Besides the layoffs, AltaVista will accelerate the shift of its sales force from DoubleClick dclk to an in-house force and will consolidate operations from its Irvine and San Mateo offices in California to its Palo Alto headquarters.
Mr. Remsen, the council member, said the designation of areas in need of redevelopment had been used before in housing, forcing owners to either repair or sell houses that had deteriorated into eyesores.
"Big Brother" starred "hamsters" in sweatpants, caged in a house, forced to memorize highway routes to win treats.
The Exelon Corporation said it would replace the Wackenhut Corporation with an in-house security force at its 10 nuclear power plants after the discovery about two months ago that guards at a Pennsylvania plant were sleeping on the job.
The deputized in-house police force would be replaced by security guards who would not have the power of arrest.
The team's in-house sales force is seeking P.S.L. buyers beyond its base of season-ticket holders and its waiting list.
The pitch was not particularly well received, said the former official, because Mr. Prince was, in essence, proposing to replace the spy agency's own in-house paramilitary force, the Special Activities Division.
According to a recent Post filing, the business faltered after its split from Kraft because it was no longer able to leverage Kraft's huge in-house sales force and its proprietary management tools for trade spending.
The death blow can come from any direction: not just from the author and the agent, but from the publisher, the in-house sales force or buyers for the major retailers, who have been known to reduce the size of an order unless a cover is changed.
In June 1999, Sony hired its first chief information officer, formed an in-house task force and teamed with its retailers to work out how to shorten shipment times.
Many corporations are growing their in-house labor force expertise while others become increasingly dependent on outside firms.
