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Nvidia laid off?

Posted by Jon Peddie on October 25th 2008 | Permalink
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Having been in this industry almost as long as Gordon Moore and Jerry Sanders I have gotten to know a lot of people in it. And having known Nvidia since before it was Nvidia, I have gotten to know every single employee in the company and all who once worked for the company.  In fact, other than Jen Hsun Huang, I’m the only one who sends them all a Christmas AND birthday card every single year for the last fourteen years – do you have any idea what that costs me in postage? And I get thank you notes back from…

In Prosperous Periods Promote Tactically, In Down Times Promote Strategically

Posted by Andy Marken on October 14th 2008 | Permalink
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The sudden realization that the emperor had no clothes and magnitude of the financial crisis is only now being fully addressed.. But, economists are unanimous that regardless of what governments do, it will take time, a lot of time, to rebuild faith in financial institutions and rejuvenate the economy. In a knee jerk reaction management is moving to cut costs – circling the wagons – by reducing staff and marketing budgets.On the surface it appears logical. But if you look at downturns and recessions in the past it wasn’t financial institutions or governments that led the economy back. Recovery was developed…