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Minimum wage increase is little help as costs soar
(AP) AP - About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Minimum wage increase going into effect The federal government is set to boost the nation's minimum wage Thursday in the second of three increases mandated by Congress. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Minimum-wage laws, state by state Minimum-wage laws around the U.S. are a patchwork of federal and state legislation. On Thursday, the federal minimum wage rose to $6.55 per hour, but the change only affects workers in 26 states (plus Washington, D.C.). The remaining 24 states already have state minimum wages set above $6.55 per hou Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Wage cut prompts online protest at IBM Labor protests in the high-tech industry are rare, but IBM is in midst of one -- and it's unfolding entirely online. Instead of waving protest signs outside the company gates, affected workers are airing, in comments accompanying an online petition, disappointment, an Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Surviving (or Not) on Minimum Wage Today's 70-cent jump in the minimum wage is still not enough, say workers. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Tips for minimum wage earners The Federal minimum wage is increasing to $6.55 an hour today. But for most folks facing higher prices on everything from a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas, it's still getting harder to make ends meet. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Surviving (or Not) on Minimum Wage Today's 70-cent jump in the minimum wage is still not enough, say workers. Home > Rss Directory > Business > ABC News |
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Minimum wage boost for 'million' More than one million workers will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage from Wednesday, the Trades Union Congress says. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Loch Fyne wages 'below minimum' Staff at the ethical restaurant chain Loch Fyne are being paid less than half the national minimum wage, the BBC finds. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Asia Day Ahead: Goldman Drops by Record; GMAC Debt Costs Soar - Bloomberg SifyAsia Day Ahead: Goldman Drops by Record; GMAC Debt Costs SoarBloomberg - 1 hour agoSept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. tumbled the most ever in New York trading after a government rescue of American International Group Inc. failed to Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Medicaid long-term health care costs to soar
(Reuters) Reuters - Fueled by the needs of a growing elderly population, U.S. spending on long-term health care under the Medicaid program will soar in the next 20 years, a report released on Monday predicted. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Consumer Prices Soar Due to Energy Costs Consumer prices surged 1.1 percent in June, reflecting soaring energy costs. Home > Rss Directory > Business > ABC News |
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Lawmakers look to increase nanotech safety research The U.S. government needs to increase funding for research about the health, safety, and environmental effects of nanotechnology because much of the impact is still unknown, some lawmakers said Wednesday.Members Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yale Plans Sharp Increase in Student Aid - New York Times Yale Plans Sharp Increase in Student AidNew York Times - 35 minutes agoBy KAREN W. ARENSON Yale said Monday that it would sharply increase financial aid for undergraduates, including those from families with annual incomes up to $200000, in a bid to ease costs for a broad Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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AHN - United Airlines Raises "Cheap-Fare" Prices, Sets Minimum Stay (AHN) - United Airlines is set to enforce a new round of price increases - this time on its cheapest seats, as it struggles to retain profitability and offset rising fuel costs. - Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:53:08 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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United Airlines Raises "Cheap-Fare" Prices, Sets Minimum Stay (AHN) (AHN) - United Airlines is set to enforce a new round of price increases - this time on its cheapest seats, as it struggles to retain profitability and offset rising fuel costs. - Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:53:08 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Sexist Attitudes and the Wage Gap - TIME ChattahBoxSexist Attitudes and the Wage GapTIME - 2 hours agoBy Deirdre van Dyk Monday, Sep. 22, 2008 It's no secret that some people get paid more than others for doing the same job, but the reason may have less to do with employers' attitudes, than those of the employ Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Microsoft to increase focus on handsets for poor Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations, based partly on a prototype already developed for the purpose called Fone+ .It's a sub Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Next-Gen Prius: What Will a Little Sunshine Get You? - TechNewsWorld BBC NewsNext-Gen Prius: What Will a Little Sunshine Get You?TechNewsWorld - 4 hours agoBy Chris Maxcer The Toyota Prius will reportedly soon sport solar panels to feed the hybrid vehicle's power supply. While solar energy is free and clean, it's only enough to help out Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Wage Gaps for Women Frustrating Germany Despite having a woman as head of government, Germany has one of the widest gender wage gaps in Europe. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |