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Corporations Couldn’t Wait to ‘Check the Box’ on Huge Tax Break That Allegedly Created Jobs

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Corporations Couldn’t Wait to ‘Check the Box’ on Huge Tax Break That Allegedly Created Jobs

By Jeff Gerth, ProPublica, and Megan Murphy and Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times This article was co-published with the Financial Times. A simple rule meant to cut paperwork for U.S. companies has grown into one of the biggest multinational tax breaks around, costing the United States and other governments billions of dollars in lost taxes each […]

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Even With High Unemployment, Some Skilled Labor Scarce

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Even With High Unemployment, Some Skilled Labor Scarce

From the The Sheboygan PressInside J.L. French’s two fast-growing Sheboygan manufacturing plants, company leaders have encountered a confounding problem in a time of persistently high unemployment — finding skilled labor. Read the original story.

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Wages Down, Consumers Spend Less, Growth Slows

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Wages Down, Consumers Spend Less, Growth Slows

From Bloomberg News: Take-home pay and wages, adjusted for prices, fell 0.3 percent in August, the third decrease in five months, and personal income dropped for the first time in two years, the Commerce Department reported last week. The declines followed news from the Census Bureau that median household income in 2010 fell to $49,445, the lowest […]

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English City to Outsource Some Law Enforcement Jobs

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English City to Outsource Some Law Enforcement Jobs

Like many cities in North America, communities in the United Kingdom are struggling to provide public services despite harsh budget cuts. One city in central England is planning to outsource many back office police functions in a bid to save money. From the Express & Star: The West Midlands Police Authority has agreed to enter […]

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Information Technology Outsourcing Goes Rural

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Information Technology Outsourcing Goes Rural

Information technology outsourcing is taking on a rural flavor in favor of American accents and fewer times zones. Your next help desk call may be answered in Iowa instead of India. It seems the are a growing number of reasons to keep jobs at home. This piece, written by an outsourcing consultant, takes a swipe […]

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Saudi Minister Seeks “Saudization” of Jobs Amid Unemployment

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Saudi Minister Seeks “Saudization” of Jobs Amid Unemployment

Saudi Arabia’s Labor Minister is seeking the “Saudization” of the kingdom’s private sector amid rising unemployment and unease following uprisings in other Arab nations. Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate was 10.8%  in July. The country will begin to pay unemployment benefits for the first time from November,  Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakieh, told Bloomberg News. In 2012 the […]

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Conservatives in UK Want Jobseekers to Work Harder

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Conservatives in UK Want Jobseekers to Work Harder

From The Guardian (UK) — Jobseekers will have to do more to prove they are seeking work or face losing benefits in measures likely to be announced at the Conservative party conference. At present jobseekers have to satisfy two criteria: putting together a CV and seeking information about a job, which ministers believe are not […]

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HR Expert Dave Ulrich Urges Vietnam to Emulate Singapore

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HR Expert Dave Ulrich Urges Vietnam to Emulate Singapore

From Viet Nam News — Ho Chi Minh City — Close cooperation between government, companies and educators is necessary for Vietnam to develop a national talent strategy, according to University of Michigan Professor Dave Ulrich. Speaking at an international seminar on human resources that took place 29 Sept. 2011, held by the PACE Institute of […]

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Army HR Chief is First African-American Female Two-Star General

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Army HR Chief is First African-American Female Two-Star General

U.S. Army Human Resources Command‘s deputy commanding general, Marcia M. Anderson, became the Army’s first-ever female African-American officer to obtain the rank of major general Thursday, 29 Sept. 2011, at Ft. Knox, Ky. Maj. Gen Marcia M. Anderson’s background shaped her into the personable, successful woman she is today, according to the an Army press […]

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Engineers Salaries Up Despite Weak Economy

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Engineers Salaries Up Despite Weak Economy

Salaries for engineers are rising, despite the weak economy and a higher-than-normal of unemployment rate for this occupation, according to the IEEE-USA, a unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. For all engineers, median income, including salary, commissions, bonuses and net self-employment income, increased from $113,500 in 2009 to $118,000 in 2010, or […]

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