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New iPod Touch Has a Vibrator

Steve Jobs wasn't kidding when he called the iPod Touch the "iPhone without a phone." We have been calling it that for years, of course, but with each iteration the two iOS devices get closer and closer in terms of features.

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Can Oakland plant a policy revolution to match its grassroots efforts?

by Stephanie Ogburn.

Giant cranes guard the
waterfront on the port city of Oakland, California’s western flank, brashly
broadcasting the city’s industrial past and present to all who fly in, drive
by, or walk through one of the Bay Area’s grittiest urban locales.

Yet in the same West Oakland
neighborhoods that boast industrial diesel pollution from the bustling port and
shockingly high poverty rates, urban food activism has flourished.

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HP sues ex-CEO Hurd after his hiring at Oracle (Reuters)

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HP sues ex-CEO Hurd after his hiring at Oracle (Reuters)

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Obama: Rebuild America by slashing oil tax breaks

by Randy Rieland.

President Obama told a Labor Day crowd about a new stimulus plan that would seem to be a sure winner: Let’s create jobs by rebuilding America’s highways and infrastructure and, while we’re at it, get serious about high-speed trains. What’s not to love?

Well ...

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Colorado governor’s race: Hickenlooper vs. Maes vs. Tancredo

by Jonathan Hiskes.

Bicycling doesn’t get a
lot of attention in election campaigns, but Colorado governor candidate Dan
Maes (R) ensured a cycle-focused news cycle in early August when he suggested Denver’s new bike-sharing program was a step toward “converting Denver
into a United Nations community.”

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Contractor Arrested in Wage Violations Scheme in Rockland County

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe and State Labor Commissioner Colleen C. Gardner today announced that Earl Galbreath Jr. of 640 Ashford Avenue, Ardsley, New York has been arrested and arraigned for defrauding employees out of $29...

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Labor and Political Leaders Call for Passage of 9/11 Health and Compensation Act

WHO: The New York State AFL-CIO; the New York City Central Labor Council; Steve Cassidy, President of the Uniformed Fire Fighters Association; Richard Alles, Uniformed Fire Officers Association: George Miranda, President of Teamster...

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Startup employee metrics: Looking beyond work hours

Montreal-based entrepreneur and blogger Ben Yoskovitz knows a thing or two about hiring employees at startups. Yoskovitz formerly founded his own company, Standout Jobs - a tool designed to improve hiring and recruiting techniques for small businesses on the Web. Needless to say, the hiring and performance tracking of employees at the SMB level is a topic of interest for Yoskovitz. One of the items he recently wrote about is whether startups should hire workaholics expected to work 80+ hours each week, and some interesting arguments against this doctrine emerged.

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Index Points to Slowdown in Hiring

An August measure of labor indicators by the Conference Board suggests a slowing in hiring in coming months. Seven out of the eight components had a negative impact last month.