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...Labor has reported that household employment is much stronger than payroll numbers--indicating that workers are getting by with freelance or contract work, whether or not they want to. In January, for example, there were 2.8 million more people employed than in January 2002, according to the household survey, while the payroll numbers were almost flat at 130 million...
...easier on workers at the call centers that handle U.S. customer-service complaints. In a recent survey by India's Dataquest magazine, 40% said they suffered from sleep disorders, and 34% complained of digestive problems. "It's a tough life," says Shruti Kaushik, 21, an IBM call-center employee. Kaushik took the job seven months ago "to make some easy money," about $160 a month. But the credit-collection work isn't easy. "Things get monotonous; there are rude customers," she says. Combine those factors with the 10-to 12-hour night shifts that Indian IT workers pull so they...
Hearns and his friends are not alone: a 2001 survey found that 22% of college students were buying energy drinks. The drinks are the fastest growing sector in the beverage business. After earning a mere $12 million in 1997, they now account for $1 billion of the $60 billion U.S. soft-drink market. Red Bull was the energy-drink pioneer, and still commands a share of more than 60%, but there are more than 200 challengers to the throne, many of which have attracted cultlike followings...
...months, George W. Bush has opened his lucrative fund-raising speeches with the same line about where he is in the race for the presidency, telling politely chuckling audiences, "I'm just getting warmed up." Now, with his poll numbers falling--last week a survey of likely voters found him trailing Democratic front runner John Kerry 43% to 55%--he seems ready to acknowledge that a little sprinting may be in order...
...surprising is that today, despite greatly expanded financial opportunities and legal rights, women still feel the need to play this cat-and-mouse game, albeit an updated version. No one knows how many wives hide money from their husbands, but there is evidence that the practice is widespread. A survey of 1,000 professional women conducted by working woman magazine in 1995 found that 13% of those interviewed had a secret stash. Women who have been divorced may be more likely to keep hidden funds: 1 in 4 women surveyed in 1999 by the Stepfamily Association of America...