World Briefs
May 17
2010
NATION TEACHERS TO KEEP JOBS CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — A school district that gained the support of President Barack Obama for promoting accountability after it fired all its teachers from a struggling school announced on Sunday it had reached an agreement with the union to return all the current staffers to their jobs.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more
Is this good news? What are the issues with the teacher’s union? Is the union more interested in the teachers or the students? What effect have unions had on the schools in your city? When you understand the answers to these questions, what are you going to do about it?
Tags: politics schools unions
As teachers statewide are hearing their contracts may not be renewed, the Obama administration urged Congress to include $23 billion in emergency spending in a war funding bill to help states save education jobs.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more
What does this mean for jobs? Is there an opportunity here for you? Why is your state short of money for schools? All of these questions are part of your process to get to where you Never Look Again!
Tags: politics jobs government spending
Fed likely to hold interest rates low
Apr 28
2010
Tags: economy, inflation, interest rates
Inflation is baked in the cake
Apr 12
2010
Read this great piece by Rich Karlgaard in Forbes – be sure to follow the links in the article as well, for background.
Rich does his usual good, clear, simple job of writing.
Your next steps are to understand what your “personal inflation rate” will be, what your will do to cope with it and how your employment prospects are likely to be affected by it.
Personal Inflation Rate is how you and your family are affected by inflation. The impact of inflation varies with lifestyle, location, …. The numbers published by Washington seldom have any real meaning beyond a general feel for up vs down. For example, both food and gasoline are omitted from the index. Only a government bureaucrat could see that as relevant. Here’s a calculator on Kiplinger to help you understand your personal inflation rate [link]
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