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Public support grows for spending on mass transit and infrastructure
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Public support is growing for expenditures on mass transit and infrastructure and remains high for education and health care, according to a National Opinion Research Center survey at the University of Chicago that has been ...
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Study: Teachers' unions don't provide more pay
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Teachers' unions have little impact on a school district's allocation of money, including teacher pay and spending per student, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics.
Research suggests public funding for specialty crops inadequate
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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Specialty crops, including fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and nursery crops, have become increasingly important compared to other categories of agriculture in the United States over the past 50 years. These ...
Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday.
Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums projected to double by 2020
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if cost growth continues on its ...
In Brief: IT consulting seen rising steadily to 2010
Apr 18, 2006 |
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Demand for technology consultants should rise steadily worldwide over the next five years, a research group said Tuesday.
Out-of-pocket health-care costs rise for workers with employer coverage
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The 161 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, according to a study published today on the Health Affairs Web site.
Corporations rethinking IT's role in cutting corporate costs, boosting productivity
Oct 05, 2009 |
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The current recession has focused top information technology executives on cost-cutting, but they are not slashing jobs the way they did in previous economic downturns, according to a 2009 benchmark report commissioned by ...
Trimming US health care spending will require new approaches, study finds
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new analysis by ...
Neurotic? Psychotic? What kind of holiday shopper are you?
Dec 10, 2008 |
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The holiday season is the busiest shopping time of the year. According to the National Retail Federation, more than 172 million shoppers hit the stores on Black Friday weekend this year – up from 147 million in 2007.
Study suggests 86 percent of Americans could be overweight or obese by 2030
Jul 28, 2008 |
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Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the ...
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