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Don't Fall for the Mortgage Rip-Offs. A little-known provision in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, recently signed into law by President Bush, is supposed to help home buyers understand how much debt they are taking on to purchase their home. Coming Soon to IMAX: Profits. In his latest film incarnation, Batman rescues Gotham from the Joker. In real life, the Caped Crusader's blockbuster movie, The Dark Knight, is proving to be a lifesaver for IMAX, a chain of specialty theaters. Forester Value: Making a Comeback. When it comes to performance, Forester Value seems to have an aversion to the middle ground: It's either at the top of the heap or at the bottom. Compared with other large-company value funds, Forester was in the bottom 10% in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. But it was in the top 10% of.. Protection From the Storm. Hurricane Gustav hit New Orleans hard but, luckily, did not cause the widespread destruction that Hurricane Katrina did three years ago. As this part of the nation breathes a sigh of relief, though, residents in southeastern U.S. prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna, which is expected to gain strength.. What's Hot -- and What's Not. You don't top your peers every year for the past dozen years by adhering to conventional thinking. That, at least, is the reasoning of Rudolph-Riad Younes, co-manager of the remarkable Julius Baer International Equity A fund. Test Scores Hold Mixed Results for Pr. William. An analysis of new college entrance and state exam scores indicates that Prince William County's schools are still struggling to catch up to those in neighboring districts on the SAT. But the 73,000-student system is gaining on the state Standards of Learning tests and is significantly narrowing a.. D.C. Board President To Stay in Education. D.C. State Board of Education President Robert C. Bobb, who will leave the board at the end of the year, said he plans to stay involved in education issues. An Experiment in Science. Kaylyn Jackson, 17, positively gushes when she talks about astrophysics. And multivariable calculus. And mathematics in general. College Students Flee New Orleans Ahead of Storm. Dominique Ivey of Bowie was driving through Alabama when the tropical storm was upgraded to Hurricane Gustav. Washington Area Residents Mobilize to Help Evacuees. Yesterday afternoon, Linda Mathes of the District was hunkered down in a Covington, La., school. The power was out, the winds had whipped the shutters off the windows and the rain was driving hard. Budget woes spark school district merger talks. MONACA, Pa. - Pennsylvania will be shedding a school district by the end of this school year _ a significant development even after years of nationwide efforts to nudge and sometimes force school systems to share services or merge. Fla. college turns academics into business venture. TAMPA, Fla. - When Travis Watkins was asked a few years ago to devise a college engineering project that would help people with disabilities, the first person who came to mind was his father, who once cherished walks along the beach. Back to the Books. French teacher Normandie Lee stood in front of her class yesterday, face to face with the electronic whiteboard she had just learned how to use, and confessed, "Okay, I'm scared.". Offshore Outsourcing Impacts IT Workers Hardest, Survey Finds. Computerworld - As many as 8 percent of IT workers have been displaced by offshore outsourcing, either through job loss or an involuntary transfer to a new job by their employer, which is twice the rate of workers in other occupations, according to a study based on data collected from some 10,000 people, which may be the largest survey of its kind. Obama touts desire to keep tech jobs in the U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, attacked offshore outsourcing in his acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, drawing a bead on a practice that has displaced nearly one in 10 IT workers,.. Procurement Outsourcing Suppliers Migrating to Offer End-to-End Services, Says Everest. The mix of suppliers of Procurement Outsourcing services is rapidly changing with the emergence of a new value proposition in which suppliers are migrating towards end-to-end offerings, according to an analysis.. TCS axes local staff. IT outsourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services Australia has retrenched 15 employees in its global banking service division as the worldwide financial sector heads south. How to Keep Your Tech Career Alive. Anyone who has worked in IT for more than five minutes knows that the field has been in a dramatic transformation for the past 10 years. Outsourcing and offshoring have shaken the foundations of IT, making some wonder at times if they have a role in their organization... Infosys: Moving Up the Consulting Food Chain. An Infosys executive reiterated that the offshore outsourcing business is holding up amid an economic slowdown, and outlined plans to continue to move up the technology food chain to offer consulting services. Frontier Airlines has outsourced maintenance work on one of its planes to a company in El Salvador. Frontier Airlines has outsourced maintenance work on one of its planes to a company in El Salvador as the Denver-based carrier works to emerge from bankruptcy protection. |
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