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How to Change Jobs Without Changing Employers

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Virgin tries text cure for in-flight boredom

"First there were the movies, masseurs and meditation programs, but Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways says it has found a new answer to beating the boredom on long flights. The London-based airline said on...

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