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Dell shuts Limerick factory and scraps 1,900 jobs

Your Shannon Water, tears of joy that flow

Update Dell is closing its Limerick manufacturing facility, with the assembly plant's functions due to be transferred to a Polish plant in Lodz.…

08.01.2009 12:04:13 - The Register

British talent up for Bafta prize

Three young British actors are named on the shortlist for Bafta's 2009 Rising Star award.

08.01.2009 12:03:22 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

Zavvi announces 22 store closures

The administrators at music, games and DVD retail chain Zavvi say they are closing 22 stores with immediate effect.

08.01.2009 12:03:22 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

Dell set to cut 1,900 Irish jobs

Computer giant Dell is to shed 1,900 of the 3,000 jobs at its manufacturing site in Limerick in the Irish Republic.

08.01.2009 11:50:20 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

UK's listed firms must tell markets of serious executive problems

Shareholders need to know about sickness

Stock market-listed companies have a duty to inform shareholders if an executive's illness threatens to affect the firm's performance, a company law expert has said. That duty does not bind unlisted UK firms, he said.…

08.01.2009 11:29:32 - The Register

Iconic red, white and blue US President-elect finds home

An iconic portrait of Barack Obama will become part of the permanent collection at the US National Portrait Gallery.

08.01.2009 11:27:56 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

MI5 head calls for comms data access

It's the national security, stupid

Jonathan Evans, the director general of MI5, has said it needs access to communications data to strengthen national security.…

08.01.2009 11:25:30 - The Register

US smutmongers want big bucks bailout

We're losing wood, give us $5bn

Stateside pornographers have asked Congress to stump $5bn "to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America" amid the increasing economic gloom which is apparently sapping Yanks' will to get their end away.…

08.01.2009 11:23:27 - The Register

MuleSource Partners with FastConnect to Meet Rising Demand in France

MuleSource has announced a partnership with FastConnect that will provide Mule architecture and implementation services throughout the French market. FastConnect spans the domains of data and service integration, through to the user interface, using technologies such as SOA, distributed environments, business process management (BPM) and AJAX/HTML. FastConnect has also joined the MuleSource Partner Program, which allows organizations to market, configure, customize and implement SOA and integration solutions for customers worldwide. The partnership allows each company room for growth in the international IT market.

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08.01.2009 11:15:00 - Latest News from AJAXWORLD MAGAZINE

OLPC lays off half staff

Laptops for developing world credit crunched

One Laptop Per Child - the non-profit organisation aiming to give kids in the developing world their own laptops - is laying off half its staff and cutting salaries for those who are keeping their jobs.…

08.01.2009 11:14:54 - The Register