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Google Hiring In Michigan

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September 18, 2006

Google has opened its temporary offices. The company is looking to hire 1,000 employees, company officials said.

Google's AdWords operation will temporary operate out of an office on South Main Street in Ann Arbor. Google has 20 employees to start in Ann Arbor, but that number is expected to grow to more than 1,000. The average pay for seven different jobs will be $47,000 per year.

Home Depot hiring 1,000 across U.S.

MSNBC (GA)

September 18, 2006

The Home Depot Inc., the nation's largest home improvement store chain, says it is hiring more than 1,000 new employees across the country as part of its latest effort to improve its stores.

The Atlanta-based company said in a hiring advisory it issued Monday that it is seeking in particular applicants with specialty, skilled trades and professional contracting backgrounds for full-time and part-time jobs in numerous departments.

Are Dolphins Smarter Than Costco Employees?

by Jeremy Zawodny

September 18, 2006

Believe it or not, this is a serious question. You see, not to long ago I read an article titled Deep Thinkers and came away amazed by how intelligent dolphins appear to be.

At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly the dolphin has built up quite a reputation. All the dolphins at the institute are trained to hold onto any litter that falls into their pools until they see a trainer, when they can trade the litter for fish. In this way, the dolphins help to keep their pools clean.

Costco begins hiring push for first Columbus store

The Columbus Dispatch (OH)

by Jeffrey Sheban

September 5, 2006

Applications being taken online for store at Polaris Fashion Place

The few. The proud. The Costco employees. Costco Wholesale Inc., known for having loyal and well-paid workers, is hiring for its first Columbus store, which opens in mid-November.

Secret Service: Inside Attacks Generally Launched By Problem Employees

Information Week

by Sharon Gaudin

August 25, 2006

The key indicator is a repeat "problem child" who continually argues with fellow employees, complains about salary or benefits, or is otherwise aggressive or hostile.

Brian Robak, a network security analyst at National Cooperative Bank, used to manage the company's help desk workers back when he was the LAN manager. Being a manager is never an easy chore, but there was one employee who generally made his job a nightmare. A full 80% of people who launch a computer-related attack on their own company's system had been problem employees, according to the Secret Service.

Lawsuit charges Home Depot not paying overtime

The Express-Times (NJ)

by Tom Quigley

August 22, 2006

BELVIDERE - A Warren County man filed suit Friday against The Home Depot, alleging he and others who worked in the chain's New Jersey stores are illegally being denied overtime pay.

The class-action suit filed in state Superior Court on behalf of Washington resident Edward Novak and other Home Depot employees asserts the corporation misclassifies workers as "exempt" employees "to save millions of dollars in employee compensation by requiring plaintiff and members of the class to work in excess of 40 hours per work week without paying time-and-a-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours," it is claimed in the lawsuit.

Gen Nexters have their hands full

USA Today

by Sharon Jayson

August 20, 2006

Seventeen-year-old Alex Capp of Grosse Pointe, Mich., hopes his senior year of high school will be less stressful than his junior year.

"It was a pretty overwhelming workload," he says. Besides taking two Advanced Placement classes, honors chemistry, math and electives, he served on the student council organizing community service projects, took a cultural diversity class at a community college for college credit, participated in his school's alcohol awareness group, did volunteer work, took tennis lessons and held down a part-time job. He hasn't had too much rest this summer, either...

Why WalMart is a good buy

MSN Money

by Robert Walberg

August 15, 2006

Wal-Mart's string of quarterly profit growth ended Tuesday, when the giant retailer said its profit fell for the first time in over a decade. While the decline was something new, the reasons for the company's generally sluggish performance were not.

Thanks to an $863 million charge related to its pull-out from Germany, Wal-Mart's profit fell 26% from a year ago to $2.1 billion. Earnings from continuing operations -- a key metric for Wall Street -- rose 5% to $2.98 billion, or 72 cents per share. Sales rose 11% to $85.4 billion, slightly below Wall Street estimates.

More Penny-Pinching HMOs Outsource Americans' Private Medical Data to India

Information Week

by Paul McDougall

July 25, 2006

If you've had some nasty or embarrassing illness in the past 12 months, perhaps an ailment so unusual or damning you'd prefer to hide it from your employer, friends and loved ones, then here's a shocker:

There's a good chance that a stranger in far off India knows all about it. And the kicker--it was your health-care provider that told him of your secret battle with plantar warts, rampant hirsutism, and pathological addiction to eBay. Like most other parts of corporate America, the health-care industry is quickly learning that there are enormous savings to be had through offshore outsourcing.

Is The US Bankrupt?

News With Views

by Patrick Wood

July 18, 2006

Do Federal Reserve managers secretly believe that the U.S is bankrupt and is about to go under? Well, where there's smoke, there's fire!

A stunning 23 page report by Professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff titled "Is the U.S. Bankrupt?" was issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in November, 2005, and quietly posted on their public website. Although publicly accessible, it was totally ignored by the U.S. press.

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