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Women-Owned Businesses Generate Huge Revenue, Study Finds

washingtonpost.com | Ylan Q. Mui | Posted 10.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Women in the Workplace, National Economy, Big Businesses, Women National Economy, American Workplace, The Economy, Women in Business, Economic Studies, Business, American Workers, Business News

Women-owned businesses generate about $3 trillion in revenue and employ 16 percent of the workforce, making them significant players in the national e...

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Infrastructure Investment is "Just-Right" Jobs Strategy

Lawrence Mishel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Congress, Economic Policy Institute, Money, Economic Reform, Economy, Economic Crisis, Barack Obama, American Workers, Politics News
Lawrence Mishel

How can we build modern transportation, green jobs, energy independence? How do we know that these "shovel-ready" projects are all worthy of our investment?

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The Seventy Percent Solution

Marco Trbovich | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Apollo Alliance, Pimco, Bill Gross, Job Growth, American Workers, Free Trade, Globalization, Consumer Purchasing, Obama, Economic Growth, Democrats, 70 Percent, Unemployment, Wall Street, Federal Reserve, College Education, Republican, US Corporations, Coalition of Labor, Phil Angelides, Business News
Marco Trbovich

70 percent of the US economy has been dependent on consumer purchasing to sustain economic growth. The portion of workers in the US who do not have a college education is also 70 percent.

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For Recent Grads (and the Rest of Us): Welcome to the Occupation

Tevis Gale | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Work Life, Work Life Balance, Corporate Compensation, Employees, American Workplace, Engagement, American Workers, Happiness, Living News
Tevis Gale

Life doles out events that force the issues of unpredictability and personal growth, opening wide with all sorts of experiences that force us to reach into our own depths for wisdom.

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Despite Economic Gains, Americans Wary Of NAFTA

Los Angeles Times | Marla Dickerson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lost Jobs, Rust Belt, Ross Perot, Nafta, American Workers, Mexico, Business News

Four campaign seasons have come and gone since presidential hopeful H. Ross Perot warned that NAFTA would create a "giant sucking sound" of jobs going...

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