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West takes Internet freedom for granted: Google boss

The Internet proved the only true form of free communication during the Arab Spring and yet the West has come to take the freedom it confers for granted, Google boss Eric Schmidt said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: One-quarter of high-tech jobs lost from US in decade

More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study.

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nuclear giant Areva to post 'significant' loss'

French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to announce significant losses when it unveils its new corporate strategy this week, Industry Minister Eric Besson said on Sunday.

Technology / Business

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novartis announces 2,000 job losses, profits up

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced 2,000 job losses Tuesday, mostly in Switzerland and the United States, while reporting net profits of $3.53 billion (2.5 billion euros) for the third quarter.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Great Recession could reduce school achievement for children of unemployed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lingering impacts of the Great Recession could include long-term stress, behavioral problems and economic hardship among children of the unemployed, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

2008 crisis spurred rise in suicides in Europe

The financial crisis that began to hit Europe in mid-2008 reversed a steady, years-long fall in suicides among people of working age, according to a letter published on Friday by The Lancet.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mood and experience: Life comes at you

(Medical Xpress) -- Living through weddings or divorces, job losses and children’s triumphs, we sometimes feel better and sometimes feel worse. But, psychologists observe, we tend to drift back to a “set point”—a ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oakland economy is in the early stages of sustained recovery

After posting modest job losses last calendar year following an abysmal 2009, the Oakland County economy should add nearly 29,000 jobs over the next three years—the best years since 2000, say University of Michigan economists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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

Fired at fifty: research shows the best way forward

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the University of Bath shows that the way older managers make sense of a sudden job loss dramatically affects how they cope with the experience.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recovering from job loss: Most report few long-term psychological effects, study finds

Losing a job is a profoundly distressing experience, but the unemployed may be more resilient than previously believed – the vast majority eventually end up as satisfied with life as they were before they lost their ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Job loss can make you sick, new study finds

In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick. Even when people find a new job quickly, there is an increased risk of developing a new ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts

(AP) -- Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.

Technology / Business

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Retirement plans on hold in face of recession, survey finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost one-third of small- and medium-sized business owners will need to put plans for their retirement on hold because of the downturn in the UK economy, an online survey by The University of Nottingham ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0