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		<title><![CDATA[A Different View Says Employment May Be Picking Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Kasriel is the insightful and outspoken chief economist at Northern Trust in Chicago. During this crisis and recession he has offered commonsense answers to complicated questions, and seems to have done so again with this week's analysis of unemployment, from a slightly different viewpoint. Rather than rely on macro...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:00:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BofA Ex-counsel Says "stunned" By Firing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kim Dixon and Rachelle YounglaiWASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Former Bank of America Corp BAC general counsel Timothy Mayopoulos was "stunned" to be fired as the bank was trying to wrap up its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co, after being promised the same job at the combined company.According to congressional...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:31:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BofA Ex-counsel Says He Was "stunned" By Firing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kim Dixon and Rachelle YounglaiWASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Former Bank of America Corp BAC general counsel Timothy Mayopoulos said he was "stunned" to be fired as the bank was trying to wrap up its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co, after being promised the same job at the combined company.According...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[American's Firing of Mr X Becoming a Social Media Black Eye]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the Mr. X incident, American Airlines is about to get a dose of what United recently experienced when it broke guitars - a wave of negative social media coverage.  Not sure who Mr. X is?  Read on, and see why I think they're making a mistake...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:42:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Honduras forces break up rally]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Honduran security forces, backed by armoured cars firing water cannon and launching tear gas, broke up a crowd of hundreds of supporters welcoming back Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president, yesterday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.The crowds had gathered outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ferro Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions. Our first question comes from Mike Harrison from First Analysis. You may ask your question. Mike Harrison - First Analysis Hi, good morning, everyone. Jim Kirsch Good morning, Mike. Mike Harrison - First Analysis I had a couple of questions on Electronics to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:48:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[JetBlue Firing on All Cylinders With Q2 Profit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're looking for some good news this quarter among all the gloom and doom, look no further than the blue crew.  JetBlue posted its Q2 results and they were very good.  The airline may have had a rough period in the past couple of years, but things...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:00:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[While Others Are Firing, You Should Be Hiring]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1166721]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In tough economic times, most organizations' first and most predictable reaction is to cut expenses; in today's service economy, the largest expenses are manpower-related. The result is that thousands of talented employees have been released into the marketplace. This increase in talented unemployed workers creates a great opportunity. When others...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did I Get Fired for Asking for a Raise?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/stanley-bing/?p=235]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Stanley,     I was fired from my job because I asked for a performance raise. Is that legal, and if not what is my recourse against this employer?    Canned in Skokie        Dear Skokie,   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:17:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Fire People]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no nice way of firing people, even if you call it rightsizing, downsizing, offshoring or bestshoring. One way or another you are seriously messing with someone's life. There are, broadly, four ways of doing it:    	The legal method. The law is an ass. It makes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:39:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Omnicom Q4: Slashing Jobs Faster Than Revenues Shrink Seems to Work]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One takeaway from Omnicom's Q4 earnings results is the depressing news that firing people works. To deal with the recession, Omnicom has laid off 3,500 people across its network of agencies. That reduced its operating expenses by 6 percent between Q3 and Q4. The result is that the revenue yield...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:08:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Avoid Firing An Employee]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=984425]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Firing an employee is certainly something that nobody enjoys doing. Furthermore, it is something that nobody wants to do. There are times, however, when this measure becomes inevitable due to the circumstances. But firing someone should be avoided if at all possible. Following are some suggestions that may help in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Tis The Season For Firing Top Executives]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo President Susan Decker's departure is just one of a series of top corporate officials to be fired or resign in the first two weeks of 2009. It's been a brief but bloody year so far.    Decker had wanted the CEO's spot at Yahoo which went to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:24:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Managing Post-Layoffs |Leila's House of Corrections]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Studies show that voluntary turnover increases after layoffs. By taking three important steps—disclosing your emotions, allowing mourning and venting, and involving your team in deciding new priorities—you have a better chance at retaining the employees you still have.  If you have questions or suggestions for future video topics, Leila...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Employee Termination - How To Avoid The Need To Fire Employees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=984419]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes to fire an employee but this is a reality of life that every employer would go through at least once in his lifetime. Even though most people would say that firing employees is inevitable, the truth is there are many things you can do to avoid the need...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Firing Employees With Employment Contracts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment contracts can limit your ability to fire employees, but first you must figure out if your business has a contract with an employee. Read on to find out how to determine if you do, and then how to proceed in firing them legally, making sure you have good cause....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Advertisers Launch Truly Awful Obama Memorabilia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/1000384/advertisers-launch-truly-awful-obama-memorabilia/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    UPDATE: BNET reader jenniferot4u see comments noticed these even-worse Obama trinkets:    	"Obama In The House" - Beer Can Cooler Koozie   	The Barack Obama Tapestry Throw Rug    Marketers are dispatching a tidal wave of Barack Obama-related commemorative garbage. The...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kawasaki: The Art of Laying People Off]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: Ballet it's not, but famed venture capitalist and blogger, Guy Kawasaki, insists that there is an art to laying people off and offers a host of tips to those facing the onerous task.  	The Source: The American Express Open Forum blog.    The...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ From our sister site PCUK: Independent News & Media INM plans to make about 60 redundancies from its 250 Independent editorial staff by the New Year, in a US-style slash-and-burn that this country has rarely seen outside regionals and magazines. In all, 90 of 424 total staff will go...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Roundup: Killings Over Firing, Consumer Credit Slashed, Ubuntu for ARM, More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fired employee allegedly kills three at fomer employer SiPort; consumers face slashed credit card limits; Microsoft tries to position Xbox 360 as social network gateway; people start tiring of standalone instant messaging apps; and Canonical plans on ARM version of Ubuntu. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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