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Washington DC News |
| ComScore Exec Downplays Jupiter Media Metrix Acquisition Report |
| The head of comScore Networks Inc., a Reston firm that monitors Internet use, downplayed a published report that his company was interested in acquiring competitor Jupiter Media Metrix Inc.
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| Despite Promise, E.spire Lays Off 200 Workers |
| E.spire Communications Inc. confirmed yesterday that it laid off 200 employees – about 15 percent of its workforce – mostly in its Herndon and Columbia offices, to trim expenses.
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| Internet Hawks |
| Two years ago, when BET.com first launched, it was a cinch for the Washington-based Web site to sign up advertisers for seven figure deals. |
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| Companies Reluctant to Hire Despite Improved Economy |
| Manpower Inc. reported last week that hiring is still tepid in the Washington area, despite signs that an economic recovery is afoot. The firm surveyed area companies about their hiring plans for the spring. |
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| Circuit City planning to spin off CarMax auto |
| Circuit City Stores Inc. said it will split off its CarMax auto store business into a new separate publicly traded company. |
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| Local Tech Company Plans to Hire |
| Rockville based network consulting firm plans to hire 25 technical professionals in the next 6 months. |
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| Regional
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| Monster Eyes Local Ads |
| The company, a unit of New York-based recruitment and yellow pages ad giant TMP Worldwide, plans to unveil the first of more than 100 local job sites on April 1, beginning with Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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| Tech sector gloom deeper than appeared |
| New Merrill Lynch report: Biggest U.S. firms inflated earnings an average of 67%
Last year's dismal results in the technology sector were actually substantially worse than they appeared. |
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| Kronos Buys U.K. Software Maker |
| EMC, the Hopkinton, Mass., data storage giant, has hired Chris Gahagan, an ex-BMC Software executive, as senior vice president of storage infrastructure software. |
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