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...hard for Americans to fathom a world in which corporations, instead of merely lamenting the shortage of skilled labor, volunteer to train vast numbers of the non-college-bound. Oh, yeah, and to pay them a bundle along the way. But under Germany's earn-while-you-learn system, companies are paying 1.6 million young adults to train for about 350 types of jobs, ranging from industrial mechanic to baker to fitness trainer. And the trainees' average annual salary of $19,913 helps explain why less than 9% of Germans drop out of high school: they...
What had the Senate agreed on? A supermajority of 65 Senators had come to terms on a bill that included stronger border security as well as a chance to earn citizenship for illegal immigrants who have been in the U.S. for at least two years...
...finally conceded that it's time to hike rates?which is why many analysts believe the stock-market party may end sooner rather than later. Higher rates flow through the global economy in a myriad of ways by curtailing borrowing and curbing business activity. Higher borrowing costs hurt corporate earnings, which is ultimately reflected by lower stock prices. Andy Xie, chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley, says the world's equity markets have been surfing on a "tide of liquidity" for the past five years?meaning investors have been awash in cash, thanks to the easy-money policies...
...message, short on drama. “rainbow/streets” is a play that thrives on its inconsistencies. By varying widely in tone and subject, it achieves a broader perspective than any one narrative could achieve. Admittedly, the shortness of the scenes doesn’t always earn the emotional investment of the audience or give a deepened sense of character. But even in the less compelling scenes, the play provides a varied and fascinating cross-section of experiences. —Staff writer Elisabeth J. Bloomberg can be reached at bloomber@fas.harvard.edu...
...plant's secret recipe of sand, soda ash, borax and limestone into billions of billowy glass fibers, which will be cooled, packed and cut into battens of fiber-glass insulation. The workers running the furnaces are the last of a dying breed: people holding good jobs who never earned a high school diploma. Thirty years ago, the men came from as far away as the hills of Kentucky and proved themselves steady workers. Today they earn as much as $60,000 a year...