Agree.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Christoph Reuss
Sent: Sat 10/6/2007 7:45 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: Republicans Grow Skeptical On Free Trade
WASHINGTON -- By a nearly two-to-one margin, Republican voters believe
free
Theory Practice: Call Centers in Small Towns Can Run Into Problems ---
To Deal With Attrition, 1-800-Flowers.com Changed Its Approach
22 October 2007
The Wall Street Journal javascript:void(0)
A few years after 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. opened call centers in two
small Southwestern towns, it
Organized Crime Takes Lead In Italian Economy, Report Says
23 October 2007
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
ROME, Oct. 22 -- Organized crime represents the biggest segment of the
Italian economy, accounting for more than $127 billion in receipts,
according to a report issued Monday.
The
This article has no place on FW. What does it have to do with the
future of work? If you wish to slam armies and the concept of war then
go to another site. If you want to slam Israel then, again, go to
another site.
Arthur
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri 10/26/2007 6:11 PM
To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Cc: futurework
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Universal soldier?
Arthur,
You are discouraging a discussion of the future of work in the military. Is it
less important than the future of the auto sector, agriculture, or any
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri 10/26/2007 6:11 PM
To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Cc: futurework
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Universal soldier?
Arthur,
You are discouraging a discussion of the future of work in the military. Is it
less important than the future of the auto sector, agriculture, or any
This one is for Natalia.
-
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/americas-army.htm
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/americas-army.htm
How America's Army Works- The U.S. military has spent millions of
dollars and thousands of man-hours on ... a
National Desk; SECTA
Decline of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns at Colleges
20 November 2007The New York Times
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Professors with tenure or who are on a tenure track
are now a distinct minority on the country's campuses, as the ranks of
part-time instructors and professors
A Brief History of Christmas
By John Steele Gordon
21 December 2007
The Wall Street Journal javascript:void(0)
Christmas famously comes but once a year. In fact, however, it comes
twice. The Christmas of the Nativity, the manger and Christ child, the
wise men and the star of
SEC launches Web tool to compare executive pay
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071221/bs_nm/sec_paydata_dcprinter=1;_ylt=
AqHLJqxge5MQxBLvBcX8miyb.HQA
The Securities and Exchange Commission launched an interactive tool on
Friday that gives investors and the public an easier way to compare
executive
NY Times
December 22, 2007
Fliers Fed Up? Airline Employees Feel the Same
By JEFF BAILEY
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/jeff_bailey/index.html?inline=nyt-per
And you thought the passengers were mad.
Airline employees are fed up, too - with pay cuts,
French Use Happiness As Economic Measure
AP Business Writer
782 words
10 January 2008
Associated Press Newswires javascript:void(0)
.
PARIS (AP) - What price happiness? French President Nicolas Sarkozy is
seeking an answer to the eternal question -- so that happiness can be
included in
@3:45
___
Futurework mailing list
Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca
http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
French Use Happiness As Economic Measure
AP Business Writer
782 words
10 January 2008
Associated Press Newswires javascript:void(0)
.
PARIS (AP) - What price happiness? French President Nicolas Sarkozy is
seeking an answer to the eternal question -- so that happiness can be
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=enq=review%3A+The+Collapse+of+GlobalismbtnG=Google+Searchmeta=
40k - Cached - Similar pages
How to Save the WorldJohn Ralston Saul's new book The Collapse of Globalism is
saying what most economists have been afraid to say: The emperor has no
clothes. .
I glanced at the article, thumbing through it at the newstand. The
closing paragraphs indicate that another bubble is needed to support the
losses from the previous bubble. This would mean that we have to create
still more debt to support the next bubble.
The new bubble would rest on new
__
From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 11:51 AM
To: futurework
Subject: job market is even worse than you think
Why job market is even worse than you think
Nation's first job loss in more than four
@ 1:25 pm
___
Futurework mailing list
Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca
http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
Nickeled and Dimed author Barbara Ehrenreich The Boom was a Bust for Ordinary
People So thoroughly is the economy decoupled from ordinary experience that
according to a CNN
I diagree with you folks.
I think its the job of those who are appointed to positions of power, police
officers, firefighters, elected officials to act in the public interest.
Robert Reich was secty of Labour in Clinton cabinet. .
