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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economic Indicators (Wednesday, 12/1/04)
The Conference Board is best-known for its economic indicators measuring consumer confidence as well as future economic activity.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs (Thursday, 12/2/04)
Here's the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, not including China because of the unavailability of reliable data.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Center for Immigration Studies (Friday, 12/3/04)
The Center for Immigration Studies claims to be the only American think tank devoted entirely to the study of the impact of immigration in the United States.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: RAND Policy Research (Saturday, 12/4/04)
The RAND Corporation was established following World War II, marking, more or less at the same time, the invention of the modern think tank. RAND's policy research page lists its core research areas as well as its research divisions.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Global Development and Environment Institute (Sunday, 12/5/04)
Since 1993, the Global Development and Environment Institute has been located at Tufts University. It combines research and curricular activities and has produced more than a dozen books, including the six-volume Frontier Issues in Economic Thought.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Health Insurance Statistics (Monday, 12/6/04)
Here are the United States Census Bureau's summaries of Health Insurance Statistics.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Camp du Nord (Tuesday, 12/7/04)
Camp du Nord seems to be unique in the United States and is located at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota. It is a non-profit FAMILY camp operated by the St. Paul YMCA.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (Wednesday, 12/8/04)
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was founded by a dozen women in Austin, Texas in 1929. Now, it is an organization of nearly 150,000 women educators from approximately a dozen countries. They are faculty, administrators, and government education officials, as well as other education professionals, K through grad school.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: China National Tourist Office (Thursday, 12/9/04)
While a growing number of Chinese tourists are scattering over much of the world, China remains a major tourist destination for Americans and Europeans, as well as other people who bring their coveted hard currencies with them. The China National Tourist Office is a large, finely-tuned organization dedicated to persuading you to visit China while also doing its best to make sure that you have a very good time. Mao once remarked that power comes from the barrel of a gun, but no one should underestimate the power of friendly, pleasurable relationships on a daily basis.
Former British Prime Minister John Major has talked much about how, after centuries of wars between the two countries, the thought of England and France going to war against each other now is inconceivable. He believes that a major reason has to do with trade and tourism. When countries are connected daily by large numbers of mutually-beneficial individual and organizational relationships, they typically don't go to war with one another, particularly if they're both democracies.
While China certainly isn't a democracy at this point, Taiwan has become increasingly democratic in recent years (and, so as not to offend mainland Chinese officials, we'll avoid the temptation to refer to Taiwan as a country), the world certainly has been holding its breath while waiting to see if commerce and tourism will defuse a perennially dangerous situation in that part of the world. Will the mainland Chinese and the Taiwanese be able to see one another more clearly while shaking hands than through a missile sight across the Taiwan strait?
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: BusinessSchools.com (Friday, 12/10/04)
If you're searching for a business school or program, either in the United States or elsewhere in the world, BusinessSchools.com may be able to help you find just what you're looking for among the more than 1,700 listed.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Global Forums (Saturday, 12/11/04)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development attempts to assist those with special interest in policy issues which are inherently transnational in nature with its global forums.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Ohioline (Sunday, 12/12/04)
The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences extends the extension efforts of The Ohio State University with Ohioline.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: State Statistics (Monday, 12/13/04)
Stateline.com offers a summary of statistics by state relating to education, the environment, health care, taxes, and more.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: LaidOff Central (Tuesday, 12/14/04)
Laid off Central is like those job search and resource self-help groups in some ways, except that it utilizes the Internet in bringing people together. You can use the site to find others of similar interests or circumstances as well as for gathering employment or job opening tips.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: ExchangeRate.com (Wednesday, 12/15/04)
What's your U.S. dollar worth in other major world currencies? You can learn about that as well as many other things on ExchangeRate.com.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Labor Market Analysis (Thursday, 12/16/04)
WorkForceUSA.net has added a Labor Market Analysis page to its site. WorkForceUSA.net represents a collaborative effort among individual professionals and organizations and is funded by the Employment and Training Administration in the United States Department of Labor, as well as by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (Friday, 12/17/04)
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) is an international association whose name describes its mission. It points out that the great majority of conflicts in the modern world occur, not between states, but within them, and that there are peoples throughout the world who are unrepresented in governments. The UNPO says that it is dedicated to principles of Non-violence, Human Rights, Self-determination and democracy, Environmental Protection, and Tolerance.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The United Kingdom Parliament (Saturday, 12/18/04)
In addition to its continuing as one of the leading political influences in the world, the United Kingdom Parliament also has played a critical role in the evolution of democracy on the Earth. Visit their site to learn about the Houses of Parliament, how you can visit, and more.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Estate and Gift Taxes (Sunday, 12/19/04)
If you're thinking of giving more than something in a small box with a ribbon wrapped around it this year, you may be interested in knowing what the Internal Revenue Service has to say about estate and gift taxes. Incidentally, is it fair to say that songs like "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" are examples of "wrap music?"
