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How We See It: Social networking finds potential in internal businessWhile the corporate world continues debating the business value of social networking tools such as Twitter or Facebook, their use within the corporate walls continues to proliferate, where they are now migrating from marketing to HR, particularly for employee recruiting.
Mass High Tech Friday, August 14, 2009Hiring strategies shift toward social mediaAs the beginning of a turnaround appears to signal the return to hiring, recruiters and hiring managers say they're posting fewer and fewer jobs to online job boards. Instead, they're headhunting at every level of the organization, using online social networks to spot and recruit candidates from temporary workers to executives.
Mass High Tech Friday, August 14, 2009Md. slots commission pressures Penn National to add machines to bidA state commission overseeing the approval of slot machine licenses in Maryland is leaning heavily on Penn National
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Inc. to increase its stake in a Cecil County gaming parlor, suggesting it might not approve the project otherwise. (PENN)
Biz Journal Friday, August 14, 2009Asian Web connections set to resume by end of ThursdayTAIPEI (Reuters) - Up to 90 percent of all voice call and Internet services from parts of East Asia that were disrupted after Typhoon Morakot damaged undersea cables will resume by the end of Thursday, a senior Chunghwa Telecom official said.
Reuters Friday, August 14, 2009Deadline for U.S. broadband grants, loans extendedWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deadline for online applications for the first round of the U.S. government's $7.2 billion program to provide broadband access to all Americans was extended to August 20 from August 14 because of technical problems caused by the high number of applicants.
Reuters Friday, August 14, 2009Microsoft, Nokia form alliance to rival RIMSEATTLE/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Nokia announced an alliance on Wednesday to bring business software to smartphones and counter the dominance of Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry.
Market Watch Friday, August 14, 2009Iraqis demonstrate over Web censorshipBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis including journalists, writers and booksellers demonstrated in central Baghdad on Friday against what they say is state censorship.
Reuters Friday, August 14, 2009NII Holdings raising $780 million with note saleNII Holdings Inc., which suffered a revenue setback in its latest quarter, is setting things right in the cash drawer with a debt sale. (NIHD)
Biz Journal Friday, August 14, 2009Gov. Paterson appoints insurance superintendentGov. David Paterson nominated a new superintendent for the state Insurance Department today. Paterson named James Wrynn to lead the agency. Effective Aug. 20, Wrynn will serve as acting superintenden...
Market Watch Friday, August 14, 2009Kansas legislators will return early to work on budgetFaced with a $180 million shortfall this year and a deficit of more than $536 million next year, some Kansas legislators are returning to Topeka early to study the state’s budget woes. House Sp...
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