Reich saw many things while in cabinet. He saw the
in protest? As I
said: Wimp.
arthur
From: Ed Weick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sun 2/17/2008 7:48 AM
To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; Darryl or Natalia
Cc: futurework
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Fw: [Ottawadissenters] Another book one shouldn'tread!
I don't think we
http://news.yahoo.com/;_ylt=ApOvt0wJ06BjqUPgNqsCoeX3ULEF
America's economy risks the mother of all meltdowns
By Martin WolfTue Feb 19, 1:25 PM ET
I would tell audiences that we were facing not a bubble but a froth - lots of
small, local bubbles that never grew to a scale that could
Not quite on point but it's a quote that I like
It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary
depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph
Reuss
Subject: Have you seen who is thinking about running for congress?
http://lessig08.org/ http://lessig08.org/
Larry Lessig is an interesting teacher. He was at Harvard and is now at
Stanford. He teaches law. He is thinking of running for congress. The
website above contains a number
://webmail.ic.gc.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig
From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Sent: Thu 2/21/2008 3:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca
Subject: FW: Have you seen who is thinking about running for congress
From: Michael Gurstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 2/21/2008 5:19 PM
To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Futurework] FW: Have you seen who is thinking about running
forcongress?
Hmm... Interesting... Mr. Deeds goes
@fes
___
Futurework mailing list
Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca
http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
This is for Natalia...
---
Countrywide Treats Bankers to Ski-Resort Trip
22 February 2008
The Wall Street Journal javascript:void(0)
The U.S. home-mortgage industry is in the dumps. That doesn't mean the
party is over for mortgage bankers.
Countrywide
@fesmail
___
Futurework mailing list
Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca
http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
Subject: Oooops. Countrywide Puts an End To Ski Junket
Business/Financial Desk; SECTC
Countrywide Puts an End To Ski Junket
25 February 2008
The New York Times
The weather forecast may call for snow and good skiing conditions in Avon,
Colo., on Monday. But no one at the luxury resort,
LESSIG DECIDES AGAINST A RUN FOR CONGRESS
http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=ons=4zc,xtd2,2aec,4f3u,4ryq,amq5,h810
Larry Lessig won't be running for the U.S. Congress after all. Lessig
said on Monday that he won't try to seek election in the congressional
district stretching from the western edge
http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?id=1012
The end of outsourcing to India
29/02/2008 14:01:19
Forbes reports today that India's competitive advantage for offshore
services is disappearing fast as wage demands mean that services are
now 66% cheaper for US and European firms in
Fed and central banks team up to unstick markets
By Glenn Somerville and Emily Kaiser 23 minutes ago
The U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks on Tuesday teamed up to
get hundreds of billions of dollars in fresh funds to cash-starved
credit markets, allowing financial firms to use
@1:55 pm
___
Futurework mailing list
Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca
http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
__
From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:47 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Feds print money
Fed and central banks team up to unstick markets
By Glenn Somerville and Emily Kaiser
And I guess when starvation hits, its time to put some of your portfolio in the
stocks of funeral parlours oops I mean funeral homes.
http://www.funeralhomesguide.com/NewJersey/Passaic/TheMadonnaMultinationalHomeforFunerals.html
I mean, business is business, eh??
arthur
Surprised he didn't get into subsidizing and/or giving tax breaks for
abortions.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry Pollard
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:27 PM
To: Future; Ottawa
Subject: [Ottawadissenters]
Something I
Artistic comment on society and the way we use, mis-use and waste resources.
From: Paul-Andre
Sent: Tue 3/18/2008 2:17 PM
I am sure you would be delighted with this work.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7
of the few things that
have mind-boggled me for years... wish I'd see them fullsize on an
international tour...
On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 16:11 -0400, Cordell, Arthur: ECOM wrote:
Artistic comment on society and the way we use, mis-use and waste
resources
Oh great. Now we are becoming a true third world economy with haggling as a
way of doing business.
arthur
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Michael Gurstein
Sent: Sun 3/23/2008 12:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Futurework] FW:
FDIC Set to Add Staff as It Girds For Bank Failures
26 March 2008The Wall Street Journal
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. javscript:void(0) plans to hire
as many as 138 new employees to help deal with the potential for rising
bank failures amid the current financial morass.
An agency
For those who remember Stafford Beer.
