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Deathwatch 2009 -- too many for today 1/21/09

by Tech Startups 3.0, January 21, 2009 | Comments

	time to close up shop Wynn Resorts design affiliate lays off 53 workers Phillips-Van Heusen lays off workers, revises outlook Akin Gump lays off 65 staffers MADD lays off 2 of 3 Wisconsin staffers Clear Channel lays off 8 in Madison Report: Sega Lays Off 30 Staff In San Francisco Piper lays off 150 Intel to close facilities, lay off thousands worldwide
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Deathwatch: Tweeter abruptly shuts stores, fi

by Tech Startups 3.0, December 3, 2008 | Comments

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/12/03/tweeter_abruptly_shuts_stores_fires_600/

"Bankrupt electronics chain Tweeter yesterday converted its case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, abruptly shuttered its stores, and fired more than 600 employees at 70 stores across the country, days before the company was set to close for good." " The employees, including roughly 150 in Massachusetts, are still owed at least one week's pay, vacation time, and hundreds ...

TVTonic Dies

by Tech Startups 3.0, December 3, 2008 | Comments

	http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335527,00.asp " The economic downturn has claimed another victim: video Web site TVTonic. The site, which recently offered an extended look at content from this summer's Olympic Games for Windows Vista users, is distributed by broadband media tech provider Wavexpress.
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Rest in Peace: Siport management

by Tech Startups 3.0, November 16, 2008 | Comments

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/15/MNUC145B4A.DTL

This is horrific and we hope the family is doing ok. "Santa Clara police said they arrested Jing Hua Wu, a recently laid-off engineer, at 10:45 a.m. Saturday while he was standing on a sidewalk near El Camino Real and Grant Road in Mountain View. He was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on three counts of homicide.Wu allegedly opened fire ...

Deathwatch: Zappos lays off staff

by Tech Startups 3.0, November 6, 2008 | Comments

source: http://blogs.zappos.com/blogs/ceo-and-coo-blog/2008/11/06/update

Tony Tony Tony...has done it again: 9commentsUpdatePosted by Tony H. (CEO) Nov 6, 2008The following email was sent to our employees today:To all Zappos employees:Today has been a tough, emotional day for everyone at Zappos. We made thehard choice of laying off about 8% of our employees. The layoffs willaffect almost every single department at Zappos. In addition, we are alsolooking at closing ...

Deathwatch: Spot Runner has laid off 115

by Tech Startups 3.0, November 6, 2008 | Comments

source: http://www.socaltech.com/spot_runner_lays_off___/s-0018305.html

"Los Angeles-based Spot Runner has laid off 115 employees, as part of a new strategic plan, a spokeperson for the firm confirmed Monday. According to Spot Runner, the 115 represents about 30 percent of the company. A spokeperson for the firm told socalTECH that the change was due to an "unprecedented change in the economic environment." Spot Runner provides online services that ...

DeathWatch: WiQuest shuts down

by Tech Startups 3.0, November 6, 2008 | Comments

source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2333896,00.asp

"WiQuest, one of the leading companies backing Wireless USB, has shut down.According to EE Times, WiQuest shut its doors on Friday. Repeated phone calls to sales staff, communications personnel, a receptionist, and others were not answered or responded to. However, Steve Brightman, marketing director for the WiMedia Alliance, confirmed that WiQuest closed its doors on Friday.Brightman speculated that WiQuest failed to meet some performance or ...

TechCrunch Layoff Tracker

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 25, 2008 | Comments

Yahoo, Adbrite, hi5, Xerox, WildTangent, Veoh, and so on, and so on, and so on...

