will be loosing their jobs as well before the cuts end.

• How companies are cutting costs

  By Denise Dubie | 28 January, 2009 05:26

  Nearly half of companies working to reduce costs attempt to avoid permanent layoffs, according to recent survey results, opting instead to freeze salaries and cut travel expenses.

• Could economy cause IT pros to crack?

  By Denise Dubie | 24 October, 2008 10:04

  IT professionals taking on more work in light of the current economic climate identified rising workloads as the greatest source of workplace stress, according to research from Robert Half Technology.

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