SANTIAGO JOURNAL
Foreign Desk; SECTA
Before '73 Coup, Chile Tried to Find the Right Software for Socialism
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
28 March 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
SANTIAGO,
/30/2008 3:36 PM
To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; 'Michael Gurstein'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Futurework] FW: [TriumphOfContent] At Megastores, Hagglers Find
Prices Are Flexible
Demeaning for someone to save $120 an hour when he might earn just $15 an hour?
Come now Arthur. You might
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
Sent: Tue 4/1/2008 12:55 PM
Subject: [Ottawadissenters] job market 2009 style
job market 2009 style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2uErWWwQTo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2uErWWwQTo
__._,_.___
Messages in this topic
Commodity prices rise and raw materials are found everywhere.
==
Business/Financial Desk; SECTC
As Price of Lead Soars, British Churches Find Holes in Roof
8 April 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
EDMONDTHORPE, England -- Thieves peeled long strips of lead from
Business/Financial Desk; SECTC
There's Gas in Those Hills
8 April 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
HUGHESVILLE, Pa. -- At first, Raymond Gregoire did not want to listen to
the raspy voice on his answering machine offering him money for rights
to drill on his land. They want to ruin
Commodity prices rise and raw materials are found everywhere.
===
Business/Financial Desk; SECTC
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods
8 April 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
CLEVELAND -- Metal scrappers have attacked churches and ransacked
Subject: Call My Lawyer ... in India
Knowledge Process Outsourcing
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1727726,00.html
/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1727726,00.html
Time Magazine
Thursday, Apr. 03, 2008
Call My Lawyer ... in India
By Suzanne Barlyn
Mark Alexander,
In Spending by the Very Rich, No Such Thing as a Slowdown
14 April 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
Who said anything about a recession? Sometime between the government
bailout of Bear Stearns javscript:void(0) and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics report that America lost
Business/Financial Desk; SECTA
Wall Street Winners Hit a New Jackpot: Billion-Dollar Paydays
16 April 2008
The New York Times
Hedge fund managers, those masters of a secretive, sometimes volatile
financial universe, are making money on a scale that once seemed
unimaginable, even in Wall
NT Times
April 18, 2008
Workers Get Fewer Hours, Deepening the Downturn
By PETER S. GOODMAN
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/peter_s_goodman/index.html?inline=nyt-per
Not long ago, overtime was a regular feature at the Ludowici Roof Tile factory
in eastern
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence fell for a third straight month
in April, hitting its weakest in 26 years, on heightened worries over
inflation and the sagging housing market, a survey showed on Friday.
Picture (Metafile)
The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers
MEMO FROM FRANKFURT
As Euro Nears 10, Cracks Emerge in Fiscal Union
1 May 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
FRANKFURT -- The euro turns 10 next January, a milestone that will be
marked with celebratory speeches, inch-thick scholarly papers and a
commemorative 2-euro coin, designed by
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Editorial Desk; SECTA
The Cognitive Age
By DAVID BROOKS
2 May 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
If you go into a good library, you will find thousands of books on
globalization. Some will laud it. Some will warn about its dangers.
But they'll agree that
will then pick themselves up, scratch their heads, and ask
each other 'now what the hell that was all about!?'
Ed
- Original Message -
From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto
Business/Financial Desk; SECTC
For Wall St. Workers, Ax Falls Quietly
16 May 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
People on Wall Street seem to be vanishing overnight.
Thousands are losing their jobs as hard-pressed banks cut deep. But
while layoffs are nothing new in the financial
Business/Financial Desk; SECTA
Investors Seek Asian Options To Costly China
18 June 2008
The New York Times javascript:void(0)
HANOI -- Canon is no longer building or expanding factories in China,
but the company is doubling its work force at a printer factory outside
Hanoi to 8,000.
Nearby,
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that
can be counted counts. - Albert Einstein
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darryl or
Natalia
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 10:14 PM
To: futurework
Subject:
The Do-It-Yourself Economy
By Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group
Posted on July 18, 2008, Printed on July 21, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/91872/
I finally drew the line at a dinner invitation. My husband wanted to try
a much-touted restaurant that presents you with a platter of
NY Times
July 22, 2008
As Travel Costs Rise, More Meetings Go Virtual
By STEVE LOHR
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/steve_lohr/index.html?inline=nyt-per
Jill Smart, an Accenture
401 - 460 of 460 matches
Mail list logo
