Forbes magazine, no doubt still reeling from the departure of Charles "I give perfect hed" DuBow, the online lifestyle-features guru who "generated hundreds of millions of page views per year" for the magazine's site, is facing further defections. An early-morning tipster apprises us of two other notable departures: Tech writer Nicole Ridgeway, who's heading to SmartMoney.com, and L.A. bureau chief Seth Lubove, who's off to Bloomberg News. Why the exodus? Explains our tipster:

With raises scarce for the last five years, everyone's eyeing the exits.

Yup, that'll do it. Faberge eggs or not.

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