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...introduction of contracting middle-men into the service sector does make it more difficult for Harvard to be a good employer, and easier for it to be a bad one. It is harder for Harvard to ensure contracted workers are paid a living wage—after all, contracting executives pocket the extra cash when they cut wages and benefits to their workers. Because some outsourcers like Security Services Internation (SSI) are private companies we don’t know how much of the money Harvard gives them goes to their workers. This is especially true when the contracted workers...
...anyone keeping an eye on our airspace, especially after what happened in September? Theoretically, yes. In practical terms, however, the answer is far more equivocal: New rules have been established in the past few months, but they are notoriously difficult to enforce. Small planes represent a largely unregulated sector of air travel. Technically, a general aviation (small plane) pilot doesn?t need any formal training to fly a plane; some informal tutorials will do the trick. It also doesn't help that small plane pilots are a fiercely independent population, generally reluctant to adopt rules that hinder their freedom...
...Still, the recession does appear to be primed to at least start receding very soon. Another report on manufacturing from the National Association of Purchasing Managers - which now wants to be known as the slightly Orwellian-sounding Institute of Supply Management - announced that the sector's monthly contractions got smaller again in December, pushing the group's index to 48.2 from 44.5 in November. Which is almost 50, which is almost an expansion again. And the "new orders" component for the month, the most forward-looking part of the report, actually rose above that crucial halfway point. And semiconductors...
Individual investors who want to bet on biotech should check with fund expert Morningstar, which ranks SunAmerica Biotech/Health 30 A (YTD: -6.92%) and Orbitex Health & Biotechnology A (-9.7%) as top performing sector mutual funds...
...just as the talk of a B2B revolution was exaggerated, so are reports of the sector's demise. By carefully choosing which products to buy and sell on which exchanges, more and more businesses continue to find the Internet can save them money. Meanwhile, a few smart B2B firms are surviving and even thriving by transforming themselves into auctioneers, brokers and software designers. Late last month, for instance, shares in FreeMarkets, based in Pittsburgh, Pa., jumped 34% in a day after it announced that strong sales to existing customers would push its fourth-quarter revenue...