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Although ultrasound is an indispensable diagnostic tool, doctors worry about excessive exposure. "You walk a tight line about how much you want to scare people," says Dr. Laura Riley, director of labor and delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and head of ACOG's obstetric-practice committee. "To the best of our knowledge, ultrasound is safe. Ultrasound that's done in a mall, where they don't know what the settings are on, may not be as safe...
Although DormAid does not in any way parallel the services provided by Harvard employees, the company has also made it a point to subscribe to the labor norms present on campus. All DormAid cleaning professionals are paid the same living wage that any similarly employed worker on-campus would receive. In this manner, DormAid is actively creating more jobs for low-income workers in the area and raising their rate of pay a full 25 percent above the off-campus rate...
...years, the Forum has attempted to embody these characteristics, hosting more than 1,700 events seen by live audiences totaling more than 500,000 people with millions watching on cable television, teleconferencing, and the Internet. Since its inception in 1978, heads of state, leaders in politics, government, business, labor, and the media have all come to the Forum to make their case to the Harvard community. That we have this opportunity to bear witness to this celebration of free speech and debate is unmatched both in quality and in volume at any other university in the world. We should...
...High prices?along with some serious attention to expenses?also help drive profitability. Thanks in part to low labor expenses and the efficiencies of flying a relatively new fleet of planes, it costs Emirates only 8.5? to carry one passenger one mile (the cost per available seat mile, or CASM, a common industry measurement), which is better than most of its competitors' rates and rivals that of legendary cost king Southwest Airlines (which has a CASM of 6.5?, excluding fuel). Emirates' operating margins?13% in 2004?not only are much better than those of comparable airlines Singapore...
...million Number of Filipinos who legally worked abroad last year 540,000 Number of Chinese who legally worked abroad last year. Beijing is pushing for a bigger share of the overseas labor market to ease unemployment at home...