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Hackett Research: 300,000 IT Jobs Gone in 2009
Region: United States
According to the Hackett Group about 300,000 IT jobs have been deleted this year. This increase in job losses will acout for almost 2 million tech positions from 2000-2014, reports ZDNet. Hackett reports that IT is one sector that is taking the hit for firms cutting back on back-office jobs outsourced to countries like India, Philippines, China, Vietnam and Eastern Europe.This year alone about 630,000 back office po... more
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States Announce Increases In College Tuition Rates
Region: United States
Incredible though it may seem, even after the massive amounts of "stimulus" monies that were supposedly earmarked for higher education at state and public universities throughout the nation, a great many are now announcing that they will be raising the costs of tuition (which was one of those "hooks" designed to manipulate the public pulse once again in order to further devalue our dollar and encourage more and more fo... more
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Jeanne-Claude, Co-Creator with Christo of 'The Gates,' Dies at 74
Region: New York
Jeanne-Claude, who co-created with her husband Christo monumental art installations including 'The Gates' and the wrapping of the Reichstag, passed away last night following a brain aneurysm. She was 74. A family statement said that her greiving husband Christo was "committed to honor the promise they made to each other many years ago: that the art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude would continue." Jeanne-Claude is also su... more
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NFL 2009: Week 11 Preview: Two Teams 9-0
Region: United StatesNFL 2009: WEEK 11 PREVIEW Week 11 NFL Preview 11/17/2009 TWO 9-0 TEAMS FOR THIRD TIME IN NFL HISTORY; DIVISION LEADERS SHOWING WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES As the NFL season rolls into Week 11, there are still two undefeated teams. The two unbeatens – the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints – form just the third pair in NFL history to start a season 9-0, joining the 1934 De... more
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NFL QB Drew Brees Leads Charge In Pro Bowl Balloting
Region: United StatesNFL 2009: Drew Brees Leading Pro Bowl Voting New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees Leads Pro Bowl Charge With Five Weeks of Voting Remaining on NFL.com 11/18/2009 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS QB DREW BREES LEADS PRO BOWL CHARGE WITH FIVE WEEKS OF VOTING REMAINING ON NFL.COM Teams to be Announced on Pro Bowl Selection Show December 29 on NFL Network New Orleans Saints quarterback DREW BREES, with 539,228 v... more
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The Complexity of Caring for California's Uninsured Pregnant Women
Region: California
By Deborah Stokol Images by P. Kim Bui As long as she is pregnant, a woman living in the United States may receive medical care. So even the homeless, the undocumented, “the tired [and] poor,” may visit a doctor while expecting. Yet for the inhabitants of Los Angeles County, health continues to accompany wealth. L.A.’s southernmost areas sustain the highest rates of premature births, gestatio... more
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What Health Care Reform Means for Medicare Programs
Region: United States
Using results from a questionnaire [2] we did with American Public Media’s Public Insight Network [3], we’re looking at how the proposed health care reforms will actually affect people facing common health care coverage situations. This is the third in a series (Part 1 [4], Part 2 [5]). Graydon DeCamp Age: 75 Location: Elk Rapids, Mich. Work status: Retired Income: About $75,000, including SSI 1... more
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Stimulus Spending Hits $216 Billion
Region: United States
The federal government has paid out $216 billion, or 27 percent of the stimulus package, according to the latest numbers from Recovery.gov and the most recent available estimates [1] (PDF) of tax cuts issued so far. The money includes $132 billion in spending and $84 billion in tax cuts. You can track the flow of money by agency on our Stimulus Progress Bar [2] . Check out the details [2]. more
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How dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress - latest scientific evidence
Region: United States
According to the article, "New Evidence That Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress," published online in the Nov. 12, 2009 issue of Medical News Today, the "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Proteome Research: Gut Microbiota, and Stress-Related Metabolism in Free-Living Subjects. See the study's pres... more
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The Market Is Speaking But Washington Is Tone Deaf
Region: United States
With once again all the political posturing by representatives of both the mainstream political global socialist parties in the U.S. who are clearly not at all the voice of their true constituents, the actual John Q. Public and citizens themselves other than select industry members involved, the passage by the House of Misrepresentatives of the lastest "taxation without representation" with respect to the Health C... more
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