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Pay Czar: AIG $100 Million Bonuses ‘Outrageous’ But Defensible

By doris | Published: February 4, 2010

Full Story at ABCNews.go.com Appearing on “Good Morning America” today Feinberg also responded to a senior Republican congressman who claimed that AIG has “taxpayers over a barrel.” In a statement released Tuesday night Sen. Charles Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said “the Obama administration has been outmaneuvered. And the closed-door negotiations [...]

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20 jobs — no degree, but big salaries

By doris | Published: February 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CareerBuilder.com) — Higher education isn’t for everyone, and people have a variety of paths to choose from once they graduate from high school. They might know from the start that they want to go straight to the professional world. Other new graduates often decide to try college for a semester to [...]

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New Immigration Bill Is Introduced in House

By doris | Published: December 16, 2009

Full Story at NYTimes.com The bill, introduced by Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, Democrat of Illinois, was seen as the opening volley in what Democrats and Republicans expect to be a hard-fought battle. President Obama has pledged to take up the issue early next year; efforts to overhaul the laws during George W. Bush’s presidency failed [...]

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Friday the 13th phobia? You have plenty of company

By doris | Published: November 13, 2009

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com CHICAGO – Henry Ford would have hated 2009, and not just because it’s been a tough year to sell cars. Ford, as the story goes, refused to do business on Friday the 13th, and this week marks the third time this year that the 13th will fall on a Friday — [...]

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‘Mrs. Brady’ turns ‘cybermom’ to help seniors tackle tech

By doris | Published: October 20, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Now, actress Florence Henderson, otherwise known as Mrs. Brady, has a new mission: Helping older adults learn to use technology. Her new business, Floh Club, is a “telephone-based technical support service” focusing on people who didn’t grow up with computers — especially grandparents who want to stay in touch with family [...]

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‘Digital dirt’ can haunt your job search

By doris | Published: October 13, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CareerBuilder) — Just like Vegas, what happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet. How that affects your job search is up to you. Gone are the days when all you were concerned with was whether or not your résumé and cover letter were error-free. Now, you’ve got bigger things to [...]

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Doc makes more cash selling clothes on eBay

By doris | Published: October 9, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Lickteig runs a clothing store on eBay, where she’s a “Gold PowerSeller,” ranking among the top 1½ percent of merchants on the online marketplace. The 35-year-old family practitioner says she earned $120,000 last year on eBay, more than she did practicing medicine. “It’s just kind of this thrill,” she said. “It [...]

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Pre-emptive triage up for bleeding airlines

By doris | Published: September 11, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com With more than $6 billion in losses through June, the global airline industry is on track to outpace the initial yearlong prediction that it would lose $9 billion, said Brian Pearce, chief economist for the International Air Transport Association, which represents about 230 airlines. “Airlines are in survival mode,” as they [...]

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Stimulus cash for weatherization still unspent

By doris | Published: August 13, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com LINCOLN, Neb. – Jackie Harpst expected a busy summer at her nonprofit housing agency, as work crews backed by Nebraska’s share of $5 billion in federal stimulus money headed out to seal windows and spread insulation. Months after she thought work would begin, not a single window has been caulked. And [...]

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Five jobs that allow you to work at home

By doris | Published: July 31, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Working from home is the new casual Friday. It’s one of those perks that many employers have incorporated into their policies, but it’s still not the norm and most everyone wishes it were. Employers have several reasons for wanting to limit the amount of work you do from home. They’re not [...]

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Nissan to make electric cars in U.S.: report

By doris | Published: June 21, 2009

Full Story At Reuters.com (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co plans to launch production of electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States to tap low-interest loans for green vehicles, the Nikkei business daily said. The overall investment is estimated at 50 billion yen ($516.4 million) and may rise to 100 billion yen, it said. [...]

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Restoring the Earth helps veterans heal

By doris | Published: May 20, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Like many other vets returning from deployment overseas, Grisham, a medical corpsman, came back from Iraq seared by memories of war and unsure about how to re-enter civilian life. But a program in Washington state helps military veterans learn marketable job skills and make sense of their experiences in combat. Program [...]

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Girl Power: Filly Rachel Alexandra makes history

By doris | Published: May 17, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com BALTIMORE – Girls rule! The best 3-year-old in the land just happens to be a filly named Rachel Alexandra. Jockey Calvin Borel all but guaranteed victory in the Preakness Stakes and, boy, did she deliver, becoming the first filly in 85 years to win the second leg of the Triple Crown. [...]

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Nurse gets called out of surgery to get pink slip

By doris | Published: April 16, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com MADISON, Wis. – A nurse was called out of surgery so a manager could tell her she was being laid off. Dean Health said the surgery was minor and the patient wasn’t affected, but the manager who summoned the nurse from surgery violated medical protocol. Dean Health spokesman Paul Pitas said [...]

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After 60 years Circuit City finally powers down

By doris | Published: March 9, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com RICHMOND, Va. – What began 60 years ago as a humble television store in this sleepy Southern capital ended Sunday as Circuit City closed its doors for good — its 567 remaining U.S. stores to be left broom clean and vacant. For the last month and a half, a group of [...]

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Stimulus Money Already Creating Jobs

By doris | Published: March 7, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (CBS) President Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package won final approval less than a month ago, and the money is already being put to work on construction, infrastructure, government and social services projects around the country. CBS news correspondents Jeff Glor and Ben Tracy take a look at two places [...]

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Unemployment Expected To Hit 7.9 Percent

By doris | Published: March 6, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (CBS/AP) Cost-cutting employers are resorting to even bigger layoffs as they scramble to survive the recession, feeding insecurities among those who still have jobs and those who desperately want them. The Labor Department on Friday is slated to release a report expected to show that February was an especially cruel [...]

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Disabled kids show host draws criticism, praise

By doris | Published: February 28, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com CNN) — A children’s show host who was born with one hand is facing criticism from parents over her disability.The BBC is receiving complaints about kids show host Cerrie Burnell, who was only born with one hand. BBC spokeswoman Katya Mira said the corporation has received at least 25 “official” complaints [...]

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Salmonella scare highlights inspector shortage

By doris | Published: February 21, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com ATLANTA – Tight state budgets have led some of the biggest farm states to leave dozens of food inspection jobs vacant at a time when hundreds have been sickened by a nationwide salmonella outbreak tied to a filthy peanut processing plant. Georgia, the site of the plant, has about 60 inspectors [...]

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‘Made in the U.S.A.’ isn’t dead, just different

By doris | Published: February 17, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com WASHINGTON – It may seem like the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing. In January, 207,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs vanished in the largest one-month drop since October 1982. Factory activity is hovering at a 28-year low. Even before the recession, plants were hemorrhaging work [...]

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