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...quick hands of Bulldog guard Alex Gamboa, who had four steals, and Draughan, who added three to go along with his game-high 17 points, quickly led to a shift in momentum that Harvard was powerless to counter...
That's an issue that economists, politicians and workers are struggling with as the U.S. finds itself in the middle of a structural shift in the economy that no one quite expected. There must be a mix-up here. We ordered a recovery, heavy on the jobs, please. What we're getting is a new kind of homeland insecurity powered by the rise of outsourcing, a bland yet ominous piece of business jargon that seems to imply that every call center, insurance-claims processor, programming department and Wall Street back office is being moved to India, Ireland or some other...
...economy improves. The stock market had a strong 2003, and corporate profits in many industries exceeded expectations, so why haven't companies that started outsourcing as a way to cut costs reversed course and brought the jobs back home? That might have happened after other recessions, but this shift is different. To some extent, companies are gun-shy about committing to full-time workers and the attendant fringe benefits. Instead of rushing to expand their computer systems and hiring people to maintain them, firms are keeping their outsourcing companies on speed dial...
...definitely was [disappointed], especially because I knew playing her that that [three-game stretch] was going to be a big momentum shift,” Bergman said. “I just had to tell myself that we were still on serve. Not a big deal...
...shift “sounds the death knell for [the school’s] delicate experiment in bridging theory and practice,” Watkins says...