Resume tips and credit card debt trends from surveys
Recruiters favor questions about ideal job and boss and reason for job search. In credit data, 6 percent of debtors miss payments. 44 percent incur debt to cover purchases. 56 percent expect to pay in full. About 31 percent extended payments last month while 43 percent paid balances.
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The Madness Of March Costs Billions In Lost Productivity
Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimates 36.6 million degree holders discussing the NCAA tournament for 10 minutes daily would waste about 9.3 million dollars per minute over 15 days, based on a 15.38 dollar average wage. The joking study frames the figure at 1.4 billion dollars in lost productivity.
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FDIC and Goodwill team on financial literacy program
Goodwill Industries International and the FDIC join to offer Money Smart financial education to low wage workers and low income families. The curriculum covers checking accounts budgeting saving credit and is designed for easy teaching and wide distribution.
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Penford Reinvents Itself With New Topcat Product Line
Penford Products Co in Cedar Rapids, a 108 year old starch supplier to paper and textiles, shifts toward new markets led by Topcat a bonded modified starch. CEO Greg Keeley says packaging and recycling drive growth as 12 new products target adhesives plastics and more. Online at PenfordProducts.com.
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Santa Fe Adopts Sweeping Living Wage Law
In Santa Fe the City Council approved a broad living wage ordinance raising hourly pay to at least 8.50 for businesses with 25 or more employees. The measure targets hotels shops and dining venues in a move anticipated to lift thousands of workers. The city plans further increases to 10.50 by 2008, making Santa Fe the nation’s sole city with a mandatory wage for many private employers.
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Sangre de Cristo Mountains
New Mexico
Palace of the Governors
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