B
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40
40 -- employees laid off for Ask.com (2008-03)
In March 2008, IAC's Ask.com laid off 40 employees, representing 8% of its workforce.
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Value
40
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2008-03
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Source
Wall Street Journal
Primary
Tier B
http://www.metamend.com/blog/2008/12/23/reviewing-a-perilous-transition-the-news-of-march-2008/ ↗
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Reviewing a Perilous Transition
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Wall Street Journal
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Reported via Wall Street Journal
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-03 (current) | 40 | |
| 2010-11 | 130 | +225.0% |
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Industrymarketing
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Ask.com: 40 employees laid off. Source: Wall Street Journal (2008-03). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ask-com-layoffs-40
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