Mercado Israel: More Trouble
October 6, 2008
Israel’s The Marker IT Computer World here ran a story that Mrku (Mercado) sent 88 workers home. I haven’t been able to verify this story, but I wanted to post the link to it in Hebrew here. Investors, it seems, would not pony up more cash. Stay tuned.
Stephen Arnold, October 6, 2008
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Here’s an English translation of the Hebrew article:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.themarker.com%2Ftmit%2Farticle%2F4595&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=iw&tl=en
Joe Grece
Thanks for the link. I assumed my two or three readers were able to read Hebrew. I have a lone goose’s view of the world. Post here any time.
Stephen Arnold, October 6, 2008
[…] end of the year. In the meantime Mercado’s customers are in limbo from a support point of view. Most of the technical staff in Israel have been laid off, as have most of their US staff (we have talked to many of them) and the Omniture deal hasn’t […]