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...though Gandy doesn't envision her career path veering from hedge fund worker to full-time club deejay, she's not writing anything off at this point. "Stranger things have happened," says Gandy, who has also launched a small business strategy firm since being laid off. "I never thought I'd lose my job, and I did. All these people out there are now reinventing themselves. Why not reinvent yourself as a deejay...
Netbooks may be puny, but they're getting bigger and more feature-packed - and they're more popular than ever. Last year, global netbook sales exceeded those of the iPhone; despite the recession, demand remains strong. Brian Chen, PC analyst for market research firm Display Search, predicts second quarter sales will exceed 9 million units, a 50% increase over the first quarter. (Global computer sales fell 7% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2008.) "We've already increased our forecast [for netbook sales] to 30 million this year and they'll probably count...
...work. Consumers can put off buying a new car or going on vacation. But most people will still continue to pay their mortgage, write checks and deposit money at the bank. "The fact that the financial-services industry is declining this much is startling," says Joel Prakken of research firm Macroeconomic Advisers, which puts together ADP's employment report...
...business is stronger than it has been in over a year," says Stephen Newton, the co-head of financial-service recruiting at executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates. In the end, there's just deserts, and then there's just dessert. It looks like financials are going for the latter...
...public plan could charge premiums 30% lower than those of comparable private plans. And if it were open to all, about 131 million people - including two-thirds of those who now have private insurance - would take that deal, according to estimates by the Lewin Group, a nonpartisan research firm...