While congress is complaining to financial companies that they are receiving pay and bonuses that are not based on performance, they gave themselves their annual pay raise. The raise comes out to 4700...
Paramedics earn around $27,070. I feel sorry for people who work for/at a hospital. Even when they're sick they end up at work.Plenty of people earn surprising paychecks -- some higher and otherslower than you expect. For this reason we've put together a list ofjobs and their...
created by mclean | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 331 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"NICK DOUGLAS -- One in four high schoolers would drop $500 on an iPhone, according to a poll by banking firm Piper Jaffray. Ahem. As a recovering ex-teen (on the wagon for three years as of Tuesday), let me...
created by mtippett | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 539 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"Careers are easy to neglect. If the paychecks keep coming and the boss is tolerable, most people get into a routine and direct their attention elsewhere.
While that's an adequate way to put bread on the table, it probably won't win you any big raises or promotions.
So,...
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"As you look ahead to retirement -- or, if you've already entered those years, consider ways to reshape it -- odds are you may think about some kind of employment, not just to keep the paychecks coming but to stay busy, productive, and involved.
Don't be put off by rampant...
created by alaaron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 252 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"And they're making about 2 to 3 times what the 10 top-earning women executives do.
Corporate women made impressive strides in 2006, taking charge at a slew of giant companies, and bringing in big paychecks to boot.
The top-earning woman executive is Safra Catz, president and...
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"Tellers at the North Carolina State Employees' Credit Union noticed a troubling change several years ago: The first people in line on payday were high-cost lenders, waiting to cash checks from credit union members.
A glance at the records showed thousands of credit union...
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"A *Bush Signals Shift in Stance on Immigrants* headline is the early warning sign that we're about to get an all-out immigrant-bashing campaign for the fall, complete with xenophobia, racism and blaming the weakest, least powerful people in the country for everything...
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"After organizing major street protests in Phoenix to focus attention on immigration reform, several key Valley immigrant advocates have given up hope Congress will be able to strike an election-year compromise."
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The Tax-Paying illegal immigrants pay Social Security and Medicare. The Tax-Dodging illegal immigrants cost American taxpayers billions of dollars each year.
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