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• Keep pace with older workers: older employees—more than one-quarter of the workforce—bring experience to their jobs. Research proves they are as productive as youth. And by understanding aging, employers can make them even more productive

  - 2008-05-01

  When Dan Smith, senior vice president of human resources at Borders Group in Ann Arbor, Mich., joined the company in 1995, the majority of Borders' workforce was under 30. As he looked to the future, he became concerned about unsettling labor forecasts, asking, "What will we do when the under-30...

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• Local firms scramble to account for workers after London blasts.(News)(London Terrorist Bombings, 2005)

  - 2005-07-11

  Byline: Andrew Dietderich Ann Arbor-based Borders Group Inc. closed 30 stores in the London area after four explosions ripped through the city, just one of many metro Detroit companies that turned their attention to the United Kingdom following wh Byline: Andrew Dietderich ...

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• Sudanese employee of Doctors Without Borders killed in Darfur

  - 2004-12-22

  NAIROBI AFP — A local employee of aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) was killed last week in an attack by government troops in Sudan's Darfur region, MSF said, further highlighting the risks faced by humanitarian workers there. The killing brings to six the number...

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• Borders' Workers in Minneapolis Turn Down Contract Offer.

  - 2003-09-26

  By Mike Hughlett, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Mike Hughlett, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Minneapolis Borders Bookstore's Workers Vote to Unionize.

  - 2002-10-19

  By Mike Hughlett, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Mike Hughlett, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Look Beyond The Borders To Find The Best Workers - resources for finding workers from out of state or overseas - Brief Article

  - 1999-01-01

  Companies increasingly are recruiting beyond state boundaries-and beyond national borders as well-as they try to fill crucial job openings.

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• BUSINESSWorld

  - 1997-06-19

  The thriller is gone NEW YORK AP -- Maybe the years of tabloid headlines caught up with Michael Jackson, or he made one squeal too many. But the self- proclaimed King of Pop's new album is in unfamiliar territory -- sinking down the charts past dozens of hotter...

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• Workers Accuse Borders Books & Music Workers of Firing Union Supporter.(Originated from Philadelphia Daily News)

  - 1996-06-28

  Jun. 28--Miriam Fried, a former salesclerk at Borders, was "a fine role model for other booksellers with her work ethic and book knowledge." Jun. 28--Miriam Fried, a former salesclerk at Borders, was "a fine role model for other booksellers with her work ethic and book ...

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