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Re: Who's taking it in the shorts (was Re: Job Switch)
Subject:Re: Who's taking it in the shorts (was Re: Job Switch) From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:52:49 -0600
Nora Merhar <nmerhar -at- charlesindustries -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Right now the computer industry is taking it in the shorts; five years
> > from now it may be biopharm or telecommunications or the chip business.
>
> Just want to point out that at least around here (Chicago area),
> Telecommunications is "taking it in the shorts". Witness the layoffs at
> Lucent, Tellabs, Motorola etc. I am sure there are more that I have
> forgotten.
And in Denver, it's Lucent, Avaya, Global Crossing, Qwest, Level3, etc.,
etc. The telecommunications industry is in *much* worse shape than the
computer industry.
But, things could be different six months from now (much less five years)!
:-)
Richard
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Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTcom
303-223-5111
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