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Tech offers relative job security, statistics show

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite layoffs at tech stalwarts like Google, IBM, Microsoft and Electronic Arts, the impact of the recession on the tech industry is likely to be far less severe than on other areas of the economy, recent labor statistics ...





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High-tech layoffs climb in first quarter

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

During the first three months of 2009 the high-tech sector in the U.S. suffered its deepest layoffs in seven years, according to a firm that tracks the jobs market.


Tech Industry Boasts Biggest Job Growth Since Bust

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created Apr 25, 2007 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Though still down 12 percent of its work force since 2000, the high-tech industry has made great strides in the past two years, finds a recent report.


Florida Might Be Tech's Next Big Hub

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created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Silicon Valley is still thriving despite its high cost of living, but a recent AEA report ranks Florida as the fourth-largest and second-fastest-growing "Cyberstate."


Colorado's Tech Industry Loses Some Luster

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created Apr 28, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Once considered among the most promising tech hubs, Colorado has taken a big employment hit in recent years, finds a new report.


Report finds turnaround in tech industry

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created Apr 19, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new report found that 61,000 net jobs were added to the hi-tech industry for a total of 5.6 million tech jobs in 2005, indicating a turnaround in the industry, according to a trade association.


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Japan mulls high-tech economic stimulus

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan may invest two billion dollars or more in new information and communication systems under an economic stimulus package with the aim of creating 400,000 jobs by 2011, an official said Tuesday.


U.S. Rep.: Best Jobs May Soon Be Found Overseas

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created May 13, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon demands more reliable data on the effects of offshoring on the tech work force, and urges science and technology workers to acquire skills that will differentiate them from foreign competitors.


'Green-collar' jobs ruffled by recession, but may rebound

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created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

"Green-collar" hiring took a hit during the current recession, but may accelerate beyond its 1998-2007 growth rate of about 9 percent a year -- more than double the 3.7 percent growth rate for traditional jobs.


University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says

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created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew $187 billion from 1996-2007 ...


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Japan's Pioneer expects sixth year in red

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created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Pioneer Corp. warned it would spend a sixth straight year in the red as it pulls the plug on its loss-making television business and slashes thousands of jobs.



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