Business briefs, October 21
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AT&amp;T Corp. Chief Executive Officer David Dorman is accelerating his plan to shed 20 percent of the telephone company&#39;s work force in an effort to reduce costs and stem a slide in profit.
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By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep.
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By By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep.
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A listing of news events to watch for in the coming week.
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roundup Plus: SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards...Google tests Froogle in U.K....Senate postpones vote on file-swapping bill...HP may expand Puerto Rican research.
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New corporate entity and development center
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com October 21, 2004, 6:42 PM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.
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NEW YORK - Activity in the nation&#39;s manufacturing sector grew in October for the 17th straight month, but at a slower pace than the previous month, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.
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CHICAGO: The huge US services sector expanded in October at a faster rate than expected, but a surprising dip in September factory orders created mixed signals for the US economy, reports showed yesterday.
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roundup Plus: Level 3 to buy Sprint's dial-up business...Cisco CEO's salary shoots up from $1...SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards.
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roundup Plus: Kinko's debuts Web-based print options...Majoras takes charge of FTC...Business Objects to bundle IBM tools.
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roundup Plus: IBM gives grants to universities...Sun expands pay-as-you go supercomputing...SGI works on Linux performance software.
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Some of the major business-related cases that will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins Monday:
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This week will see the release of October new and existing home sales, a measure of strength in the housing industry. But the short holiday week will also leave investors looking ahead to the holiday travel season.
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roundup Plus: Tibco scoops up software company...PeopleSoft extends customer assurance...Siebel moves toward self-repairing software.
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roundup Plus: HP inks deal with energy firm...Holiday Inn welcomes Priceline...More colleges get cheap online music.
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Notable news and announcements from the web search world during the past month.