HP to cut 27,000 jobs to save up to $3.5B annually
 Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 27,000 jobs as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers.
Ancient Plant Revived After 30,000 Years
The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells...
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!function(c,e){var b,a=c.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];if(!c.getElementById(e)){b=c.createElement("script");b.id=e;b.src="//s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.4/embed.min.js";a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a);}}(document,"qwiki-js"); It’s likely that you’ve started to hear people talk a lot about Instagram, or what has now become known as the “billion-dollar app.” Yes, back in April Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion. So what is so special about the app and how...
Ancient 'Iceman' Had Modern Ailments
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the famed 5,300-year-old Tyrolean iceman, found frozen in the Alps in 1991 -- and discovered he had genetic vulnerability to heart disease, as well as Lyme disease.
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 Hewlett-Packard's employment count over the years
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s payroll has grown over the past decade, partly because of its purchase of computer maker Compaq in 2002 and technology-services provider Electronic Data Systems in 2008.
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