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- Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years
- Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Geoengineering warning to Congress
- How was that unforseen? Everyone who's had jr high science knows thatEvery artificial increase in one life form ever tried has always resulted in an increase in their natural predators.There's absolutely no reason to consider spending a single dollar to affect climate change. Depending on if you choose to...
- Tags: U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%
- Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman
- the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Hearings on climate, cap'n'trade, energy
- well dont expect any change economy will always prevail the rest ....Maybe one day when it will be too late to turn around ... people will understand once again too late.. They will have a vibrant economy and a dead sentence quite ironic.. Im full of...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Businesses, tax, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce in green dispute
- Cap and TAX dramatically increases green house gassesGood for the chamber of commerce to have their eyes open. All this energy tax legislation does is move energy consuming manufacturing off shore to countries where the production of that energy is dramatically more pollution producing. Apple needs to pull it's head...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Obama, manufacturing
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- How health reform and health IT reform are linked
- Socailist Government controlGovernment to 'peasant':I know your medical history.I know when you go.I know how many ailments you had.I will ration you on treatment.This may be viewable to a potential employer.Dictator driven government by someone who will call people un-American for not wanting this, or they are a fringe when...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, collusion
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Will online education kill the university?
- More to Harvard than the ClassesWhile I'm a big proponent of online and hybrid courses, I don't think that the residential college will go away entirely. People go to places like Harvard and Yale not just because they might learn more (and they might, depending on a lot of...
- Tags: Harvard, education
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- CTO: Time for govt innovation has arrived
- Time for govt innovation has arrivedThe time HAS arrived. In fact, it arrived long ago!! I won't shoot the messenger in this case, but I really think he's doomed before he gets started if he actually thinks, and expects to change, "modernizing purchasing rules and procedures". That last...
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, innovation, critter, government
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington state
- Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington stateWhat next, they'll terminate everyone's licensing agreements and thenhit the kill switch?Governments should be bullying corporations. Not the other way around. (or perhaps neither side should bully the other?)Typical MicroshaftHire foreigners, make the taxpayers foot the bill...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, government, Microsoft Corp., Washington State, Quincy facility, Microsoft Azure
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- It's official: Microsoft-Yahoo ink 10-year search pact; Regulator scrum begins
- It's official: Microsoft-Yahoo ink 10-year search pact; Regulator scrum beginsPork Chop DateWe used to joke about a particular person being so ugly their parents would have to hang a pork chop around their neck to attract a date. That's kind of the same feeling I get about Bing. ...
- Tags: Free trade, SEARCH, Rep, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?
- Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?No.Govt. sponsored research is only a big edge for products where the government is the customer (nuclear bombs, stealth jets, tanks, etc.)When the market decides that green products and tech is desirable, then a market with less government baggage will produce...
- Tags: COMPANIES, green technology, government
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phone
- IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phoneIRSMore money to spread around.. GREAT WORK IRS..Another fine example of no new taxes for people under $250,000. YEA, what I thought and can you say " I TOLD YOU SO"..You asked for it you got it...In the UKHMRC do consider a work provided...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Tax Code, tax, Internal Revenue Service, phone, mobile phone, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Obama's 100-day tech review
- Obama's 100-day tech reviewWaiting on ....Well, I know one thing wait till the 2010 elections, we will see how wonderful it is when auto-makers are producing Yugo's and electricity has a 25% tax on it to pay for the 'free' healthcare for people WHO don't work...IF the country is around...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, NOW IT, Obama, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding
- General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingHave You Been To A Dealer Lately?Look at the Saturn Aura, Chevy Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saab 9-3. They are all on the same platform Epsilon. Do they all look alike?RE: General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingI guess you don't realize that the...
- Tags: Branding, American Auto Industry, cost difference, General Motors Corp., car, Cadillac
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- What is American?
- What is American?hear hearI agree wholeheartedly, JohnCompletely agree! Great post.I completely agree with your post, John. I hate it when people try to impose what being an American means. Being American means being someone who is willing to learn and word hard to achieve his dreams, not someone who thinks...
- Tags: H-1B program, H-1B
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
- McNealy's back and Obama's got him
- McNealy's back and Obama's got himSo government should go into the software business...... in order to reduce the number of jobs in the private sector, by making displacement products for its own use and that of others around the world.Which other large, essential, internationally successful business should the government compete...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, OSS, Obama, government, software
- Discussion threads 2009-01-23
- How much governing power do online supporters give Obama?
- How much governing power do online supporters give Obama?He'll figure it out...The first time Obama wants constituents to push Congressional support for a bill he and we are going to find just how effective his online support is.Depends on his continuing popularityRonald Reagan was able to go over the heads...
- Tags: Obama, online supporter
- Discussion threads 2008-12-30
- If McCain skips debate, there's always Google In Quotes
- John McCain just called for postponement of Friday's debate until the financial crisis is solved, as the Boston Globe reports. If that happens, there's always Google In Quotes, a Labs project offering up news quotes from the candidates, not only for the U.S. presidential race but also for contests in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, John McCain, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
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