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29

Slowing benefits cost increases

July 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced this morning that wages and salaries have increased by about 2.4% over the year ending in June 2005, while benefits costs increased by a little more than twice that much (5.1%).
Believe it or not, that’s good news. It represents a slowing of benefits cost increases, down from a 7.2% […]

Jul

29

Workaholic Americans — not really

July 29, 2005 | Comments Off

Sometimes I think that being an economist must be a peculiar thing because it gives you are really skewed vision of the world.

And then, sometimes, I think that maybe I’m the one with the skewed vision of the world.

Jul

28

Press releases land on my desk

July 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Well, yes … where did you expect them to land?

We’ve been hearing quite a bit from Senate Small Business Committee Ranking Member John Kerry (D-MA) lately.

Jul

26

Micros left out of ‘we don’t spam’ seal program

July 26, 2005 | Comments Off

Well, isn’t this just peachy?
ClickZ.com reports that TRUSTe is now offering a sort of email accreditation program, through which worthy businesses get to display a “We don’t spam” seal on their subscriber acquisition pages. They’ll audit your email sending practices, suggest improvements if you don’t qualify for their seal and, when your house is completely […]

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