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China Restricts Virtual Currencies
in China Venture News, on July 6, 2009
...that's probably good for most game companies. But there are other economic implcations that are more difficult to predict.
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... ...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...
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
... would probably bring an end to the Indian outsourcing model by requiring that U.S. company have no more than half of their employees be H-1B visa holders.
The H-1B is a temporary work visa used t... ...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
...s so they're better connected to the home office while on the road. As using the cloud becomes more and more affordable, productivity and efficiency in the business world will increase.... ...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...
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
...? As reported here , consultant John Williams says the number of unemployed in the US is actually more like 20%, which takes it up to levels close to those seen in the Great Depression. The official... ...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
...s came from its refusal to make cleaner cars, the environmental imagery is hard to take. What's more, the ad makes it sound so simple when in fact this is going to be a long, difficult and complic... ...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 ...
Twitter's Spectacularly Awful 24 Hours
in Wangtam, on May 15, 2009
...• Twitter's Spectacularly Awful 24 Hours
• Windows Mobile 6.5: the UI was rushed, more on widgets
• Reports point to widespread Google outages
• YouTube arrives on Google News after outage ... ... - 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
...There are few things more controversial in the world of IT HR than the H1B foreign-worker visa program. CIOs, as a rule, are fans; the ability to hire from an increasingly large pool of eager and well... ...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
... mpg would have to be modified to meet US safety and emission standards and that will cost a mint. More to the point, the change is banking on an unprecedented shift in the US car buyer market. First... ...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...
Big bonuses at imploding banks
in Sox First, on April 26, 2009
...ave shrunk significantly over the last 18 months which means 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... ...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
...st health problems. Insurers or businesses that pay for their own workers' claims generally pay more than $1.50 in claims for every $1 they collect in premiums from people covered under COBRA plan... ...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
...es 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 a Sony plant held their boss overnight to ... ...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...
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
...effect of simplifying the application of technology, and often to a level where it can be discussed more at the level of business process than raw technology. In these cases, more so than ever in the ... ...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
.... Both those countries are evidently willing to subsidize the existence of Th!nk until times become more prosperous. Things that make you go hmmm . We'll see, I guess.
In a related story, P... ... 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
...lated illnesses from their workers. They concluded that although the use of powder-free gloves was more costly, it partially offset by a decrease in workers' compensation payments and operating r... ...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
...oubt, the removal of tax advantages for outsourcing 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... ...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
...d to slow this year as a result of the global economic crisis. That said, the blog entry was saying more about the precarious state that California finds itself in. Now we have reports that the sta... ...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 ...
Shorter week on its way
in Sox First, on February 12, 2009
... unpaid leave. Once a white collar giant like that heads down this direction, we can expect plenty more will follow. Get ready for the four day week.... ...
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
...d according to this report , auto industry analyst Erich Merkle says there are two options for GM: more bailout money or bankruptcy. Whichever way you look at it, the options aren't great.
... ...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
...conomic activity.
Can anyone in government spend that much money, $8,000 from every US household, more wisely than the average American would spend it? I simply do not believe that, and I also rejec... ...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
...9;t Tolerate
• Google Wants Out of AOL Investment
• Clive Thompson on How More Info Leads to Less Knowledge
• YouMail :)) Voicemail You Love
• Doculicious - Easily create Forms and Documents t... ... - 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 .
...
Britain's Chief Environmental Adviser Says Having Too Many Kids Harms The Environment
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 3, 2009
...Sir Jonathon Porritt, Britain's Chief Environmental Adviser, predicts that before long having more than 2 children will be considered socially and environmentally irresponsible.
His remarks were ... ...-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
...ope that the threat of another, longer strike will prod the government into taking action to create more jobs.
Here's the full story from the "BBC News Europe" .
... ...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
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It's the year of the axe with companies axing more than 75,000 jobs, led by Caterpillar which is sacking 20,000 . For a good breakdown, check this little table from the Financial Times . Th... ...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
...dy covered a pretty broad semantic piece of ground. Then came Facebook , and it made the term even more nebulous.
I have 38 friends on Facebook - including my two daughters, a couple of other relat... ...
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
...o others but this step had invoked criticism from various sections of the society. Even I felt that more than technology these people required proper education so that they practiced safe sex and it w... ...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
...he health and technology fields in America and once again the labor force is being imported.
Read more in "Vox" .