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (Monday, 12/20/04)
Humanity has had several thousand years of experience with cities, but, until fairly recently, a city of 50,000 people was considered very large. During very recent history, truly huge metropolitan areas have become very common throughout the world, and may be examples of how quantitative changes can result in qualitative differences for which previous experience may be largely irrelevant. As huge numbers of people gather together in close proximity, new problems arise, particularly in the developing world. Beginning in 1978, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme has attempted to prevent and help people cope effectively with some of theses problems.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Guide for Giving (Tuesday, 12/21/04)
Yahoo's Guide for Giving tells about this year's most generous philanthropists, as well as a list of the most efficient charities. In addition, the site contains considerable advice on how you can be careful about your own giving, assuming that you will want as much of your contributions as possible to benefit those whom the charity intends to benefit, as opposed to management, operational costs, or fund-raising.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Families & Workers (Wednesday, 12/22/04)
Here are a great number of resources relating to Canadian families and workers from Canada's government.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: METI Statistics (Thursday, 12/23/04)
A wide variety of statistics representing many sectors of the Japanese economy are available from the MInistry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Different Kinds of Stress (Friday, 12/24/04)
Whether your stress container runneth over at this time of year because of last-minute shopping, because of working in stores where people are doing last-minute shopping, or because of money pressures arising from holiday shopping, last-minute or otherwise, the American Psychological Association's Help Center would like to tell you about the different kinds of stress. Also, here's an article from HealthNewsDigest.com to help you learn how to deal effectively with stress, whatever the type or the reasons for it.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: NARA (Monday, 12/27/04)
No, NARA is not a city in Japan. Well, yes, it is, but, in this case, NARA refers to the National Archives and Records Administration, and it is located in the United States. NARA's role is to preserve artifacts of American history, and, among many other things, it maintains a dozen presidential libraries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Simple Startup Flubs to Avoid (Tuesday, 12/28/04)
According to the statistics, the odds are that any randomly-selected new business will soon fail. However, some are far more likely to succeed than others, and it isn't all random or mysterious. There are reasons, and there are things that you can do to increase your chances of success. Business Week describes seven Simple Startup Flubs to Avoid.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Business Plan Basics (Wednesday, 12/29/04)
If you want to start your own business, you MUST develop a good business plan if you really want to succeed. Here are some Business Plan Basics from the Small Business Administration.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Worst Natural Disasters (Thursday, 12/30/04)
Was last Sunday's tsunami history's worst disaster in terms of loss of life? No, not even close, at least so far. In fact, it hasn't even been the worst of the past century. It may be that previous disasters haven't been as heavily publicized. At any rate, here's Piero Scaruffi's list of history's worst disasters, as well as a discussion of the 20th century's worst from the U.S. Geological Survey. Finally, the World Bank discusses the task of assessing the costs of natural disasters.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Wage Gap, by Gender and Race (Friday, 12/31/04)
Here are earnings statistics from recent years showing wage gaps by gender and race. However, the National Center for Policy Analysis says that the gender gap isn't quite what it might appear to be if we simply look at averages without analysis. Much of the gap disappears, they say, when confounding variables are controlled, or when women in the workplace do as men do.
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