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BostonWorks - Weekly Articles
  Climb: If you can, try a few careers until you're sure
Aaron Karo performs stand-up comedy in Boston. He also bills himself as an author, public speaker, and sitcom actor.
  The Corporate Curmudgeon: Taking the measure of your meetings
-Herbert Hoover
  For complaints, phone home
Working from home isn't new, but Karen Hughes has tapped into a more recent adaptation: the virtual call center.

Yahoo! News: Business News
 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:07:06 GMT Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan (AP)

A passenger is seen during a strike at the Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos in Spata on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only on Thursday as workers held yet another general strike to protest painful spending cuts. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Protesters clashed with riot police as more than 10,000 people marched through central Athens Thursday during a nationwide general strike against the government's harsh new austerity measures.


 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:42 GMT BMW 2009 net income falls 36 pct to $286 million (AP)
AP - German carmaker BMW AG says its 2009 net income fell 36 percent to euro210 million ($286 million) because of lower demand for its cars during the economic downturn as well as a higher tax rate.
 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:57:10 GMT HSBC: data on 15,000 Swiss account holders stolen (AP)

An HSBC branch in central London. The chief executives of major UK banks Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered all decided to renounce their bonus entitlements for 2009 amid public outrage over excessive bankers' pay.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AP - Information on 15,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing foreign clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries.



Infoworld News
 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:39 +0000 Chambers: How I'll make Cisco into IT's biggest player

By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, a brisk pace of internal development, and a much-discussed new organizational structure that the company is using to attack a slew of new markets, Cisco's reach extends from the consumer to the enterprise and deep into service provider networks. The company offers everything from personal video cameras to high-end telepresence systems to set-top video boxes to, lately, servers for the data center, in addition to more traditional network gear like routers and switches.

 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:39 +0000 Chambers: How I'll make Cisco into IT's biggest player

By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, a brisk pace of internal development, and a much-discussed new organizational structure that the company is using to attack a slew of new markets, Cisco's reach extends from the consumer to the enterprise and deep into service provider networks. The company offers everything from personal video cameras to high-end telepresence systems to set-top video boxes to, lately, servers for the data center, in addition to more traditional network gear like routers and switches.

 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:02 +0000 CA to buy Nimsoft

CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for $350 million.

The acquisition, which is scheduled to close this month, will strengthen CA's hand in IT management software for what it calls "emerging enterprises," or companies with annual revenues between $300 million and $2 billion, and for managed service providers.


Rebuilding the Economy
  Foreclosures fall, but banks bracing for next big wave
In November, for the fourth month in a row, the number of foreclosure filings in the United States declined -- an 8 percent drop from October. But foreclosure experts aren't celebrating. They're bracing for the next wave of default notices, foreclosure auctions, and bank repossessions, which could hit early next ...


  UK bonus tax proposal: Three reasons it won’t happen in US
The pre-budget report from Alistair Darling, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, held one explosive proposal: a one-time "super tax" on banker's bonuses. The tax would impose this year a 50 percent penalty on all bonuses over £25,000 ($41,000), a fee levied on the banks instead of individual bankers. Americans can be ...


  Do school closings hurt your child’s performance?
Winter storms don't carry the economic wallop of, say, a major hurricane or tornado. Icy roads don't create enough fender-benders to top wind and water damage to homes and commercial property. But snow does close schools — and evidence is mounting that for every snow-day closure, students do worse on standardized ...



BenefitsLink Newsletters (2010)
  Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter for 03/10/2010
  Retirement Plans Newsletter for 03/10/2010
  Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter for 03/09/2010

PRWeb: Employment/Careers
  National Veterinary Technician Week: October 11-17, 2009

Linking the Veterinary Healthcare Team (PRWeb Sep 29, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Veterinary_Technicians/Veterinary_Healthcare/prweb2925404.htm

  Education is Now Just a Click Away

University Canada West Helps International Students Achieve Personal Goals (PRWeb Sep 29, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/UCAN/InternationalStudents/prweb2943074.htm

  Milwaukee/NARI Members Offer Tips That Work for Home Offices

Just in time for National Work at Home Week October 4 - 10, members of the Milwaukee chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (Milwaukee/NARI) offer tips on setting up home offices. (PRWeb Sep 29, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Remodeling/Home_Office/prweb2945694.htm


US labour news from LabourStart
 30 Sep 2009 01:00:00 GMT USA : Michael Moore Gets ‘People’s Oscar’
Source: AFL-CIO
 30 Sep 2009 01:00:00 GMT USA : Whistleblower Film Series Kicks Off Thursday
Source: DC Labor
 30 Sep 2009 01:00:00 GMT USA : N.Y. Health Care Workers Revolt Over H1N1 Vaccine
Source: WCBS TV

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