... ...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
...the end of 2009 and the start of 2010 - could be delayed if confidence is not restored". Even more alarming is the warning from Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary F... ...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
...he next SBA administrator would be female and promote programs that help women-owned businesses get more government contracts and loans. Maine papers today reported that Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe ... ...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
...ion announced by the White House, reports The Wall Street Journal . This rescue might well create more problems down the track. Certainly, it's no guarantee to fix a badly-run industry. The WSJ ... ...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
... 6 months ago" according to Powerchex Limited.
Hedge fund and insurance companies also made more employment offers than 6 months ago as those companies who have been able to remain stable thro... ...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...
Outline of The Google Software Stack
in Googlestack, on December 11, 2008
... other pieces of the Google Software Stack. Let's head on to the database component first.
For more information on GFS please refer to: The Google File System paper.
BigTable
The BigTable... ...he file.
The GFS, as a distributed file system, consists of 2 types of servers:
master(s)
workers
The master node acts as a network coordinator informing where to get what kind of data, ...
Will Obama's job plan work?
in Sox First, on December 7, 2008
...d up to $700 billion creating 2.5 million jobs in the biggest public works construction program for more than 50 years. The question is will it work? It will undoubtedly create more jobs, and perhaps... ...uld get real and call it a depression. "When FDR took office in 1933, one out of four American workers was jobless. We're not there yet, but we're trending in that direction. Consumers wi...
Another KBR scandal
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
...er parent Halliburton of exposing people to unsafe water, food and hazardous fumes from a burn pit. More on this from Army Times . This stuff is stomach churning. "Eller filed his claim after h... ...to that the allegations that the company has been using slave labor in Iraq, confining 1000 Asian workers in windowless warehouses.
...
100+ iPhone Games That Use the Accelerometer
in Wangtam, on December 4, 2008
...g Worldwide Education
• Knobs, Hinges and More, Inc.
• Dimdim: Web conferencing that just works
• Reply.com Marketplace | Clicks & Leads
• Printable Coupons in New York City, Free NYC deal... ... Beta 1 to be released on January 13
• Adobe lays off 600 workers, CS4 demand weaker than expected
• Backfence - It's All Local
• Hotels by Location - Book your hotel on a map
• Videos How...
Is there a bailout strategy?
in Sox First, on December 3, 2008
...
The automakers want more taxpayers' money. Now they're asking for $38 billion, not $25 billion and have presented plans, detailed by Forbes , with GM cutting its stable of brands from eig... ...ed fewer production plants. Twice the number of cars would come out of the factories using half the workers and selling at half the price of the big behemoths we would stop making." An even mor...
Canada's Tories Look at Immigration Reform
in Global Mobility Report, on December 3, 2008
... professors, pipefitters, medical specialists, mining engineers, nurses, and chefs. (You can find a more complete list here .)
The plan is controversial for a number of reasons. Canada's opposit... ...with a controversial plan to fast track the immigration process for 38 different classes of skilled workers.
Among the groups that would get fast track service: university professors, pipefitters, me...
Insomnia Drug Can Help Jet-Lag and Shift-Work Problems
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 1, 2008
...pment from melatonin being impure from over-the-counter versions and valium being addictive.
Read more .... ... sleep disorders, including people affected by jet lag, or those who work at night, and early-riser workers," they wrote in their report, published in the Lancet medical journal.
Dr. Shantha Raj...
Obama slams "tone-deaf" business leaders
in Sox First, on November 26, 2008
...id: "If you're placed in a position of power, then you've got responsibilities to your workers. You've got a responsibility to your community. Your share holders. That if - there'...
LinkedIn Next Gen Search Demo
in Wangtam, on November 25, 2008
...ur Customers Work For You
• Google Layoffs - 10,000 Workers Affected
• Voices.com | #1 Voice Over Marketplace for Voice Overs and Voice Over Talent
• HOW TO: Make Your Blip.tv Videos iPhone Comp...
Southern China Losing Jobs
in China Venture News, on October 30, 2008
...A recent report by Asia Pacific News says that at least 2.7 million factory workers in southern China could lose their jobs as the global economic crisis hits demand for electronics, toys and clothe...
Bailing out General Motors
in Sox First, on October 28, 2008
...in both parties after initially saying in September it could take 'at least six to 18 months or more' to disburse loans. "On Monday, Moody's Investors Service lowered its ratings on ... ...ing. The combined entity would need about $10 billion in new equity to cover the cost of laying off workers, closing plants and integrating the two companies, say people involved in the talks. The go...
