Would Technology Continue Benefiting Mankind?

It is true that technology is vital for mankind automating processes, increasing the quality and quantity of goods and services. It is true that the computing technology shrunk our vast world into a village creating economic integration, social and cultural homogeneity and...

Market diversification vital for MSMEs to grow: Experts

Namrata Kath Hazarika | 07 May, 2010 To expand market reach and become profitable in a competitive business environment, it is crucial for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to foray...

SEC Watchdogs Surfed Porn as Economy Collapsed

SEC Employees Surfed Porn As the global economy slid into a quagmire, the Securities and Exchange Commission did not exactly have its eye on the ball. According to an internal investigation, SEC staff, including senior staff who earn over $200,000 per year, were surfing porn...

National Bureau of Economic Research: 28-Mos US Recession Ongoing

Economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced on Monday that they couldn't confirm the recession, begun in December 2007 and longer than the Great Depression , is over despite positive...

Network Rail RMT Union Talks To Avert UK National Rail Strike

Network Rail  has announced plans to meet with  The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) next week to try and avert the first national rail strike for 16 years. Yesterday the RMT announced the...

US Unemployment Stays at 9.7%: 14.9 Million Americans Out of Work

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February's unemployment figures on Friday indicating no change  from last month's 9.7 % unemployment rate. According to the BLS,  there were 14.9 million...

America's economy a train wreck it's rice and beans from here out

Close to 3 million unemployed Americans will lose their unemployment benefits in April if congress doesn't extend benefits. The unemployment rate in Jan. was 9.7 percent, down.3 percent from Dec. But as of Jan. 6.3...

2.8million Brits under-employed

New figures reveal that not only are 2.6million British workers unemployed but that a further 2.8million are underemployed. It's not that Britain is a nation of slackers in fact it's estimated that one-in-ten...

DISPLACED, MISPLACED, OUT OF PLACE!! "A TEMPS STORY"

OK, IM A "LITTLE" OLD TO BE IN THE TEMP TO HIRE MARKET, I GET THAT. LETS START BY DESCRIBING MYSELF AS AN AGENCIE MIGHT SEE ME. IM 46, FEMALE, AVERAGE LOOKING IN EVERY WAY, TOO FRIENDLY,(TOO EAGER) OR DESPERATE, COMPLETELY UNREMARKEBLE! NOW LETS TALK ABOUT...

Davos World Economic Forum: Davos Summit 2010, 40th Anniversary

The Davos World Economic Forum marks its 40h Anniversary at a time when faith in large economic institutions and the people who run them, is at an all time low, and so too it seems is the interest in Davos. The...

Vocus' State of the Media in 2010: 293 Newspapers, 1126 Mags Fold

Vocus has released its comprehensive whitepaper State of the Media in 2010 in which it revealed approximately 293 newspapers folded, with nearly 100 of those shuttering in the year’s first quarter alone....

A Growing Underclass

"A Growing Underclass By CATHERINE RAMPELL Slowly but surely, longer-term unemployment seems to be becoming the norm. While layoffs are slowing, the number of job openings relative to the unemployed population were still at a record low in November. That means...

December Jobs Report: 85,000 Jobs Lost in December 2009

The December Jobs Report shows that 85,000 jobs were cut in December 2009, and that unemployment in the US remains at 10%. So, while new job loss may be slowing down, it's still very difficult to find a job in the US. A knock-on effect is that job satisfaction is down at 45%,...

Student Journalist's Home Study College Tutor goes missing

I have been doing a Higher Diploma College in Journalism for well over a year now; distance learning being the only way I can do such a course whilst having another job. I was doing it with National...

Which states are facing the worst budget deficits in 2010?

Happy New Year 2010 to the States NOT. While there may be some signs in the national economic of a turn around in some quarters, states haven’t yet hit bottom yet – and many are already facing massive budget gaps halfway through their fiscal year, despite basing those...

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