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Full-time work no longer considered the norm in Australia

Casual, part-time and contract work is gradually overtaking permanent full time employment as the standard type of job for the majority of working Australians, according to a major report by the Workplace Research Centre ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Poor women and welfare reform: working without a net

Welfare and Unemployment Insurance, considered important parts of Americans' safety net during difficult financial times, have provided little to no help for many low-wage earners who have the shortest distance to fall. Poor ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 19

Who buys what? Research finds clues to marketing innovation

Introducing innovative new products and ideas to the marketplace can be a tricky proposition. Sometimes they take off immediately (like the iPod) and sometimes they can take a while to garner consumer confidence (like the ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Investors need not lose sleep over daylight saving

(PhysOrg.com) -- The changeover to and from daylight saving does not have a detrimental effect on financial markets, according to new research.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Make sure your sweetie isn't a financial heartbreaker

(PhysOrg.com) -- Before you get caught up in the romance of Valentine's Day, take a moment to consider your sweetheart's financial health, says a Purdue University personal finance expert.

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created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Don't bet newspapers will get rich shunning Google

(AP) -- There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don't count on that ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Cablegate leaks divide opinion on freedom of information

WikiLeaks' mass exposure of US diplomatic cables has divided liberal intellectual opinion between supporters of total government transparency and those who see a threat to democratic rule.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

New York Times to ask Web readers to pay up in '11

(AP) -- The New York Times plans to charge readers for full access to its Web site next year, reviving an idea that fizzled twice for the newspaper. This time it's betting that it will be able to wring more ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 1.2 / 5 (5) | comments 12

American seniors living longer on less, study

Older Americans have experienced huge, negative financial shifts that now make it more difficult to enter retirement with sustainable economic security, a new study finds. Seventy-eight percent of all senior households are ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

News aggregator Ongo to shut down

Online news service Ongo, which launched last year as a paid "aggregator" for various newspapers, said Tuesday it would close down by the end of the month.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Times starts charging for online content

One of Britain's most famous newspapers, The Times, started charging readers to access its website Friday, the first non-specialist daily here to do so.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The Scientist's Life Science Salary Survey 2010 -- results announced

This year's Salary Survey saw drops in salaries across the board with almost every speciality suffering a setback, some with dips as large as $20,000 (ecology) and $28,000 (virology).

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0