Daily Archives: January 5, 2009

Podcast: What Year Is It, Anyway?

January 5, 2009 – 4:21 pm

Download our weekly economic podcast with Chris Keating, Derek Stubbs and Hans Eisenbeis here:
What Year Is It, Anyway? Bottoms Up Week 12
27 min., 33 sec.

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Best of 2008: Are techies an endangered species?

January 5, 2009 – 12:06 pm

by Cree McCree
WHAT’S HAPPENING

As if the U.S. economy didn’t have enough problems, now it’s facing a techie bust. Enrollment in undergraduate IT degree programs was more than 50% lower in 2008 than in 2003, according to the Computing Research Association’s annual survey (Time 6.23.08).
During the same five-year period, demand for IT workers surged in businesses [...]

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Best of 2008: Dear employer, does a free trip come with my health benefits package?

January 5, 2009 – 8:43 am

by Stefania Revelli
WHAT’S HAPPENING

As overseas medical attention appeals to more Americans, U.S. employers are adding offshore treatments to their employee benefit incentives (Bloomberg.com 3.26.08).
Maine-based supermarket chain Hannaford Bros. offers its 9,000 employees the option to have hip and knee replacements in Singapore, yielding cost savings of 75%. Travel expenses and up to $3,000 in out-of-pocket expenses are included.
Driven [...]

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