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	LINKEDIN TODAY powered by + You are getting daily emails | Change to Weekly Hi Abdi, check out the top 5 news articles for you today See all headlines Steve Ballmer's Nightmare: How Microsoft's Business Actually Could Collapse Microsoft has sales of nearly $70 billion a year, annual profits approaching $20 billion, nearly $60 billion in cash, and is still growing sales around 10% per year. But somehow, many people are convinced that Microsoft is going to collapse.   businessinsider.com Trending in Computer Software and Information Technology and Services   Shared by 274 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 6 IBM employees 5 Microsoft employees 4 Cisco Systems employees Forget Retirement: Just be Thankful You've Got a Job Forget those retirement plans or that big promotion. Just feel lucky you've got a job. According to a survey from LinkedIn, 63% of professionals worldwide are "happy" or "very happy" in their current jobs. In the U.S., 66% are happy.   fins.com Trending in Higher Education and Information Technology and Services   Shared by 226 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 5 LinkedIn employees Google Goes After YouTube Domain Typo Squatter If your new business plan entails buying a bunch of domains that are clearly just one letter off from that of a major brand, you’re probably doing it wrong. Such is the case for one gent from Illinois, who snatched up not one, not two, but six domains..   techcrunch.com Trending in Internet and Computer Software   Shared by 172 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 7 Emerald Resource Group employees 5 ICUR employees 3 Aspire Global Network employees Firms 'ill prepared for IT failure' 23 November 2011 Last updated at 23:41 ET EMC says firms need to put more focus on backup and recovery systems Almost three-quarters of firms and public sector organisations across nine European countries may not fully recover...   bbc.co.uk Trending in Management Consulting and Information Technology and Services   Shared by 33 professionals on LinkedIn System Recognizes Emotions In People's Voices A team of scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Granada have created a computer system that is able to recognize the emotional state of a person speaking to it, so that it can alter its behavior to make things less stressful.   tech.slashdot.org Trending in Information Technology and Services   Shared by 19 professionals on LinkedIn You may also be interested in...   Internet »   Microsoft Looking to Buy a Piece of Yahoo, Again Telecommunications »   Nokia Siemens Networks to Cut 17,000 Jobs by 2013 Computer Software »   Microsoft shoots down Google's Dart language Better. Faster. The New LinkedIn Mobile App for iPhone and Android. Don't want to receive email notifications? Adjust your message settings LinkedIn values your privacy. At no time has LinkedIn made your email address available to any other LinkedIn user without your permission. © 2011, LinkedIn Corporation