Thursday, December 11, 2008

Bad and Fun News

Let start with the bad news first.. more job lost news..

Nomura Holdings Inc - 100+
Level 3 Communications Inc - 450
Nikko Cordial - 1,000 in Japan
Anheuser-Busch InBev - 1,400
Danaher Corp - 1,700
3M - 2,300
Wyndham Worldwide Corp - 4,000
Dow Chemical Co - Estimated 6,000
RioTinto - 14,000
Sony - 16,000
Asus - 45,000 in China


And the fun news is this Germany's research magazine with a theme “Focus China”. The editorial office wanted something Chinese on its cover and the result was the one shown below; however, this text contains inappropriate content of a suggestive nature - that Chinese text is really an advertisement for a club of an adult nature. Its effectively proclaiming “Hot Housewives in action!” on the front of the third-quarter edition. Their “enchanting and coquettish performance” was highly recommended…

6 comments:

Chris said...

y so many retrenchment geh?

Twilight Man said...

Oi I think better not talk and think about this too much otherwise we will get sucked into this frequency!

Little Motivator said...

Yawn ! Time to sleep, tomorrow, we have to work.

Alex said...

So depressing.... lol! what a fun cover!

Reszurrecdito M. d'Saintner said...

Retrenchments, retrenchments, retrenchments, that's the news our ears are fed with everyday. But Japanese companies are doing quite well, considering that they are still hiring people.

Lifebook said...

Chris: Cost and effect!!

Twilight Zone: We should alert those has job and not simply switch job at the moment. And we are the lucky to have a job.

Little Motivator: Good way of looking at it.

Alex: It is.. Yeah! A big mistake!!

Manpriedo: Most company still hiring but will lesser position offer.