The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the United States, according to a new study that examines regional use of the work visa. That's followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington ...
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A team of IT undergraduates from the University of Warwickhave told Computer Weekly about a smart mobile application they developed as part of a competition between IT students at universities in Europe and India. The team of Computer and ...
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IT employment is on the rise as data shows high demand for specific IT occupations and an increase in hires over the past month. TechServe Alliance, an industry group, reported a gain of 5,100 IT jobs in August over the previous month, ...
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STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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Louisiana's new platform-Helping Individuals Reach Employment(HIRE)-is set to go live by the end of December 2012. Geographic Solutions is helping the State of Louisiana modernize its unemployment benefits system by connecting it to the ...
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NYMEX January crude futures settled 98 cents higher at $86.77/barrel Wednesday, as the entire oil complex received a boost from the US Federal Reserve's move to continue its quantitative easing program to stimulate the economy. January ...
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BS reported that gold inched up on Monday as a drop in the US unemployment rate did little to dampen expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain easy monetary policy when it meets later this week. Investors are watching ...
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Retail sales in November, which are typically viewed as the beginning of the holiday shopping season, showed a solid performance with annual and sequential gains, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce ...
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Cathay Financial Holdings yesterday forecast Taiwan’s gross domestic product (GDP) to rise 3.88% year on year in 2013 while Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research projected the growth rate at 3.6%, both higher than the estimated ...
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Bloomberg quoted Treasurer Mr Wayne Swan before a government report on gross domestic product this week said that growth in Australia, the world's biggest exporter of iron ore and coal, may have slowed last quarter as commodity prices fell. ...
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THE Australian dollar hovered near three-month highs yesterday,buoyed by the US Federal Reserve's latest attempt to pump liquidity into the world's largest economy. The Fed,at the conclusion of its last policy meeting for the year,decided ...
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IRIS reported that Broking firm Kotak Commodity Services gave following outlook on base metals segments: Copper - MCX Copper may trade under pressure amid stronger Indian rupee and rangebound movement in international market. LME Copper ...
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German retail giant Metro Group has issued a profit warning for the full year amid a "worsening" European consumer environment and its impact on spending. The world's fourth-largest retailer said it expects EBIT before special items to ...
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The Iranian government is preparing the next solar year budget to submit to the Parliament but reportedly with significant difference from current year budget in details. According to the budget law, Iran is expected to sell USD 81 ...
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A total of 5,000 construction jobs were added nationwide in September resulting in 5.523 million employed for the month,an improvement from the 5.518 million employed in August,according to data released by the Associated General ...
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