Total Layoffs: 50Total Employees: 20,534CompanyDateLocation#%SourceDaptivOctober 23, 2008Seattle2114%TechFlashAvid TechnologyOctober 23, 2008500Yahoo FinanceWildTangentOctober 23, 2008Redmond2020%TechFlashHaute SecureOctober 23, 2008Seattle350%TechCrunchXeroxCorpOctober 23, 2008world-wide3,0005%WSJCake FinancialOctober 23, 2008San Francisco, CA630%internal blogManiaTVOctober 22, 2008Los Angeles2025%NewTeeVeeMercentOctober 22, 2008Seattle612%Seattle TimesMahaloOctober 22, 2008Santa Monica, CA610%TechCrunchDellOctober 22, 2008Round Rock, Texas8,90010%Reuters imeemOctober 22, 2008San Francisco, CA2025%TechCrunchTicketMasterOctober 22, 2008New York, NY3005%Billboard.bizTimebridgeOctober 22, 2008San Francisco, CA9TechCrunchManhattan AssociatesOctober 21, 2008Across US1506%ReutersVeohOctober 21, 2008St. Petersburg, Russia15Silicon Alley InsiderYahooOctober 21, 2008Sunnyvale, ...

Techstartup DeathWatch: Jaxtr

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 21, 2008 | Comments

source: http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/jaxtr-lays-employees/2008-10-19

Comments welcome Konstantine VoIP service/social network Jaxtr laid off 13 employees Friday, belt-tightening it claims will let it stay in business for at least another 18 months. After the personnel cuts, Jaxtr has 30 full time employees. Jaxtr was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007 with a widget to enable users to receive calls from their friends through ...

Techstartup DeathWatch: Wikia. oh no jimmy

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 21, 2008 | Comments

source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/10/wikia-lays-off.html

Wikia lays off staff, Wikimedia hires6:31 PM, October 20, 2008 Jimmy Wales has been in the news a lot this year. There was the breakup e-mail from his ex-girlfriend, circulated 'round the Internet. The allegations that he wrote glowing entries on Wikipedia for companies that donated to the organization. And now, Valleywag reports that Wikia, the for-profit company Wales founded ...

Techstartup DeathWatch: Redfin, Zillow then..

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 21, 2008 | Comments

source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10070075-2.html

" Real-estate sites had some tough times last week. First, Redfin, an online brokerage for residential real estate, announced that it was laying off 20 percent of its staff, then Zillow, a service that delivers home values and lists sales, announced that it was forced to lay off 25 percent of its workforce. But Trulia, which lets buyers find homes ...

HedgeFund DeathWatch: PERRY CAPITAL Cuts

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 17, 2008 | Comments

Even Wall Street's biggest superstar investors are being rocked by the tumult ravaging the markets

Renowned New York hedge-fund honcho and political powerbroker Richard Perry is facing down his first losing year in hedge-fund investing since launching his fund some 20 years ago. The ex-Goldman Sachs billionaire manager of Perry Capital is shrinking his staff and battening down the hatches at his firm, which boasts tony digs in the General Motors Building. His flagship fund ...

Techstartup slow death watch: Pud's Adbrite

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 17, 2008 | Comments

Adbrite Lays off 40% ---ouch pud!?

Techcrunch/WashingtonPost: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101601865.html"It's not a happy day at San Francisco-based Adbrite this morning. The company is laying off 40 employees, which is 40% of total staff. Among those that are leaving are VP Marketing Paul Levine and VP Finance Bob Feller.This is the second Sequoia-backed startup to report significant layoffs after last week's meeting whereSequoia warned the CEOs of their portfolio companies of the long lasting effects of ...

Techstartup slow death watch: HI5

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 17, 2008 | Comments

source: http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/hi5-cuts-10-to.html

"One of the largest social networks in the world has laid off a number of employees this week as part of a “restructuring” effort, according to Tech Crunch.Mike Trigg, VP of Marketing for hi5, confirmed the report saying, “the world changed for everybody dramatically last week. We are focused on growing our business. We have great momentum.”He added that they ...

Techstartup RIP 10.08: Male Enhancement Spam

by Tech Startups 3.0, October 15, 2008 | Comments

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/16/spam-usa

US shuts down operation blamed for a third of all spam emails "American investigators have shut down an international criminal network they claim is responsible for up to a third of all spam emails on the internet.After a long investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and police in other countries, courts in Chicago and New Zealand ordered the assets ...

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