Archive: December, 2009
In case the outlook was not already gloomy enough, a new industry forecast from Kubas Associates, based on a survey of 500 newspaper executives this November, contains grim tidings for the newspaper business in the coming year.
Among the discouraging findings: publishers seem to agree that advertising revenues will continue to decline in 2010, although less rapidly (which passes for “improvement” nowadays), with a 0.2% overall decline. more…
To help IT job seekers to search for jobs conveniently while on the move, the IT Job Board, a prominent IT job website in the UK, has launched an iPhone application for IT job search.
The unique job search application can also be used on the iPod Touch. more…
Avue Technologies has unveiled the new “Avue Central(TM)” — featuring a new look and several revolutionary new applications that guarantee the fastest, most efficient and user-friendly Federal job application site available.
“Hundreds of thousands of hard working highly qualified Americans need jobs, while hundreds of thousands of Federal jobs need hard working, highly qualified Americans,” said Linda Rix, Co-CEO of Avue. “Our mission is to make this connection better, faster and much, much easier.” more…
BMVclassifieds can be termed an online classifieds website allowing users to list items which comply with a specific requirement: they are priced below their current market value price. The idea is to turn every item into a bargain. more…
Telstra will float its booming Chinese real estate classifieds business, SouFun, but will then sell down its stake.
It made the surprise announcement last night, giving scant detail except to say the process of preparing the business for an initial public offering was under way.
A Telstra spokesman said the company could not comment further, as it was uncertain where SouFun would be listed. more…
Clickindia Infomedia Pvt Ltd, which owns and manages www.clickindia.com – India’s leading free classifieds website, has been announced a Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Winner. The award recognizes the 100 “Most Promising” companies in Asia driving the future of technology. more…

Just call it “the bailout effect.” Likely fueled by huge increases in government spending, Washington, D.C. may the best city in America for job seekers, according to a new ranking by the job search engine