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Local media always tout the addition of a handful of jobs in their communities.聽 Just in the last few days, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel heralded, 鈥淐ompany's $2.3M Expansion to Create 10 Jobs in Woodburn.鈥澛� WJTV Television reported, 鈥淟ighting Company Expanding in Columbia Brings 20 New Jobs.鈥� 聽And the Rhea Herald News highlighted, 鈥淟a-Z-Boy Set to Add 25 New Jobs after County, City Deal.鈥� Each of these [...]
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Congress comes back in session this week facing a critical countdown that could result in American businesses losing access to the Federal Helium Reserve 鈥� by far, the largest single supply of helium in the nation.聽 That鈥檚 because the federal government鈥檚 authority to sell helium from the Reserve ends on October 7, 2013, which means Congress needs to act before then to keep the reserve open 鈥� and American [...]
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This blog was originally published on the Intel blog. The two most important challenges facing the Indian economy are 鈥� an increasing trade deficit and the need to generate employment for millions of youth joining the workforce soon. While India is a recognized for its services sector and services contribute 60% to its GDP but it does not account for as many jobs (contributes only 15% to the numbers [...]
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Throughout the summer, 91快活林 and its member companies have joined with a broad coalition of religious groups, education advocates, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other business organizations to reinforce the national importance and urgency of immigration reform.聽 One of the leading organizations we are partnering with is 鈥淏adges, Bibles, and Business,鈥� a network of faith, law enforcement [...]
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This blog was originally published on The Breakthrough. Mark Mills鈥� recent report 鈥淭he Cloud Begins with Coal鈥� has received much attention in the past weeks, but largely for its comparison of the energy use of an iPhone versus a refrigerator. This factoid has become a distraction. Aside from his dependence on dubious statistics, Mills erroneously ignores the real benefits technology provides in combating [...]
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This blog was originally published at koomey.com. Joe Romm at Climate Progress was good enough to post my analysis of the recent claim that your iPhone uses as much electricity as two refrigerators. 聽This issue was highlighted in Friday鈥檚 edition of NPR鈥檚 Marketplace program,聽which thankfully didn鈥檛 fall into the false balance trap that many journalists find irresistible. 聽Here鈥檚 the short summary [...]
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Right now, there are brilliant students from all over the world sitting in classrooms at our top universities. They鈥檙e earning degrees in the fields of the future, like engineering and computer science. But once they finish school, once they earn that diploma, there鈥檚 a good chance they鈥檒l have to leave our country. Think about that鈥e鈥檙e giving them all the skills they need, then we鈥檙e going to turn [...]
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Prior to participating in a discussion with employees at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, Calif., House Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus were given a brief tour of the Intel Museum.聽 Among the many innovations created by this iconic company was the 386 microprocessor, a 32-bit chip that made it possible for personal computers to run more than one software application [...]
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The summer鈥檚 revelations about U.S. government data collection and surveillance programs have sparked discussions about how governments can strike the right balance between privacy and civil liberties and national security. 聽The discussion has stretched from kitchen tables to the Oval Office to world capitals. 聽 The tech sector has a unique role in this debate.聽 Our companies work to protect their [...]
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Two recent op-eds in California papers reinforce the critical goals of corporate tax reform:聽 Create jobs and strengthen the American economy.聽 It doesn鈥檛 matter if you are a Democrat from Montana or a Republican from Michigan, a tech company in Boise or an entrepreneur in Austin.聽 We all would benefit from a modern tax system that levels the global playing field so American companies can compete around [...]
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