“Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.”
Edward Abbey
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
August 12th, 2009
The New Boss Takes Some Getting Used To
Managers aren’t protected from layoffs and if you’re sensing some changes where you work, you may want to prepare in advance for a new boss. Your current one can be replaced by a younger, less expensive one.
Managers, like anyone else, leave by their own choosing or by their employer’s choosing. Replacements can come from anywhere. [...]
August 11th, 2009
Older white males hurt more by this recession
Jobless rates for men and women older than 55 are at their highest level since the Great Depression, government data show.
White men over 55 had a record 6.5% unemployment rate in the second quarter, far above the previous post-Depression high of 5.4% in 1983. The jobless rate for older black men was higher — [...]
August 10th, 2009
Financial Aid to the Unemployed Needs a Bailout
Now being called “Unemployment Insurance for Clunkers,” as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits - ending what for some has been the last stand against foreclosures and destitution.
Laid-off workers in about half of the United States can collect benefits for up to 79 weeks, the longest period since [...]
August 7th, 2009
Chinese Town Quarantined as Man Dies From Plague
Bloomberg News recently reported that a Chinese town and its surrounding areas were quarantined after a man died of pneumonic plague and 11 others were infected, the local health authority said. The plague? You mean, more than the number of reality shows on TV?
Pneumonic plague is spread through the air and can be passed from [...]
August 6th, 2009
DELICIOUSLY DECEPTIVE
October 2007 . . . Jessica Seinfeld (yes, Jerry’s wife) is accused of stealing the idea and lots of the content of her kid’s cookbook – Deceptively Delicious from another lesser-known author. I guess food isn’t the only thing she’s deceptive about.
June 2009 . . . Elisabeth Hasselback is accused of stealing the idea – [...]
August 5th, 2009
The Boss’ Kids
It is hard to imagine that your boss has a personal life outside of work. It is weird to think they are normal people outside of the office. I just picture them wearing suits all weekend and being angry at everyone. Monday rolls around again and there they are.
It is even harder to picture [...]
August 4th, 2009
Housing is on the rebound – great news!
From the worst recession since the depression and the ugliest of “shun” words to some good news for all of us and for jobs.
A staggering $4 trillion in home equity was wiped out in the last year and millions of Americans lost their homes through foreclosure. Millions more are collecting unemployment. And, it appears to [...]
August 3rd, 2009
Clunkers are Broke
$1 billion set aside by Congress has been spent and car dealers are spending an average of 5 hours per applicant to get their money back – this is taking a toll on everyone and is leaving dealers panicked over when or if the government will make good on the rebates. Why worry? The government [...]
