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March 10, 2010

SMIC layoffs: It is said that SMIC in April would lay off 10% of employees

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SMIC layoffs: It is said that SMIC in April would lay off 10% of employees
News on March 10, 2010: according to Taiwan media reports, the new chief operating officer of SMIC, Yang Shining takes office for one month, the recent issue of the internal operation of manufacture of a peer, “streamlining” of the e-mail, immediately came SMIC layoffs will be implemented in April although layoffs are expected as 10%.

SMIC and TSMC in November last year, settlement of litigation, executive director of the former president of Applied Materials Asia, Dr. Wang will take over, in February of this year, Dr. Wang will return to Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has served in appointed chief technology officer Yang Shining, quarter grams of non-served SMIC chief operating officer and sales chief, immediately came to be through layoffs and streamlining the internal organization to enhance operational efficiency.

Yang Shining former director of Intel’s global R & D more than a decade, after being hired as SMIC SMIC founder Richard Chang, is the beginning of SMIC’s senior management team set up within the ranks of the highest in mainland China are returnees.

Yang Shining Hui Guo SMIC has been a month and he recently sent a letter to colleagues on the operation of wafer description of the “streamlining” plan, hoping to eliminate colleagues uneasy.

Yang Shining said that “streamlining” is the normal performance management an integral part. “Fine” is the grass-roots SMIC engineers and manufacturing sectors (MA); “simple” refers to the upper management.

Yang Shining said, “streamlining” is to keep both honest and capable employees, as well as to enhance our team’s quality and combat effectiveness, but also to support the company’s rapid development, so that hard-working employees receive due rewards.

He went on to show that this streamlining of the order will be top-down, that is, adjusting the upper management team, and then adjust the grassroots level staff, there will not be a result of geographical differences between the ability to color differences in a fair and reasonable adjustment would also maximum exclusion of nepotism and human effects of hope is both able and hard-working employees can eliminate unnecessary worry and peace of mind to put the right thing to do right (Focus on Doing the Right Things Right).

SMIC internal rumors, this wave of streamlining the program will begin in April, although layoffs are expected as the proportion of a first object of the impact of more than 45 senior staff, these employees may be the first to streamline the completion of the first step through the retirement plan is expected to on the 16th of this month to submit the list of various departments.

10000 SMIC staff, speaking yesterday on the importance of streamlining the system program, said the program still under study, yet there are practical modalities for the implementation and timetable.

SMIC set aside in the fourth quarter due to litigation costs, after-tax loss increased to 482 million, but chief executive Dr. Wang hopes SMIC SMIC this year, annual revenue growth of more than 20%, better than the performance of this year, the world’s wafer foundry, SMIC also said profit this year is the key year.

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March 7, 2010

IBM’s acquisition of National Interest Security Co.LLC. this week, which laid off 2699

Filed under: Financial News — Tags: — sherry @ 11:05 pm -0800

IBM’s acquisition of NationalInterest Security Co.LLC. this week, which laid off 2699
March 6, according to foreign media reports, the global IT giant IBM, completed this week, the U.S. Virginia NationalInterest Security Co.LLC.’s Acquisition. However, the company did not disclose specific financial information of the transaction.

It is learned that, NationalInterestSecurityCo. Is a Fairfax, Va.-based company, as they relate to business areas, including systems engineering, information and media, mining, system integration, software development, enterprise architecture, data security, bio-technology identification, analytical support and critical Infrastructure Protection and so on.

IBM company said the completion of NationalInterestSecurityCo.’s Acquisition, the business will be integrated into its global business services and information management unit. , IBM officials said the acquisition will help IBM develop federal, state and local government business, particularly in the security, health care, energy, logistics, and defense fields of business.

On the other hand, IBM did not say whether the acquisition will make it in the IBM Research Triangle Park (IBMResearchTrianglePark) increase in the number of employees, at present, IBM employees in the region of about 1 million people. According to media reports earlier this week, IBM has this week across the United States within the framework of 2699 employees laid off. However, IBM is currently refusing to comment on the matter.

In the recent past, IBM has been to expand its business through acquisitions. IBM last month announced that it will acquire the medical and governmental organizations to share information and data integration software vendor InitiateSystems assets.

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February 8, 2010

Shell layoffs in 2010: Shell intends to lay off 1,000 people and sell six refineries

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Shell layoffs in 2010: Shell intends to lay off 1,000 people and sell six refineries
Royal Dutch Shell announced February 3, intend to cut 1,000 people, to sell six oil refineries, because of this oil refinery company to halt production of the world’s refining income to drop significantly.

Announced this plan, because of Shell’s annual profit fell 69 percent, from 31.4 billion U.S. dollars fell to 9.8 billion U.S. dollars (6.2 billion pounds), so that was CEO of gloomy prospects for the industry.

He said: “According to my 2010 outlook, I think that 2010 is not a bright year.” Shell said in 2009 the last 3 months, and its downstream operating income decreased by 17 million, including 35 in the world a refinery network.

The CEO of Shell is being restructured, stripping Shell oil refinery will enable 15% reduction in refining capacity and to reduce the crude oil processing capacity of 560,000 barrels / day refinery, including stripping of the Stanlow plant in Cheshire, as well as in New Zealand, Germany, Sweden and El Salvador, factories, these factories in the crude oil processed into gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products.

Shell said full-year 2009, the downstream profit fell 95%, down to 258 million.

The CEO said that the global economic recession greatly reduced fuel demand, industry overcapacity, especially in North America and Europe. The global economic recession has also affected the crude oil processed into gasoline and other oil products economy. Peel oil refinery might have to spend more than a year, may raise billions of dollars.

Oil and gas analysts say, given the poor profit no real signs of improvement in the industry make such a decision is wise.

The CEO must be implemented in July last year he was appointed CEO of formulation of the global reorganization plan.

He said that late last year, Shell has cut 5,000 per month more than 800 people, he wanted this year, the corporation has further reduced the cost of one billion U.S. dollars, including a further reduction of 1,000.

He said: “should be streamlined,” the staff cuts so far are mostly management and non-technical department people.

Shell said it would like the fourth quarter of last year, as the freezing of 42% in the first quarter of 2010, the share dividend, which is higher than a year ago to 40%.

After results were released, Royal Dutch Shell’s stock price fell by 2.5%, down to 16.66, slightly lower than expected price point.

Annual profits from 2008’s record 313 billion U.S. dollars on the sharp decline was caused by a drop in fuel prices in 2009, the average oil price of 56 U.S. dollars / barrel a year ago was 90 U.S. dollars / barrel, gas prices down even more severe .

Shell revealed that, unlike its greatest rival BP, the oil production last year it dropped by about 3%.

The company also said it sold the fuel last year than in 2008 young 6%, amounting to 6.156 million barrels of oil sales drop a lot more chemicals, a decrease of 10%.

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