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Recession reshapes America
in Sox First, on July 14, 2009
...ed States and around the world may increasingly be inhabited by a core of wealthy and highly mobile workers leading greatly privileged lives, catered to by an underclass of service workers living in f...
An X-shaped recession
in Sox First, on July 14, 2009
... US economy is worse than we think . More companies are asking people to take unpaid leave and more workers are being forced into part time jobs, which doesn't show up on the stats, the average wo...
T. Boone Pickens Gives Up on World's Largest Wind Farm
in IfEnergy, on July 13, 2009
...s has thrown in the towel (for now, at least) on his efforts to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas.
BusinessWeek put it this way: After encountering some Texas-sized opposition to his a...
China Restricts Virtual Currencies
in China Venture News, on July 6, 2009
... US Dollar. Except in China now.
One motive for China's actions is a practice called "goldfarming." It involves Chinese workers in near sweatshop conditions playing games. They build up... ...ne motive for China's actions is a practice called "goldfarming." It involves Chinese workers in near sweatshop conditions playing games. They build up virtual currency or game status an...
2010 年 F1 规则展望
in Wangtam, on July 3, 2009
...roken iPhone screens
• Twittering from the tractor: smartphones sprout on the farm
• New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts
• Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Countin...
What the jobless figures tell us
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
... from the previous business cycle were wiped out. Completely. There are now 14.7 million unemployed workers in the US, up 7.2 million from the start of the recession and it keeps going up. The Financ...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
...H-1B visa holders.
The H-1B is a temporary work visa used to allow companies to bring in foreign workers with "rare" talent on a temporary basis. Companies like Google and Microsoft use t...
The Cloud Is Coming - and With It, Change for Business
in Web 2.0, on June 21, 2009
...n the field with a couple of button clicks. Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is equipping 40,000 mobile workers, including truck drivers, merchandisers, and sales staff, with portable devices so they'r...
How Big is Your Farm?
in BootStrapMe, on June 21, 2009
...eed, you might be tempted to spread out what you've got and cover as much territory as you can. Farmers tell me that this is wasteful and time consuming. You end up with less yield and more work.
...
Apple Updates its Software While the Government Rethinks Law
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 17, 2009
...king personal use with painstaking documentation of minutes.
The cell phone tax can be a pain for workers who increasingly use mobile devices for texting, emailing and browsing the Internet sometime...
Unemployment: are the numbers lying?
in Sox First, on June 14, 2009
...ess expands on that further here . The official rate doesn't include "marginally-attached workers". These are people who have looked for work in the past year but stopped searching in t...
GM's bad ad
in Sox First, on June 2, 2009
...er look like a picnic. The company will have to jettison several major brands, 14 factories, 47,000 workers worldwide, and 40 per cent of its US dealer network. That's a complex process, slashing ...
Early retirement soars, but who is going to pay?
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
...t the US Social Security system is reporting a major surge in early retirement claims from laid off workers. It's up 25% ahead of last year. Clearly, laid-off workers are claiming Social Security ...
Obama Administration Targets Employers with Immigration Enforcement
in Global Mobility Report, on May 22, 2009
...e article as pointing out (correctly) that illegal immigration is a labor force issue. Undocumented workers come to the US because companies are hiring them once they get here.
Of course, the issue ...
Easier imports to AWS
in The CIO Weblog, on May 22, 2009
...l of bits and some clerk in the basement at Amazon plugs it in and uploads it to the company server farm, a process that takes about ten seconds instead of ten weeks and avoids bandwidth costs on both...
President at the Pump
in carzz.org, on May 20, 2009
... well... decades ago. And you know what? It didn't hurt a bit. Of course, I don't live on a farm, never pulled a heavy trailer, never hauled a bus load of people in a Texas Cadillac (GM Suburb...
Twitter's Spectacularly Awful 24 Hours
in Wangtam, on May 15, 2009
... - it's your show!
• Doctrs.com - All about finding your colleagues, co-workers and friends in the healthcare field
• Voyij.com - The best destination sales for the flexible traveler. Flight D...
Dayton RFID Convergence Center: World’s First Business Incubator for Start Ups
in The RFID Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...repreneurs every year who in turn will be supporting over a thousand vendors, suppliers and workers and as the center is still under constriction you will have to wait until July to start gaining from...
