Splunk Inc. intends to lay off about 4% of its staff as cutbacks in the software industry intensify.

The move will impact about 325 employees at Splunk
SPLK,
+1.19%,
mainly in North America.

“This decision is another step in a broader set of proactive organizational and strategic changes that include optimizing our processes, cost structure and how we operate globally to ensure Splunk continues to balance growth wi…….

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Continuing its “land meets tech” strategy, EBlock is buying another auto auction, this time in Texas.

The dealer-to-dealer online wholesale platform and its parent company E Inc. announced Thursday they have signed a deal to purchase Houston Auto Auction for $5.5 million in cash.

The first $2.5 million would be payable at closing and then the remaining payments, split evenly, would come on the first and second anniversaries of the closing date.

The compa…….

After Vice Media secured a new round of financing in 2017 that valued the company at $5.7 billion, Shane Smith, one of its founders, teased the potential for “hockey stick” growth and a “sexy” stock market debut.

But that once-grandiose talk at Vice has run into reality. The company, which has undergone several rounds of staff cuts in recent years, is putting itself up for sale in a rocky media market — where it will almo…….

EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) – A second-generation sign company in Emporia will be honored as the 2022 Business of the Year at the 125th Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting.

The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau says Coffelt Sign Co., Inc., will be recognized as its 2022 Business of the Year at the 125th Annual Meeting.

The Chamber noted that Coffelt Sign Co., Inc., was sta…….

EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) – A second-generation sign company in Emporia will be honored as the 2022 Business of the Year at the 125th Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting.

The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau says Coffelt Sign Co., Inc., will be recognized as its 2022 Business of the Year at the 125th Annual Meeting.

The Chamber noted that Coffelt Sign Co., Inc., was sta…….

Staff and ownership of the Emporia Area Chamber’s 2023 Business of the Year Award Coffelt Sign Company. Photo courtesy of Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Visit Emporia.

Coffelt Sign Company co-owner Staci Hamman says Friday was a positively overwhelming day for her and her family.

That likely has a lot to do with Coffelt being named as the 2023 Emporia Area Chamber’s Business of the Year award recipient. Hamman says the…….

On Tuesday, the Green Bay Packers announced the signing of 13 players on futures contracts. Futures contracts are essentially league-minimum one-year contracts that players who typically come from the practice squad level are eligible to sign once a squad’s season is officially over.

Nine of the players that the Packers signed came from their own practice squad: QB Danny Etling, RB Tyler Goodson, WR Jeff Cotton, TE Austin Allen, TE Nick Guggemos, OL Jean De…….

After two months of waiting, laid off Twitter employees got severance agreements from Elon Musk.
The process for accessing the agreements was so odd, many workers feared a phishing attempt.
Some affected workers say they will not sign because of how much they are being asked to give up.

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