The economy is very rough right now, but Dr. Jane Lommel offers a 12-step program to help you make a safe landing anyway. Here's her latest NetWorking column.
Dr. Laurence Shatkin examines the relation of past to future in career selection in his latest Career Jam.
Citigroup makes a mortgage deal (Thursday, 1/8/09)
Agreement has been reached between Citi executives and representatives of Congress that may help prevent foreclosures. Here's more from Alan Zibel in Washington.
Meanwhile, on average, the mortgage rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages has reached a 38-year low.
South Korea's economy is slipping faster than expected (Thursday, 1/8/09)
According to William Sim, the Bank of Korea has cut a key interest rate to a record low. Demand for Korean exports is falling, and so are stock values.
Oil industry jobs disappear as crude prices fall (Thursday, 1/8/09)
John Porretto in Houston writes that Schlumberger intends to cut as many as a thousand jobs in North America.
Finding a job is becoming more and more challenging (Thursday, 1/8/09)
According to Jeannine Aversa in Washington, rising unemployment is making the job search harder, as one might expect. Moreover, U. S. unemployment is expected to rise more.
It may seem like an odd time for it, but here it is--the house of the future (Thursday, 1/8/09)
Many Americans seem to be wondering if they will soon be living in a cardboard box. Nonetheless, the homebuilders are about to convene in Las Vegas, and BusinessWeek's Christopher Palmeri writes about the New American Home. "This too shall pass," they might be saying.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World's Best Colleges and Universities (Thursday, 1/8/09)
Here are the World's Best Colleges and Universities--well, according to the editors at US News & World Report, at least.
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