Word: quarterly
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Anyone who has hired new employees or tried to retrain veteran ones is painfully aware of the problem. As much as a quarter of the American labor force -- anywhere from 20 million to 27 million adults -- lacks the basic reading, writing and math skills necessary to perform in today's increasingly complex job market. One out of every 4 teenagers drops out of high school, and of those who graduate, 1 out of every 4 has the equivalent of an eighth-grade education. How will they write, or even read, complicated production memos for robotized assembly lines? How will they...
Though Germann was a quarter-mile from the scene, the force of the explosion shattered the windshield of his car. As far as ten miles away, houses shook, and people were jolted from their beds. Forty minutes later a second detonation in another trailer bent walls, buckled ceilings and forced the evacuation of hundreds from their homes...
While the economy grew at a relatively modest 2.6% annual rate during the third quarter, the expansion actually amounted to 3.2% if the effects of the summer drought are excluded. That level of growth, while not quite inflationary in normal times, is straining against a shortage of workers and factory capacity. Unemployment in the U.S. has remained at low levels, though the Government reported last week that the jobless rate for November inched up to 5.4%, compared with 5.3% the previous month. Factories were operating at 84% of total capacity, the highest level since February...
...scrap $5.6 billion worth of outdated equipment. In a drive to modernize, the company is replacing 2 billion miles of telephone connections with higher-capacity fiber-optic lines. AT&T will also install more digital switchboards and other advanced gear, which will eliminate 16,000 jobs. In the fourth quarter alone, the cost to the company will be $6.7 billion...
...most important piece of advice: disregard the label's measuring of fat by weight. Instead, she recommends working out the percentage of total calories that comes from fat. * For example, a 1-oz. serving of a cheese with a label that proclaims "reduced fat" may indeed be only one-quarter fat by weight. But in terms of calories, it may be 80% fat. "Interpret the fine print," says Reed, "so you won't be fooled by the bold print...