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Reports: HP poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs

(AP) -- Published reports say Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs to help offset dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets.

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Email language tips off work hierarchy

Members of the modern workforce might be surprised to learn that if they use the word "weekend" in a workplace email, chances are they're sending the message up the org chart. The same is true for the words "voicemail," "driving," ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Are the wealthiest countries the smartest countries?

It's not just how free the market is. Some economists are looking at another factor that determines how much a country's economy flourishes: how smart its people are. For a study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Sc ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 49 | with audio podcast

Middle class woe

the American middle class has been battered by the loss of well-paying jobs for the 70 percent of the workforce without a college degree and failed by would-be protectors in government and private institutions, said panelists ...

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Being happy at work is nice, but thriving is better -- and more productive

(PhysOrg.com) -- While it may come as little surprise that happy employees are more productive, a high-performing workforce needs more than just a feeling of contentment—workers need to thrive, says a ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Educated women do more paid work than in the 1970s

The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women in the 2000s who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework compared with similarly educated ...

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India outsourcers see export growth slowing

India's flagship information technology and business services sector forecast on Wednesday that export growth would slow in the next financial year amid global "economic uncertainties."

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

States reduce funding for research universities

States reduced per-student funding for major public research universities by a fifth during the past decade, while foreign competitors invested heavily to challenge the United States' once dominant global position in science, ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women backed by women: taking risks

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The Australian National University has shown that women are more likely to make risky choices when they are surrounded by other women. The findings could help to reduce gender inequality ...

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created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hewlett-Packard begins Palm unit layoffs

Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it has begun laying off workers as part of its move to give up on the webOS mobile operating system it got when it bought Palm.

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

A college degree is critical to economic opportunity

As millions of students prepare to return to college, a new study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce confirms that the value of college degrees is increasing. Experts from Georgetown and Lumina ...

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created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 17

HP profits lower, to cut nearly 6,400 workers

US computer giant Hewlett-Packard reported a 17-percent fall in quarterly net profit on Tuesday and said it plans to cut two percent of its workforce, or nearly 6,400 workers, over the next year.

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Husband's employment status threatens marriage, but wife's does not, study finds

A new study of employment and divorce suggest that while social pressure discouraging women from working outside the home has weakened, pressure on husbands to be breadwinners largely remains.

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

How gendered beliefs funnel women away from science and engineering

Women earned only 18% of all Computer Science degrees and made up less than 25% of the workers in engineering- and computer-related fields in 2009. These statistics stand in stark contrast to the gains they ...

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created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 6

Foxconn to move 200,000 jobs to central China

Taiwan IT giant Foxconn said Friday it is set to transform its factories in southern China into an engineering base while moving about 200,000 jobs inland.

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created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2