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
...e, are fans; the ability to hire from an increasingly large pool of eager and well-educated foreign workers to fill domestic jobs helps ease the pay scale. Industry leaders as illustrious as Bill Gate...
Chrysler's Italian job
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
...s: the US Government which says it will keep its nose out of day to day operations, the United Auto Workers union and Italian car company Fiat. The question is whether it will work. On one hand, when...
The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson
in Sox First, on April 29, 2009
...y for equal prey to ensure they all had their hearts in continuing roving the seas. They also had a workers' compensation system for those who got injured plundering ships. This ensured pirates wo...
Austin Healey Shines at Victoria BC Car Show
in Classical Drives, on April 27, 2009
...ritage Park is, in some respects, an ideal setting for a vintage car show in that it is a museum of farm machinery from an earlier era and includes a miniature passenger-carrying railway. I also noted...
Big bonuses at imploding banks
in Sox First, on April 26, 2009
...the ones that are left are taking home more. The Observer reports that 70% of financial services workers got a bonus in 2008 despite the unfolding of the worst crisis for 80 years with 16% saying t...
Will COBRA Bite Your Business?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 18, 2009
...ure out which former employees qualify and notify them. BusinessWeek says that only 20% of eligible workers opt for COBRA coverage when they're laid off, but they tend to have the worst health pro...
InfoSys's Sales Decline
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...nlike it's U.S. counterparts, InfoSys is still suggesting that it will grow rather than layoff workers, although that growth rate may slow a bit.
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Full-sized House using GluBam Technology
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...ures or masonry structures in China," said Xiao: "the whole house took a crew of eight workers in an estimated equivalent construction period of three months."
He added that, iIn terms...
NeedleSight: We want you safe
in The RFID Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...ired for detection would not only have to be small enough to become part of the safety gear of the workers but also be affordable at the same time. One positive finding which has emerged from all this...
AT&T announces Samsung SGH-a657 Rugged Phone
in The Smart PDA, on April 13, 2009
...xtreme tempratures, rain and humidity. All in all the Samsung SGH-a657 is a useful device for field workers.
Here are the specs:
Network: Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS (850/1900MHz)
S...
Up for Grabs: 85.000 H-1B Visas in America
in Global Mobility Report, on April 8, 2009
...t of encouraging innovation because it allows employers to hire from among the best "specialty workers" in the international talent pool.
The program has its critics - as Rita Hira points...
Bossnapping: it's French for industrial action
in Sox First, on April 8, 2009
...t a labor tactic and very French but it does raise some interesting questions. Over the last month, workers at a 3M plant held their boss for more than 24 hours during a labor dispute, and workers at ...
Saving precious lives is what RFID intends to achieve
in The RFID Weblog, on March 31, 2009
...ittsburgh are also working on a computer program which would make it possible to find out how many workers had used keys for entering the building before fire erupted.
Once implemented this system wo...
Disneyland in Hong Kong May Not Make It
in Wandalust, on March 30, 2009
...the Magic Kingdom theme park has steadily lost money since opening in 2005. Now it's laying off workers and has put expansion plans on hold."
Some perspective may help understand the park&#...
Why Skilled Immigrants to the US Are Going Home
in Global Mobility Report, on March 30, 2009
... BusinessWeek had an article early this month on how many of the most highly skilled workers in America today are opting to return to their home countries instead of remaining in the U.S. As the deba...
Webkinz stickers
in WebKinzBlog, on March 29, 2009
...or pre-sale yet. There are four packets of them - Purple, red, green or blue with stickers of dogs, farm, jungle and zingos. They look cute and we've always enjoyed the stickers in the trading car...
Things to Do in Pattaya, Thailand
in The Flyaway Weblog, on March 20, 2009
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AquaTerraSky recently published a list of ten things to do in Pattaya. The city has a crocodile farm, a zoo, a tropical garden, some historical replicas of ancient Thai village life, an amusement ...
87 款面向自由职业者和在线工作者的工具与资源
in Wangtam, on March 19, 2009
【工作工具】
[Adobe AIR Apps]
• AgileTracker
• Google Calendar Invoice Creator
• Klok
• Ora Time and Expense
• Sundial
• Timeloc
• Vertabase Timer
[票据]
• BillMyClients.com
• Blinksale.com
• CannyBill.com
• CitrusBill.com
• CurdBee.com
• Endeve.com
• Fluttervoice.co.uk
• ...
