Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Friday, March 2, 2018
3/2/2018: Tale of the Painting Robot That Didn't Steal Anyone's Job - Black rhinos of Botswana and Namibia: Can hunters save them?
Today's Article: Tale of the Painting Robot That Didn't Steal Anyone's Job
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
1/16/2018: The Future of Work, a History - China's waste ban goes into effect — No more 'foreign garbage'
Today's Article: The Future of Work, a History
From: Politico
Readability Score: 14.4
People have been yelling about machines taking over human jobs and putting people out of work since the Industrial Revolution - and it hasn't happened. Perhaps this time is no different? Interesting historical look at technology and work.
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Today's Alternate Article: China's waste ban goes into effect — No more 'foreign garbage'
Readability Score: 8.9
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
10/10/2017: Amazon Is Creating More Jobs Than It Destroys - Tom Price's Travels: 5 Things to Know about the Scandal that Cost the HHS Chief His Job
Today's Article: Amazon Is Creating More Jobs Than It Destroys
From: Financial Times
Readability Score: 9.5
Ecommerce’s effect on employment is more complicated than it first seems
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Today's Alternate Article: Tom Price's Travels: 5 Things to Know about the Scandal that Cost the HHS Chief His Job
Readability Score: 8.8
Friday, April 7, 2017
4/7/2017: Why So Many Americans Hate Their Jobs - Rachel Dolezal Struggles After Racial Identity Scandal
Today's Article: Why So Many Americans Hate Their Jobs
From: MSN (CBS)
Readability Score: 12.6
With the U.S. economy on solid footing, American workers may be feeling better about their career prospects, but most aren’t thrilled with their actual jobs.
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Today's Alternate Article: Rachel Dolezal Struggles After Racial Identity Scandal
Readability Score: 9.8
From: MSN (CBS)
Readability Score: 12.6
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Readability Score: 9.8
Thursday, October 13, 2016
10/13/2016: As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls Kaepernick Protests ' Dumb and Disrespectful'
Today's Article: As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income
From: NPR
Readability Score: 10.3
When we talk about the economy, we spend a lot of time talking about jobs — how to create more of them and how to replace the ones being lost.
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Today's Alternate Article: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls Kaepernick Protests ' Dumb and Disrespectful'
Readability Score: 8.9
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From: NPR
Readability Score: 10.3
When we talk about the economy, we spend a lot of time talking about jobs — how to create more of them and how to replace the ones being lost.
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Today's Alternate Article: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls Kaepernick Protests ' Dumb and Disrespectful'
Readability Score: 8.9
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Monday, May 16, 2016
5/16/2016: From Coal To Code: A New Path For Laid-Off Miners In Kentucky - 3 Reasons Why Stephen Curry Had the Best NBA Season Ever
Today's Article: From Coal To Code: A New Path For Laid-Off Miners In Kentucky
From: NPR
Readability Score: 10.2
All over eastern Kentucky, you see cars and pickup trucks with black license plates proclaiming the owner is a "friend of coal."
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Today's Alternate Article: 3 Reasons Why Stephen Curry Had the Best NBA Season Ever
Readability Score: 8.4
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From: NPR
Readability Score: 10.2
All over eastern Kentucky, you see cars and pickup trucks with black license plates proclaiming the owner is a "friend of coal."
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Today's Alternate Article: 3 Reasons Why Stephen Curry Had the Best NBA Season Ever
Readability Score: 8.4
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Thursday, April 14, 2016
4/14/2016: The $15 Minimum Wage Might Kill Jobs--and That's OK - Smokers Less Likely to Get Hired and Earn Less: Study
Today's Article: The $15 Minimum Wage Might Kill Jobs--and That's OK (12.3)
From: Washington Post
California decided to raise the state's floor to $15 an hour statewide by 2022.
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California decided to raise the state's floor to $15 an hour statewide by 2022.
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Today's Alternate Article: Smokers Less Likely to Get Hired and Earn Less: Study (8.9)
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
4/4/13 - Celiac Supplies in Coorparoo, Brisbane, charges $5 to browse; U.S. economy adds jobs but braces for cuts
Today's Articles:
Adelaide Now
March 26, 2013
"Celiac Supplies in Coorparoo, Brisbane, charges $5 to browse"
"A poster telling customers they'll be charged $5 for browsing if they don't purchase anything has been put up at Celiac Supplies in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo, Reddit user BarrettFox reported."
