High-tech CEOs McNealy, Andreessen discuss interest rates, dot-com shakeout
The CEOs of two technology companies told a Stanford Business School audience this week that they were not overly concerned about the recent dot-com shakeout.
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Workers now looking before leaping to startups
A year ago, many job-seekers didn’t want to hear about Scott Martin’s path to profitability. As he tried to recruit workers to his pre-IPO software company, many were lured instead by dot-coms that offered loads of stock options but few business fundamentals.
AltaVista says it cut 200 jobs, or 25 pct of staff
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan 18 (Reuters) – Internet search company AltaVista Co. Thursday said it laid off 200 employees, or about 25 percent of its staff, in its latest effort to conserve costs amid a downturn in the online advertising market.
Click2learn.com Sees Results Below Expectations
BELLEVUE (Reuters) – Click2learn.com Inc. (CLKS), a provider of software and services to online educational programs, said its fourth quarter results are expected to fall below estimates, due to delays in customer orders.
Technology pioneer William R. Hewlett dead at 87
William R. Hewlett, a founder of the technology giant Hewlett- Packard Co. and a Stanford alumnus, died Friday morning at his home in Palo Alto. He was 87.
Newspaper Says CNN Set for Large Number of Layoffs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – CNN News Group, a unit of Time Warner Inc, is expected to announce a large number of layoffs as it reorganizes its TV and Internet operations, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Thursday, citing industry executives.
Outsiders Are Welcome to Peruse an Online Course in E-Commerce
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS from an online course in e-commerce, offered by North Carolina State University, are freelyavailable to anyone — and about 1,000 people in 75 countries take a look every day.
PluggedIn: Web-based education on slow, steady path
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 9 (Reuters) – This is not likely to be the year online education finds a mass market. People remain too attached to bricks-and-mortar schools, and changing that will be slow going, analysts say.
Caliber Learning Lays Off 17% of Staff
In a move to shift from consumer-oriented to corporate-oriented clients, online education provider Caliber Learning Network Inc. [NASDAQ:CLBR] of Baltimore this morning said it cut 17 percent of its staff, or 40 out of 223 workers.
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