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In the News
Compliance Science: What Workforce Managers Need to Know About Immigration EnforcementAmong
the administration's top priorities, immigration remains on track
largely due to bipartisan interest in Congress. While an immigration
reform bill may be out of the question this year—major expansion of
aggressive enforcement efforts is well underway.
ManageSmarter.comIn the News
Walmart Places a Mega Buy with YahooThose
tie-ins are part of an ad deal between Walmart and Yahoo is the largest
the Bentonville, AR-based company has made to date with a single online
publisher, according to Yahoo.
ClickZ.comIn the News
Beware of Fraudulent Census TakersAlthough
the 2010 Census does not officially begin until April, the Miami-Dade
Police Department’s Economic Crimes Bureau is reporting that residents
in their part of Florida have been targeted by crooks who pose as
Census takers.
BusinessKnowHow.comEconomy
U.S. Stocks Advance on Anniversary of 2009 Bear-Market LowU.S.
stocks rose on the anniversary of the 2009 bear-market low for the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index amid speculation the economy will
continue to recover from the worst contraction since the Great
Depression.
Bloomberg.com
Employment
Hiring by Smallest Employers May Signal Job Recovery
As Congress continues to shape a jobs bill, data from payroll companies suggest that small businesses have started to hire.
BusinessWeek.comEmploymentDomestic Hiring Plans Improve From a Year AgoU.S.
manufacturing and service-sector employers’ hiring plans for March are
improved compared with the same month a year ago, according to a report
on leading indicators of national employment released Friday, March 5,
by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Workforce.comEmploymentWhat States and Cities Are Doing to Help Small BusinessesWhile
Washington debates how to help the country’s struggling small
businesses, states and municipalities have stepped up with an array of
initiatives to stanch closings and save jobs.
NYtimes.com
Financial Issues
Regulators Ease Up On Small Business LoansIt's
a chicken-and-egg problem that's plagued the credit markets for a year:
Small businesses become riskier lending bets in a downturn, prompting
banks to slash their lending. But tight credit cuts off the financing
companies need to hire and grow, which in turn drags on the economy and
causes more businesses to fail.
CNNmoney.comFinancial Issues
TALF, Kickstarter for Small-Business Loans, DepartsThis month, one of the initial recovery efforts aimed at the small-business lending market is set to expire.
WSJ.com
Technology
Cisco Systems Releases $90,000 Router Tested by AT&T in 'Successful' TrialCisco
Systems Inc., the world’s biggest network-equipment maker, will start
selling a router that it says will accelerate the speed of data and
video downloads on the Internet.
Bloomberg.com
Operations & Management
Despite Growing Social Media Activity, U.S. Latinos Ignored by Big BrandsSeventy-eight
percent of Fortune 1000 companies are not employing social media sites
to market to Latinos, according to survey results released yesterday by
Hispanics-focused agency Orci.
ClickZ.com
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