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...keep valuable workers busily engaged, employers are constantly upgrading services for handling errands at the office. More than 1 in 5 of the largest companies in a national Hewitt Associates survey said they make dry-cleaning or laundry services available at work, and nearly a quarter provide banking help. Some, like Google, serve free meals, and others arrange for entertainment discounts, shoe repair, cell-phone bargains and on-site film developing. Other perks popping up: adoption benefits, homeowner's insurance, parenting seminars and voter registration...
...large companies reimburse employees for education, according to a national survey by Hewitt Associates. ? Government employers offer the highest overall level of benefits, a Mercer HR Consulting study found, retailers and wholesalers offer the lowest. ? General Mills employees can buy gas and get auto servicing at company headquarters in Golden Valley, Minn...
...have an impact on spending by U.S. consumers, who drive much of the world's demand. Wal-Mart, for example, has warned that its profits are already getting hit by high gasoline prices. And the retail giant may not be alone. According to the University of Michigan's monthly survey, released last Friday, consumer confidence in the U.S. dropped sharply in August, due mainly to oil. "If growth in the U.S. slows significantly, all of Asia's exporters will feel it," says Xie. The good news is that oil demand falls when the economy flags, which in turn sends...
...likely to strike again. Those critics say that therapy to break the cycle of behavior, supervision by a parole officer and even polygraph tests to assess whether an offender is lying about his or her activities and urges would be a more effective way to control them. A 2002 survey of nearly 9,500 sex offenders found that those who underwent therapy were 40% less likely to reoffend than those who did not. But few of the new laws have provisions for treatment...
...Popsicle sticks used to construct the Mjollnir, a 15-m replica of a Viking vessel that will launch from Amsterdam next year in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean 67% Percentage of American workers who intend to keep working past retirement age, according to a Rutgers University survey 4,628 Number of pending bills shelved by the Philippine Congress while it deals with the political and financial scandals embroiling President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo With bureau reports. Numbers sources: AFP; A.P.; Reuters