Published on November 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
Weightloss Surgeries Double Over The Past Decade – The number of hospitalisations for weight loss surgery has increased dramatically over the past decade, rising from about 500 in 1998 to 17,000 in 2007-08, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and funded by the National Health and [...]
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Published on August 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
Manufacturing Growth Speeds Up In Australia – Australian manufacturing growth accelerated in July, a sign the central bank’s decision to halt a world-leading round of interest-rate increases is stoking consumer spending and business investment. The performance of manufacturing index rose 1.5 points to 54.4, the Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a survey released [...]
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Published on July 20, 2010 by Technology Slice
Oregon Unemployment Rate Flat – On 13th July, 2010 the latest unemployment rate released for Oregon is 10.5 percent. For the most recent eight months, the rate has been between 10.5 and 10.7 percent. In June 2009, Oregon’s unemployment rate was 11.6 percent, which joined May 2009 as Oregon’s highest unemployment rate since the early [...]
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Published on February 8, 2010 by Technology Slice
The federal government will be closed on Monday in the Washington area, according to the Office of Personnel Management, as the region continues to plow out of an historic snowstorm. OPM Director John Berry decides when to close federal offices in the Washington area. He convened a conference call with local and state government and [...]
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Published on February 6, 2010 by Technology Slice
The outlook for jobs remains bleak despite January’s unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent in December. A Labor Department survey of households found that 541,000 more Americans had jobs last month. But most of those gains were attributed to seasonal adjustments to the data. Without those adjustments, [...]
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