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Obama launches technology partnership to spur jobs

President Barack Obama on Friday launched an initiative to develop new U.S. manufacturing jobs by teaming up government with companies and universities to invest more than $500 million in advanced technologies.
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10,000 Jobs In UK Go Unfilled, While Claimant Count Rises

In a reflection of how the British workforce’s skills might not match up with the requirements of available work, May figures from the Department and Work and Pensions (DWP) indicated that 10,000 jobs remained unfilled over the past three months or more at Jobcentre Plus, despite a rise in the number of people filing for unemployment insurance benefits.
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RIM to slash jobs after slashing guidance

Research in Motion (RIMM) slashed its guidance on Thursday after quarterly profit dropped, saying that it would slash jobs as rivals mount pressure on the smartphone maker.
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First Steve Jobs Comic Book On the Way

Bluewater Productions is set to release a comic book on Steve Jobs that it says will tackle both his innovative genius, and his egomaniacal, corporate pirate side.
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Greece fears drive down futures ahead of jobs data

Stock index futures dipped on Thursday as global equities tumbled on worries that the lack of a deal on how to handle the Greek debt crisis could trigger disorderly market moves and crimp liquidity.
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Lockheed space unit to cut about 1,200 jobs

Lockheed Martin Corp's space systems unit said on Tuesday it would cut 1,200 workers, or about 7.5 percent of the division's total workforce, by year's end to reduce costs and improve its competitive standing.
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Thousands of UK postal workers likely to lose jobs

Up to 20,000 postal workers in Britain are likely to lose their jobs after the Royal Mail posted a £120-million loss in its letters and parcels business largely as a result of more people abandoning the system in favor of internet communications.
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Jobs prospects improve in most economies: Manpower

Hiring prospects for the coming quarter have improved in most large economies from three months ago, while holding steady in the United States, according to a quarterly survey of employers by ManpowerGroup Inc .
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Top 5 amazing features of Apple iOS 5 you didn't know

From Steve Jobs' key note at the 2011 WWDC, it turns out that there are a lot of amazing new features coming in iOS 5. But apart from all those features that Jobs highlighted, Apple has tucked some other cool features in its iOS 5 that were not emphasized in the keynote.
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Jobs panel proposes ways to spur hiring

Washington should streamline permitting for construction projects and make it easier for tourists to visit the United States to help boost hiring and spur the economy, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said.
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Apple's WWDC silence over iPhone 5: A giveaway to Android?

Apple fans will cheer the announcement of iOS 5 at the WWDC; but it is the Android camp that will be heartened by the fact that there has been no word on the iPhone 5. An iPhone 4 S in August? And the true iPhone 5 in 2012? will that be too late? Or, will it fit better into Apple's strategy?

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