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...past decade has been 16 percent above the national average, and 70 Fortune 500 companies maintain manufacturing operations in the Magnolia State. Forbes magazine recently ranked the Gulf Coast and Jackson as two of the best places to do business in America. The state will provide the central hub of the NAFTA railway corridor, and its first-rate port facilities on three commercial waterways offers economical and efficient access to national and international markets. Mississippi's economic development is based on more than simply gambling and Worldcom. The University of Mississippi may be best remembered for the battle over James...
...website, a hub for student employment searches, supplies students with a wealth of listings for a variety of part-time job opportunities. Though Dorm Crew touts their rate of $9.85 as providing one of the best-paying job on campus, many other undergraduate entry-level jobs pay higher wages. A student could tutor, bartend or work with a professor and earn more cash. As a research assistant, I make $10 an hour and get the invaluable experience of working with a scholar...
Additionally, favorable national attention helped establish Philadelphia’s image as an economically vibrant comeback city. Boston stands to profit similarly: the Big Dig will be well on its way to completion, and the Hub of the Universe will be able to display its rich culture heritage and position itself as a cutting-edge, 21st-century city...
...doing it, even though most economists consider the recession technically over. Some employers have boosted productivity by using temporary workers in place of full-time staff. For others, heavy investments in technology made during the fat years are paying off. This holiday season, for instance, the Louisville, Ky., air hub of UPS will rely on a new, $1 billion automated sorting facility instead of the usual army of seasonal temps...
...India Bill Gates unveiled Microsoft's largest investment outside the U.S., vowing to pour $400 million into Indian IT development a day after pledging $100 million to fight aids in the country. As a token of appreciation for Gates' generosity, residents of the technology hub of Hyderabad greeted him by erecting an eight-foot, inflatable condom...