It's going to be a busy summer at Stamford Bridge. Not only will Chelsea be employing a new manager, outgoing interim boss Rafa Benitez has hinted at the club spending lavishly in order to usurp Manchester United and Manchester City in the title race. Show More Summary
The Leadership Institute (LI) was audited as part the scandal unfolding at the IRS. Among other questions the tax agency asked LI was who the group’s former interns are and where those former interns are currently employed. The audit cost the group more that $50,000. Show More Summary
1. U.S. HITS DEBT CEILING SECOND TIME THIS YEARThe U.S. bumped up against its borrowing limit Sunday, forcing the Treasury Department to employ "extraordinary measures" to make sure the government keeps paying its bills. Congress agreed to suspend the nation's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit the last time they approached it, in January. Show More Summary
By Cliff Wachtel: Long Term Drivers and Headwinds First, please accept my apologies to all who've inquired about my absence in recent weeks. Life intervened. A parting of ways with a recent employer has meant I've taken some short term but demanding projects. Show More Summary
Doug Hall: Ongoing employment disaster evident in too many states | Dan Drezner | Raghu Rajan: [Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?](http://www.kansascityfed.org/publicat/sympos/2005/pdf/rajan2005.pdf) | Carmen M. Reinhart and M. Show More Summary
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. The CBI, the employers? organisation, says Britain?s economy is ?moving from flat to growth?. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says its latest leading...
The medical condition that made defensive lineman Kyle Love unfit for further employment with the Patriots has not kept him from working for the Jaguars. According to Jarrett Bell of USA Today, Love passed a Friday physical in Jacksonville, with one caveat — the he receive treatment for Type-2 diabetes. Clearance came after the Jaguars…
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Contemplating how TV shows become addictive, Andrew Romano looks to a study (pdf) that suggests certain formats command more of our attention: Employing fMRI technology, [psychologist Uri] Hasson and his neuroscience colleagues screened...Show More Summary
It's a common practice for job applicants to use social media to stand out to employers. We've seen the Vine resume, the Kickstarter one and enough infographics to make you cry. But how often do you see a company get creative when making...Show More Summary
Nottingham Trent University will now offer a degree in Heavy Metal Music Performance. Colin Schultz is curious: As a venue for securing employment, sure, maybe it’s not the most straightforward approach. Then again, according to Forbes, a whole host of college degrees, from film and art to philosophy and history, are pretty much pointless if […]
If you're building an NBA team designed to succeed in the 2013 playoffs, do you go with the big boys or the gunner guards? Most teams in the history of the Association haven't had the luxury of employing both fundamentally different sets, which makes determining the superior group an important endeavor. Show More Summary
While atemi or preemptive strikes, have fallen into disuse in mainstream styles of aikido, Nishio saw their employment as essential to the success of aikido techniques: “I regard atemi as the soul of Japanese martial arts. Atemi temporarily neutralize the opponent’s fighting ability and allow him to correct his attitude and return to his previous… Read More
As one of the most iconic vehicles worldwide, the Jeep Wrangler marks its 1 millionth vehicle produced. Earlier today the 1 millionth Wrangler JK model rolled off Chrysler Group’s Toledo, Ohio Assembly Plant, with executives, employees and UAW representatives waiting at the end of the line to mark the occasion. The black 2013 Jeep Wrangler [...]
The unemployment rate continues to drop in San Francisco and all over California, according to new numbers released today by the California Employment Development Department, which were trumpeted by Mayor Ed Lee as vindication for his...Show More Summary
Pentagon furious w/Russia over new arms shipments to Syria. State Dept: We don't know anything about it. Russia: We've made no secret of it.— Brit Hume (@brithume) May 17, 2013 This is beyond. This is beyond....
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In the latest register of how far the banking profession has fallen in public esteem, "a life and executive coach" describes the therapy she provides to clients employed in London's financial sector. Writing at The Guardian's...Show More Summary
The bill would ban anti-LGBT discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations and government services. read more
One of the many troubling features of Obamacare is that it dramatically expands the reach and scope of the IRS. Two provisions in particular — the individual mandate, requiring people to buy health insurance; and the employer mandate, requiring employers to cover their workers — require substantial new enforcement powers for the IRS. Show More Summary
In America, 80 percent of people with disabilities do not have jobs. This shameful statistic should encourage all of us to help people with disabilities earn employment.