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• Temp Jobs Surge in November

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 136
  We’ve talked before about how temp jobs are a leading indicator for economic recovery, because companies will often test the waters by using temp workers as things turn around, and then revert to full employment.  With that in mind, Novembers job numbers may give us a sign of good things to come.  The economy ...
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• Outside Reviewers Recommend Ombuds for Grinnell College

  
  The Ombuds Blog — Authority: 130
  Prompted by faculty concerns over employment practices in the Student Affairs division, the private liberal arts college in Iowa hired a team of outside administrators to review its policies governing hiring, performance review and disciplinary actions. The report by the task force made several recommendations, ...
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• ABA Offers Guidance on Patent Office Ombuds Pilot

  
  The Ombuds Blog — Authority: 130
  In October 2009, the US Patent and Trademark Office announced a pilot Ombuds program as part of an overall effort to improve the application process. Peggy Focarino, Acting Commissioner for Patents at the US Patent and Trademark Office proposed the Technology Center Ombuds as an independent alternative for resolving ...
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• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
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• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
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• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
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• More Signs the Stock Market (and Everything Else) May Finally Be Topping Out

  
  Commodity Bull Market — Authority: 119
  The story of the investing week was the lack of confirmation of the new Dow and S&P highs by the secondary indices. Stock market tops often occur when sectors "peel away" from the up trend one by one, as fewer and fewer asset classes make new highs. While this is no guarantee of a top, the odds certainly ...
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• Minnesota up 2200 Jobs in October

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 136
  In what may be an early sign of a rebounding job market, Minnesota companies added 2200 jobs in the month of October.  Significantly, professional and business service jobs and temp jobs ticked up sharply.  Temp jobs are often an leading indicator as companies test the waters with temp hires and October was the ...
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• Weak economic data takes its toll on markets

  
  VerySmartInvesting — Authority: 130
  Late day buying reduced markets losses. Dow was off 93 (recovering half its biggest loss), decliners over advancers 4-1 & NAZ fell 36 after being hit been hard hit on a grimmer outlook for chip companies. Intel (INTC), Dow stock, dropped 82¢ (4%). Banks were weak, the Financial index went below 200 one more time. ...
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• Follow The Leader: Index of Leading Economic Indicators October 2009

  
  Paper Economy - A US Real Estate Bubble Blog — Authority: 129
  Today’s results of the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators showed another monthly increase climbing .3% compared to September bringing the annual increase to 4.22% and leaving the index at a level of 103.8. On the face of it this is clearly a Bullish “Green Shoots” development as this series (an ...
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• Follow The Leader: Index of Leading Economic Indicators October 2009

  
  Gulag Blog — Authority: 171
  Today’s results of the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators showed another monthly increase climbing .3% compared to September bringing the annual increase to 4.22% and leaving the index at a level of 103.8. On the face of it this is clearly a Bullish “Green Shoots” development as this series (an ...
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• Follow The Leader: Index of Leading Economic Indicators October 2009

  
  Fuck Bankers — Authority: 171
  Today’s results of the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators showed another monthly increase climbing .3% compared to September bringing the annual increase to 4.22% and leaving the index at a level of 103.8. On the face of it this is clearly a Bullish “Green Shoots” development as this series (an ...
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• EUR/USD Falls on Risk Appetite Decline

  
  Forex Blog — Authority: 131
  The EUR/USD currency pair dropped significantly today after a considerable rise yesterday, in a week marked by high volatility so far. A negative day in stocks markets and a rising risk aversion brought investors back to dollar-priced assets, in a day were refuge currencies like the yen performed ...
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• Philadelphia Fed index better. Leading indicators worse as is Mortgage Delinquencies

  
  Forex News and Commentary by FXDD — Authority: 454
  Philly Fed index rises to 16.7 from 11.5 last month. Expectation was for 12.2. Prices Received -1.5 vs -4.3 Prices Paid 13.9 vs 21.3 Employment rose to -0.5 from -6.8 New Orders rose to 14.8 from 6.2 The Leading Index rose by 0.3%, which was a touch worse than expectations.  The workweek, Jobless claims, Consumer ...
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• Historical Parallels & Intersections

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  In the United States, in the autumn of 2008, the Presidential election was decided on the hoopla of hope and change drenched in hyperbolic rhetoric which effectively drowned journalistic decorum to maintain any pretence at integrity. It put the Oval Office decisively lurching into a monopoly of power without any ...
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• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Promises to Restore Ombuds Program

  
  The Ombuds Blog — Authority: 130
  Administrators at the sprawling, 19,777-student public university have said they will hire an Ombuds to promote diversity and tolerance on campus. Cal Poly had an Ombuds program from about 2000 to 2004, but the position always had other student affairs duties. The move is part of a broader campaign to address ...
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• House Bill Would Create External Ombuds for SEC

  
  The Ombuds Blog — Authority: 130
  Earlier this month, the House Financial Services Committee approved H. 3817, which would reform the Securities and Exchange Commission and strengthen its powers to protect investors and to regulate the securities markets. A late amendment by Kevin McCarthy (R-CA22) to the bill would create an Ombuds position ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
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• Ohio State University Trustees Approve Faculty Ombuds Program

  
  The Ombuds Blog — Authority: 130
  At a meeting on October 29, the OSU Board of Trustees approved a proposal from the University Senate for a part-time faculty Ombudsperson. The current faculty senate chair said that a search for the Ombuds will be completed in the next six weeks so that the person will be in place for Winter Quarter. Only senior or ...
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