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Another place to turn to for job contacts is a temporary-staffing firm, which can find short-term assignments in your area of interest. About 10% of those employed by such firms are 55 and over, notes Richard Wahlquist, executive vice president of the National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services. Some of the biggest industries looking for temporary professionals include law firms, engineering companies and information-technology firms. "It's not uncommon today to see companies looking for temporary CFOs or doctors or accountants," Wahlquist says...
Creatine, which became popular among professional and Olympic athletes in the early 1990s, is still a new supplement. While it has not shown any short-term side effects other than muscle pulls, there has not been enough time to determine if creatine causes any problems in the long run. Although the NCAA has not put creatine on its list of banned drugs, the Harvard athletic department does not promote the use of creatine or other nutritional ergogenic aids (performance-enhancing substances...
...house with more and more of its own supporters--"Tony's cronies," as some would have it. It could become a palace of unelected hacks and dogsbodies, unlikely to provide independent and considered advice. There is at least some legitimacy in ancient tradition; there will be none in the short-term political convenience of the executive...
...Alan Greenspan unexpectedly ordered short-term interest rates cut 0.25%. This will probably lead...
...very unhappy with the approach of the IMF," Sachs said. " In general, if [the countries I advise] go for an IMF program, I make sure the program is a good as possible. Sometimes, they don't see any alternative because of the short-term funds. But the amount is not worth the result...