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    Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Cap on H-1B visas for tech workers is reached in five days

    American companies are so eager to hire highly skilled foreign workers that a cap on new visas has been reached within a matter of days.
    American companies are so eager to hire highly skilled foreign workers that a cap on new visas has been reached within a matter of days. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that it has received more than 85,000 applications...

    Tags: Software Industry, Personal Data Collection, Microsoft Corporation, Interior Policy, Google Inc.

    2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Thirty years later, nation remains at educational risk

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game. "A Nation at Risk," the report issued 30 years ago by...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Teachers, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning

    3. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. Beta Testing Ed. Products Can Get Tricky for Schools

    Education Week, Bethesda, Md.
    Beta testing is one of the most basic steps on the path to getting education products and ideas into the classroom--and, researchers and developers say, one of the trickiest to get right. As applied to K-12, the term generally refers to the early...

    Tags: Gaming, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Gaming Industry, U.S. Department of Education

    4. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. City moves forward with AdvanceKC economic development reforms -- minus the 'super-board'

    The Kansas City Star
    A long-anticipated game plan for overhauling how Kansas City runs economic development is finally taking shape more than three years after it was first launched. The reforms in the works for the Kansas City Economic Development Corp. fall far short of...

    Tags: Economic Policy, Finance

    5. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. The bomb suspect and the law

    When long stretches of time pass without a terrorist incident, it's important that Americans and their government resist complacency. It's equally important, though, not to panic when an attack does occur. In its handling of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Obama administration has kept its head even as some of its critics were overreacting.
    When long stretches of time pass without a terrorist incident, it's important that Americans and their government resist complacency. It's equally important, though, not to panic when an attack does occur. In its handling of alleged Boston Marathon bomber...

    Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Justice System, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, U.S. Congress, Laws

    6. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. City development overhaul moves forward

    The Kansas City Star
    A long-awaited plan for overhauling how Kansas City runs economic development is finally taking shape more than three years after it was launched. The changes in the works for the Kansas City Economic Development Corp. fall far short of the radical...

    Tags: Economic Policy, Economy, Finance

    7. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  7. Report: Slight shift in jobs away from Hampton Roads downtowns

    While fewer jobs are located in downtowns in Hampton Roads, there wasn't a dramatic shift in location from 2000 to 2010, according to a report. The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program analyzed how far from city downtowns jobs...

    Tags: Hampton Roads

    8. Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. McManus: A tax everyone can love

    The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both individuals and corporations and at the same time "close loopholes."
    The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...

    Tags: Bob Inglis, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Global Change, U.S. Congress

    9. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Europe austerity strategy is hurting growth, IMF says

    WASHINGTON — Britain and the Eurozone are steadfastly sticking to austerity measures despite increasing evidence that such action alone isn't working to revive their economies and is dragging down global growth.
    WASHINGTON — Britain and the Eurozone are steadfastly sticking to austerity measures despite increasing evidence that such action alone isn't working to revive their economies and is dragging down global growth. Such persistence, analysts said,...

    Tags: Economic Policy, Money and Monetary Policy, Moody's Corporation, World Bank Group, Angela Merkel

    10. Feb 19, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  10. Avoiding the sequester isn't rocket science

    Democrats and Republicans in Washington agree: It would be a disaster if the "sequester," with its more than $1 trillion of cuts to defense and domestic spending, takes effect March 1, as scheduled. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the reductions to...

    Tags: Social Security, Republican Party, Barack Obama, John Boehner, U.S. Congress

    11. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. U.S. presses Iran for counteroffer in nuclear talks

    WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran does not provide a “substantive and concrete” response during negotiations this week in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
    WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran...

    Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Almaty (Kazakhstan), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Barack Obama

    12. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Message to Russian oligarchs: Your money's just as safe at home

    It’s been a rough week for Russian oligarchs, with the apparent suicide of exiled Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky as well as a Eurozone rescue of Cyprus expected to come largely at the expense of Russian high rollers who stashed their wealth in the island’s now insolvent banks.
    It’s been a rough week for Russian oligarchs, with the apparent suicide of exiled Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky as well as a Eurozone rescue of Cyprus expected to come largely at the expense of Russian high rollers who stashed their wealth in...

    Tags: Cyprus, Finance, Vladimir Putin, Same-Sex Marriage, Federal Bailout Funds

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