Global – On the same day when Yahoo! announced plans for its second round of layoffs in six weeks, Google is boasting 2011 as the biggest hiring year in company history with over 500 hires in Asia Pacific. After cutting about 700 employees last December, Yahoo! announced it will further lay off 1% of its …
SINGAPORE : Contractor Mun Siong Engineering was fined S$100,000 on Tuesday for failing to provide a safe working environment for its employees. Three of its workers died in a fire in 2007 at an oil refinery at Ayer Chawan Place in Jurong. One other worker was also injured. Mun Siong was at that time engaged …
US – Google has announced plans to hire more than 6,000 employees globally this year as it wards off pressure from rivals such as Facebook and Twitter in the technology industry. According to Google’s senior vice president of engineering and research Alan Eustace, the internet giant will add more than 6,000 staff “across the board …
Singapore – Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has reversed its stance on penalising employees who fall sick during the Chinese New Year period after public outrage. Casino dealers will no longer be awarded demerit points for falling sick, following a public uproar at the arbitrary rules designed to keep the casino at MBS staffed during Chinese …
SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — The ubiquitous “like” is currency for brands, and Facebook is giving them a new way to collect: an ad unit that shows up on the right-hand side of the screen it calls “sponsored stories.” The unit will give brand-related action such as a “like” or a check-in a lot more visibility …
NEW YORK – Google Inc is set to give Eric Schmidt a $100 million (S$128 million) equity award as he hands over the chief executive officer job to co-founder Larry Page. The award, which will include stock units and options will vest over four years and is Mr Schmidt’s first such award since joining the …
SINGAPORE : Singapore has slipped to third spot in the rankings for the most globalised economies in the world last year. The republic comes behind Hong Kong, which took the top spot, followed by Ireland, in the latest Ernst & Young Globalisation Index. The index measures the world’s 60 largest economies based on their degree …
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SAN FRANCISCO – FACEBOOK announced on Friday that it had raised US$1.5 billion (S$1.92 billion) in a private share offering that valued the social network at approximately US$50 billion. ‘Our business continues to perform well, and we are pleased to be able to bolster our cash position with this new financing,’ Facebook chief financial officer …
US – Eric Schmidt is stepping down as CEO of Google and will relinquish responsibilities to co-founder Larry Page from 4 April after nearly a decade in the role. In a surprising turn of events, Schmidt will relinquish his responsibilities to co-founder Larry Page starting on April 4 after nearly a decade in the role. …