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In an ideal world, increases in productivity will lead to higher corporate profits. Some of that extra money can then be used to higher more workers. But these days, both unemployment and productivity are rising.

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Many are growing skeptical over Al Gore’s fast push for laws that could fundementally alter our economy. Perhaps that’s because Gore stands to profit off of laws that regulate carbon.

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Over half of academic life science researchers maintained financial ties with corporate America. However, it was also found that faculty with industry support “were more productive than faculty without such support on virtually every measure.”

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If you demand privacy or insist on paying with cash when patronizing a local business, then you could be a suspected terrorist. That’s according to FBI flyers which have been sent to tattoo shops as part of its “Communities Against Terrorism” drive.

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Even though there are plenty of old-school journalists shaking their heads and arguing we’ll miss miss them once they’re gone, many folks have actually been celebrating the “mainstream media’s” demise lately.

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Is your company hunkering down during this economic storm? If so, bestselling author Bill George says it may be losing an opportunity for a great transformation.  In this podcast, the Harvard professor and former CEO of Medtronic explains how leaders are developed through crises and he offers practical advice making the most of tough times. [...]

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Judging by the questions we receive from the senior job seekers who read our content, age discrimination is top of mind for most candidates north of 40. Recently, we took their questions head on with a package titled “‘How Old Are You?’: Readers Tell Job Interview Tales.”
Reporter Patty Orsini took job-seeker inquiries directly to [...]

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The streets could be eerily quiet this Saturday night if consumers decide to save money by skipping their annual Halloween traditions.

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We all know a coworker that slips inappropriate jokes into the conversation here and there. So now that President Obama has signed an updated hate crime bill (ironically stuffed into a defense measure) into law, does that mean the “thought police” are going to send everyone who gets a cheap laugh from that fellow to jail?

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If you live in a state that’s headed to the ballot box next Tuesday, you probably can’t turn on the TV without some ad telling you how a ballot measure will help or hurt your state’s economy. But in a non-Presidential election year, voter turnout is historically very low.

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