Linda Rosencrance

Articles by Linda Rosencrance

Government officials target cyberscams

Federal, state and local government officials Tuesday announced 19 civil and criminal actions against scammers who have cheated tens of thousands of consumers out of millions of dollars.

Challenger: Telecom troubles increase June job cuts

Ongoing turmoil in the telecommunications industry helped increase the number of job cuts announced in June, according to Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.

Survey: Raises for security pros decline

Salary increases for security professionals have dropped over the past 18 months, despite the renewed focus on security since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a survey released yesterday by the SANS Institute Inc.

VeriSign ordered to stop ‘deceptive’ marketing

Internet registrar VeriSign Inc. was ordered by a federal judge to stop engaging in a marketing practice that duped its competitors' customers into switching their business to VeriSign.

Challenger: Dot-com job cuts nearly triple in May

Job cuts posted by dot-coms rose to 2,078 this month, up from the 824 cuts announced in April, according to the monthly survey released today by Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc.

Hacker duo says: they hack for sake of US national security

A pair of hackers who has been penetrating U.S. government computer systems across the country said they're trying to call attention to vulnerabilities in national security.

Job cuts by Internet firms continue to fall

For the second time in three months, dot-com job cuts fell below 1,000, according to a monthly report from Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc.

Trucking firm uses optimizing tool to manage operations

Contract Freighters Inc. (CFI) was looking for a way to cut costs by better matching drivers to the loads that needed to be delivered.

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