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| Another Defeat for So-Called "Free Trade" |
| Published: May 16, 2008, 11:41 am |
| One of the very under-the-radar things that happened when the Democrats took the seat in Mississippi was that the newly-elected Congresscritter, Travis Childers is a "fair trade" proponent and won't support any so-called "free trade" deals: Childers has signed a pledge not to approve any international trade agreements if |
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| A Milestone--Or A Millstone? |
| Published: May 15, 2008, 6:48 am |
| Not something we should be thrilled to hear: Imagine Houston being populated only by Wal-Mart workers. Houston proper, with its population of just over 2 million, has about the same number of people as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. now employs worldwide. Put another way, if a city had only families of four and one member of each household worked |
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| Insanity, Asylum and Leadership |
| Published: May 14, 2008, 2:46 pm |
| [a technical glitz made this post invisible--until now]. Maybe it's the beautiful spring air but my mind is off in other directions than usual. So, here are two seemingly unrelated things that caught my attention that are actually related. First, is it just me or did anyone else pick up on the stark and obvious contrast between the way |
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| A Moment To Think About Taxes |
| Published: May 13, 2008, 8:05 am |
| I ended up pondering the issues of taxes this morning--a, finally, fine nice spring morning here in NYC. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that the government's receipts from corporate taxes have fallen. The Journal ascribes this to the "turmoil rocking financial markets and housing woes slowing the economy", just |
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| Flight Attendants Fight for Safe Water in the Air |
| Published: May 12, 2008, 10:50 am |
| Flight Attendants Fighting for Safe Water Aboard Aircraft May 8, 2008 AFA-CWA leaders say a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule to safeguard drinking water onboard airplanes leaves too much power in the hands of the airlines and puts flight attendants and passengers at risk. (more below) ...split...A few years ago, galley and lavatory |
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| Another Sweet Day For Goldman Sachs |
| Published: May 12, 2008, 8:48 am |
| A year and a half ago, I wrote about the scam that is Goldman Sachs--a company that was about to shower billions of dollars on its executives after it had gotten stupendous tax breaks from New York's city and state governments; a few days later, we also learned that the company's top dog was going to get a tidy little bonus of $53 million, |
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| Zimbabwe union leaders arrested, IUF calls for protests |
| Published: May 9, 2008, 1:09 pm |
| ZIMBABWE: UNION LEADERS ARRESTED Unions around the world are condemning the arrests yesterday of Lovemore Motombo and Wellington Chibebe, respectively President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). The two trade union leaders were charged with "inciting people to rise against the government and reporting |
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| The Crandall Canyon Cover-Up |
| Published: May 9, 2008, 8:22 am |
| For some politicians, the deaths of workers are either almost invisible or convenient props for getting attention. Recently, during yet another carnage of constructions workers in New York, politicians rushed to the scene to express their concern--the same politicians that do very little day-to-day and actually collect campaign |
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| Library union? Hell yes! Monroe County PL Joins AFSCME. |
| Published: May 8, 2008, 8:11 pm |
| "The union vote," Phi Eskew said, "empowered employees with a permanent voice in the MCPL decision-making process." Monroe [IN] County Public Library (MCPL)library workers voted 62-35 </a> to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME.) The business-model types whose |
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| How Government Statistics Mislead |
| Published: May 8, 2008, 2:09 pm |
| I know...the faithful readers were wondering "where is our morning blog?" Well, it is the afternoon but your busy dude here has been...well, busy--panel in the morning and, then, there was lunch...but I digress... Yesterday, there was a fascinating column in The New York Times--fascinating in showing out truly out of touch |
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| 2008 Batch Freshers Written Test, Bangalore - Robert Bosch - 11 May 2008 |
| Published: May 6, 2008, 2:10 pm |
| Tags: Fresher Job, Bangalore |
| A freshers' recruitment test is scheduled to be conducted on 11th May 2008, at Bangalore Institute of Technology, K R Road, V V Puram, Bangalore. Eligibility: * 2008 Batch BE /BTech. (E & C, E &... For more info on latest job openings and other career related information visit my site http://venky-itjobs.blogspot.com |
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| Job Opening for Senior Dotnet Architect, Chennai - Quintegra Solutions |
| Published: May 6, 2008, 9:39 am |
| Tags: Net 3 0, Effort Estimation, Biztalk 2006, Quintegra Solutions, Chennai, Architecture Design, Client Handling, Rfp, Design Patterns, Architect, Sql Server 2005, High Level Design |
| We are a professionally managed Recruitment Selection Firm, with over 30 years experience in building successful careers and successful organizations. (visit us at www.datamaticsstaffing.com for more... For more info on latest job openings and other career related information visit my site http://venky-itjobs.blogspot.com |
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| Career Corner: Career Networking - Shining at In-Person Events - Tip #2 |
| Published: May 6, 2008, 9:06 am |
| Tags: Career Corner |
| Ready for some in-person career prospecting? Good for you. Career networking isn't nearly as tough as you might think. After all... you're in a roomful of people who are just as nervous and eager to make a connection as you are. Basically, that means you've got a whole lot in common with everyone there. So take a deep breath, and get ready |
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| Java Professionals Requirement in Skill Net Solution for Mumbai Location |
| Published: May 6, 2008, 5:24 am |
| Tags: Jsp, Mvc, Web Services, J2ee, Asp Net Xml, Retail Domain, Project Lead, Xslt, Skillnet, Atg, Broadvision, Hibernate, Rup, Testing, Project Manager, Spring, Ecommerce, Struts, Mumbai |
| SKILLNET Inc. is 12 years old, profitable and a constantly growing company. Business Focus is Retail Industry. Technology Focus is Java Open Source and Application Integration. Headquarters are in... For more info on latest job openings and other career related information visit my site http://venky-itjobs.blogspot.com |
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| Opening in PCMML5 Co - Project Manager Mainframes, Pune |
| Published: May 6, 2008, 4:55 am |
| Tags: Db2, Mainframes, Cobol, Architect, Vsam, Project Manager, Jcl, Requirement Gathering, Pune |
| Wipro is looking for Project Manager Mainframes . The details are given below. Wipro is one of the TOP Indian IT companies is a Global Provider of consulting, IT services and outsourced R&D... For more info on latest job openings and other career related information visit my site http://venky-itjobs.blogspot.com |
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