Dec. 10, 2007
Will you be part of the hot January labour market?
IT World Canada
Terri Joosten writes many employees will be job seeking after the New Year to better improve their work-life balance. To establish and maintain employee loyalty, Joosten provides ways in which companies can ensure their talent stays put.
“It does not take a large financial or time commitment to gain valuable ground with employee loyalty. Employees want to know that you care about them both professionally as well as personally. Spend some time with them, let them know how valued they are and allow them some time for themselves.
HP thinks big about printing; acquires NUR Macroprinters
ZD Net
Hewlett-Packard today announced the acquisition of NUR Macroprinters, a wide-format inkjet printer supplier, in the hopes that the acquisition will help position HP as a leader in commercial printing and graphic design. Larry Dignan reports.
“ HP’s strategy is to focus on the graphic design crowd with its printers. What Adobe is to graphic designers in terms of software, HP hopes to become for hardware.”
Nintendo kills Wii ads due to console shortage
Register Hardware
According to James Sherwood, due to a shortage of Wii gaming systems, Nintendo will be replacing its TV and print ads with ones for its DS Lite handheld console.
“A spokesman for the company told Marketing Week that demand for the console is already too high and that it wants to take a “responsible stance this Christmas and not fuel demand…Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime recently claimed that the company wasn’t limiting availability of consoles to keep demand high.”
