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With the LinkedIn, Pandora and Bankrate IPOs behind us, and Groupon, Zillow, CafePress and others waiting in the wings, there's a palpable sense of optimism in Silicon Valley. Over 80 companies have filed to go public in the first six months of the year, and dozens more will certainly file in the months to come. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a lower court's ruling that required CIGNA Corp. to compensate about 25,000 past and current employees from an adverse effect when the company changed its pension plan. ...

Getting employees to focus on their health can be challenging in the best of times, but may be even harder during tough economic times, according to Towers Watson, a consulting firm that advises employers on health benefits. ...

The South African Petroleum Industry Association had not had proper feedback on how the first day of the nationwide strike by truck drivers had affected the industry, executive director Avhapfani Tshifularo said yesterday after a meeting of the association's members. ...

Pfizer's announcement of another round of layoffs came as a double blow to many of its researchers, who not only lost their jobs but missed qualifying for a more generous severance package. ...

4 February 2011 Cambodia is a popular tourist destination; since 2007, it has seen more than 2 million visitors per year. Children selling books, postcards, small and trinkets dot the landscape and many tourists buy these wares thinking they are doing the children a favor. In reality, tourists are unwillingly contributing to child labor. ...

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Yesterday we reported that Yahoo might cut 5% of its workforce, and today we could say that the Yahoo layoffs have begun. A surprising tweet from Zach Graves, a Senior Software Developer at Yahoo, said that there's a big number of colleagues carrying boxes, however, the number will definitely increase. ...

OAKLAND -- For a moment two weeks ago, as election results trickled in, it seemed possible Oakland voters had passed a $195 parcel tax, providing about $20 million a year for the salaries of public school employees. ...