Cloud computing killed your future
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2009
...stulates that the introduction of cloud computing to the IT industry will put a lot of information workers out on the streets in the same way that the automation of manufacturing work in the seventie...
AIG's Contracts and Obama's Outrage
in Bizinformer, on March 16, 2009
...re responsible for the company's collapse.
I heard a report today that contrasted white collar workers in the financial sector with blue collar workers in the auto industry. AIG's bonuses ju...
The Future of Electric Car Maker Th!nk
in IfEnergy, on March 14, 2009
... eight states, including Michigan, on a site for the facility that would initially employ about 300 workers.
Th!nk is owned by private equity group Novus Energy Partners.
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Powder-Free Latex Gloves Reduce Latex Allergy Related Illness
in Allergies, on March 12, 2009
...en noted to have significantly reduced the number of claims for latex-related illnesses from their workers. They concluded that although the use of powder-free gloves was more costly, it partially of...
Warning to CFOs: don't trust HR
in Sox First, on March 11, 2009
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All over the world, financial services firms are sacking workers. An International Labor Organisation (ILO) report says there were 325,000 layoffs around the world between August 2007 and 12 Feb...
Things I Should Have Blogged About...
in Bizinformer, on March 10, 2009
...ow you know it's bad - when people stop buying computers...
On February 24th, Cutting Mature Workers Widens the Wisdom Deficit . Regardless of your financial position, now is not the time to ...
Please Don't Take Away Our Tax Breaks!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...will affect some contracts, although it is even more likely that the incentives for hiring domestic workers, along with the general mood here in the U.S. will have a greater effect ultimately.
That ...
微软要求被裁员工返还部分遣散费
in Wangtam, on February 23, 2009
微软近日称，由于会计发生错误，要求前不久被裁的部分离职员工归还超额支付的遣散费。
TechCrunch 上周披露 ，微软向上月被裁减的 1400 名员工寄发信件称，之前向他们发放的遣散费过于"慷慨"，并客气地请他们返还其中的一部分。
信件中解释称，由于行政上的疏忽导致了遣散费的计算错误，希望员工能够返还多支付的部分，并对此举给被裁员工带来的不便表示真诚的歉意。
微软一位发言人在接受西雅图邮讯报时证实了该信的真实性，并表示这是一件"公司与其波及人员的私事"。
Is California the canary in the coal mine?
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...nia finds itself in. Now we have reports that the state is out of cash, it's laid off scores workers, put more on unpaid furloughs, Standard & Poor's has lowered its bond rating to the ...
Elizabeth Locke Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 13, 2009
...n avant-garde furnishing accessories business in Italy , a stint in Manhattan, the return to a farm in Virginia, six years as a contributing editor of Town & Country magazine covering everyth...
Shorter week on its way
in Sox First, on February 12, 2009
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All over the world, companies are cutting costs by putting their workers on a four day week. But are developments at KPMG a sign of the future? An Accountancy Age report says that 70% of KPMG st...
Will GM and Chrysler go bust?
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
...their $17.4 billion taxpayer loan. That also means negotiating with bondholders and the United Auto Workers union to reduce the massive debt, and those talks are going nowhere. As Forbes says, the wel...
Married Co-Workers Take Double Hit By Layoffs
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 8, 2009
...Office romances lead to co-workers getting married and while that may be a convenient, efficient setup, it can also be a disaster if the company goes under or has to make cutbacks.
Some people were u...
Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
...nomy?
I conducted a two-question personal survey this week and asked a dozen or so friends and co-workers what they'd do if I gave them $10,000. The consistent answers were "pay my bills ...
Startling predictions for 2009
in Sox First, on February 7, 2009
...to these forecasts , US unemployment will rise to 10% and if you include discouraged and part-time workers, it will be at least 16%. There will also be an unstoppable chain of bankruptcies and the l...
SocialWhoIs: All About The Social Web
in Wangtam, on February 5, 2009
... - Real Website Value Estimator
• Financial Tools for Friends, Family, Business, Charity, Organizations
• Mockups To Go - A user-contributed collection of ready-to-use UI components and design pat...