Washington Post
March 8, 2013
"U.S. economy adds jobs but braces for cuts"
"The U.S. economy is creating jobs faster than expected, a sign that the recovery is taking flight just as severe government spending cuts threaten to clip its wings."
"U.S. economy adds jobs but braces for cuts"
"The U.S. economy is creating jobs faster than expected, a sign that the recovery is taking flight just as severe government spending cuts threaten to clip its wings."
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
3/6/13 - 106-year-old Malabar cook to get diploma; Making sense of the Clashing Sequester Numbers
Today's Articles:
Mansfield News Journal
February 28, 2013
"106-year-old Malabar cook to get diploma"
"It took a long time but 106-year-old Reba Williams, Louis Bromfield’s cook at Malabar Farm from 1943 to 1957, will receive her high school diploma from Mount Vernon High School in the coming days."
NBC
March 4, 2013
"Making sense of the Clashing Sequester Numbers"
"Making sense of the Clashing Sequester Numbers"
Thursday, February 21, 2013
2/21/13 - Economists disagree on whether the minimum wage kills jobs. Why?; How to Think About the Minimum Wage
Today's Articles:
The Washington Post
February 14, 2013
"Economists disagree on whether the minimum wage kills jobs. Why?"
"What happens when the minimum wage goes up? In theory, this should be simple. A hike in the minimum wage raises the cost of low-wage workers. That should make firms less likely to hire those people. Unemployment should rise. Basic Econ 101, right?"
The Daily Beast
February 14, 2013
"How to Think About the Minimum Wage"
February 14, 2013
"How to Think About the Minimum Wage"
Friday, February 15, 2013
2/15/13 - Study: Nearly half are overqualified for their jobs; Outrage greets a governor who dared to suggest that college degrees should lead to employment
Today's Articles:
USA Today
January 28, 2013
"Study: Nearly half are overqualified for their jobs"
"Nearly half of working Americans with college degrees are in jobs for which they're overqualified, a new study out Monday suggests. The study, released by the non-profit Center for College Affordability and Productivity, says the trend is likely to continue for newly minted college graduates over the next decade."
The Wall Street Journal
February 4, 2013
"Jane Shaw: Higher Learning, Meet Lower Job Prospects"February 4, 2013
"Outrage greets a governor who dared to suggest that college degrees should lead to employment."
Friday, February 8, 2013
2/8/13 - Made in USA makes comeback as a marketing tool; Report: Treasury approved excessive pay for executives at bailed-out AIG, GM and Ally
Today's Articles:
USA Today
January 21, 2013
"Made in USA makes comeback as a marketing tool"
"Small manufacturers, craftsmen and retailers are marketing the Made-in-USA tag to score do-gooder points with consumers for employing stateside, says Margarita Mendoza, founder of the Made in America Movement, a lobbying organization for small manufacturers."
The Washington Post
January 28, 2013
January 28, 2013
"Report: Treasury approved excessive pay for executives at bailed-out AIG, GM and Ally"
"A government report Monday criticized the U.S. Treasury Department for approving “excessive” salaries and raises at firms that received taxpayer-funded bailouts during the financial crisis."
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
1/29/13 - Tech Has Always Killed Jobs: A History; Lego accused of racism with Star Wars set
Today's Articles:
Huffington Post
January 22, 2013
"Tech Has Always Killed Jobs: A History"
Huffington Post
January 22, 2013
"Tech Has Always Killed Jobs: A History"
"To workers being pushed out of jobs by today's technology, history has a message: You're not the first. From textile machines to the horseless carriage to email, technology has upended industries and wiped out jobs for centuries. It also has created millions of jobs, though usually not for the people who lost them."
The Telegraph
"The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria released a statement calling for Lego to apologise for affronting religious and cultural feelings. The anger was provoked by “Jabba’s Palace”, a model of the home of Jabba the Hutt from Lego’s Star Wars product range based on the blockbusting series of science fiction films."
January 23, 2013
"Lego accused of racism with Star Wars set""The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria released a statement calling for Lego to apologise for affronting religious and cultural feelings. The anger was provoked by “Jabba’s Palace”, a model of the home of Jabba the Hutt from Lego’s Star Wars product range based on the blockbusting series of science fiction films."
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