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Mochi Media is an advertising network and payment platform for Flash Games. It has been acquired by Shanghai-based Shanda Games for $80 million ($60 million in cash and $20 million in equity).
This news caught my attention because I have been thinking lately that more US based technology companies will be acquired by Chinese companies.
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Blue Cross of Minnesota:
“About 1 month after 100 were laid off in the Membership and Billing IT area, 90 were given their pink slips in the Claims IT area.   Blue Cross has decided to outsource the work to Cognizant and IBM who will offshore the work to India. The layoffs took place in the Twin [...]

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People laughs when I tell them I grew up in the hood. I guess I don’t look, sound, or act like someone who grew up in the hood.
But, I really did. For one year. Probably the most important year in my life.
It was almost twenty years ago. My family just immigrated to the United States. [...]

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Autotrader.com in Atlanta, GA lays off 220 today – reported by a fellow reader from his iPhone. Thanks!
If you’re a fellow autotrader.com employee who is visiting this site for the first time, below are some helpful articles:

Seven things you should do immediately after layoff

Are you laid off? — A 5-day Personal Boot camp

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A decade ago while I was a college senior, I read Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street . It made me realize that I didn’t want to work in investment banking while many of my classmates were fighting for banking jobs. His next book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an [...]

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