American Auto Sales Nosedive Again; Union Workers Taking Early Outs
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 3, 2009
...s; and although Ford declines to provide exact numbers, it is thought that a considerable number of workers too the deal.
Here's the complete story .
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Britain's Chief Environmental Adviser Says Having Too Many Kids Harms The Environment
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 3, 2009
...-abortion groups and Conservatives who said that the birth rate should increase so there are enough workers in the future.
Read the full story here .
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"NEC" To Cut 20,000 Jobs
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 31, 2009
...he company's worldwide operations.
A bit earlier Kodak announced the layoff of 4500 additional workers; and last week Sony Electronics admitted that last year the company reported its first loss ...
Nearly All Workers In France On Strike Today
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 28, 2009
...The majority of French workers are on strike today to protest their government's handling of the current economic crisis.
The strike is supported by approximately 75% of the French population...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
...teps to deal with their debt problems. Rather than sacking, more companies are likely to put their workers on shorter weeks. The British Government is considering plans to pay firms to cut the workin...
68,000 Jobs Lost In The United States Today
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 26, 2009
...Led by heavy equipment manufacturer, Caterpillar, which laid off 20,000 workers today, the United States' sustained the loss of 68,000 jobs today.
Sprint, Pfizer, Home Depot, Philips Electron...
Facebook and the Meaning of Friend
in The Social Networking Weblog, on January 20, 2009
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I have 38 friends on Facebook - including my two daughters, a couple of other relatives, former co-workers from past jobs, some high school friends I haven't actually seen since Carter was Presid...
慢点走，别着急
in Wangtam, on January 15, 2009
...o: The Open Source For Water & Sanitation
• Visual Voicemail: 3 Options for Never Listening to Another Message
• Social Media 101: Mobile Video
• colaab - web based collaboration and communi...
Unemployment Benefits? One of the Risks of Going it Alone...
in BootStrapMe, on January 15, 2009
...ve benefits, the federal system, created in 1935, simply does not cover the majority of today's workers. Top of the list of people not eligible? Non-traditional workers who are out there on their ...
Wicked Winter Weather
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 31, 2008
...nselors
refuse to go, citing lack of snow tires.
2:30PM Rush hour begins an hour early as office workers come down with
mysterious illness and bolt for home. Usual traffic snarl is compounded by
...
Finally Papua province realizes that its condoms and not RFID which can prevent spread of AIDS
in The RFID Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...ch drastic measures to compulsorily implant them with microchips.
Even AIDS campaigners and health workers termed this plan as 'abhorrent' and stated that rather than using microchips prope...
Strike at Hong Kong's Airport Delays Flights
in Wandalust, on December 27, 2008
...Talk about a nightmare in the making... Ground workers at Hong Kong International Airport went on strike for three hours earlier today. The short strike disrupted schedules and delayed 83 flights,...
America Is Biggest Importer Of European Brains
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 24, 2008
...ited States was beginning to link the East with the West via the railroads large numbers of foreign workers were brought in to lay the track.
Now the need is for highly trained individuals in the hea...
Looking for a Raise in 2009? Don't Hold Your Breath...
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on December 22, 2008
...ves, 2.5% for salaried exempt (those who are exempt from overtime pay), 2.6% for salaried nonexempt workers, and about 2.5% for nonunion hourly employees. If you get a pay raise this year, it could be...
Economic forecasts - dark days ahead
in Sox First, on December 22, 2008
...g and this is generating vicious cycles: consumers are not consuming, businessmen are not taking on workers, investors are not investing and the banks are not lending. There is an almost total paralys...
Venture Capitalists Karen Gordon Mills Nominated to Head the Small Business Administration
in Bizinformer, on December 20, 2008
...s in small businesses, Karen understands the challenges faced by both small-business owners and the workers they employ. With a background in the private sector and experience helping Maine's gove...
Automaker bailout: at what cost?
in Sox First, on December 19, 2008
...make half of the payments to a union retirement fund in equity, eliminate a program that pays union workers when they don't have work and have union costs and rules competitive with foreign automa...
Hedge my Job
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 17, 2008
...increase in job offers as rival firms take advantage of the increasing number of financial services workers looking for a job by "snapping up the cream of the crop on much less than they would ha...
