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Report - U.S. Rentals Unaffordable to Poor (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - Report: a Minimum-Wage Earner Can Afford a One-Bedroom Rental in Only Four Counties in U.S. The Associated Press Dec. 20, 2004 - In only four of the nation's 3,066 counties can someone working full-time and earning federal minimum wage afford to pay rent and utilities on a one-bedroom apartment, an advocacy group on low-income housing reported Monday. |
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Oversight Is Lacking, F.D.A. Scientists Say (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (AP) - About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold, according to an internal survey. Also, more than one-third of those scientists have some doubts about the process for approving new drugs, the survey found. |
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The Drug Lobby Scores Again (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - As ever, postelection herds of politicians are migrating from the public sector to the promised land of Washington lobbying, led this year by Representative Billy Tauzin, an architect of the people's new Medicare drug law who is becoming the pharmaceutical industry's chief lobbyist at a rumored salary of $2 million a year. The eye-popping transition is quite permissible under current laws, which facilitate something dubbed Washington's revolving door. In truth, the process is closer to osmosis, with the "wall" between the public and private sectors serving as a semipermeable membrane in the body politic. |
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Auditing Gets a Bad Rap, Improves Planning (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - Speak of operations assessment, and we’ll hear its significant value. Speak of an audit, and we’ll run for the nearest emergency exit. There’s no difference between the two, yet that word audit still chills us. But is an audit really designed to help us or hurt us? [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004] |
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MMI Associates, Inc. Receives International Award (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - MMI Associates, Inc., a Cary-based Marketing and Public Relations firm, has been recognized as a 2004 winner of the MarCom Creative Award for the firm’s efforts in planning and implementing a successful marketing and public relations campaign for the production of Monday Makeover, a makeover series produced by News 14 Carolina. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004] |
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Overpaying for Workers Compensation? You Don't Have to. (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - The new wave of rising Workmens Compensation payments have spurred thousands of review audits throughout the United States, resulting in millions of dollars in refunds and cost savings for their clients. Rubbing Salt Into The Wound: The Epidemic of Workers Compensation Insurance Premium Overpayment in America [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004] |
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“12 Steps to Exports Compliance” Seminar - February 10 & 11, 2005 at Marriott Newton. Seminar to address changes in ITAR (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - Sid Martin, founder and president of Sem3 Solutions of Raynham, MA, and Eric Newson, Vice President for International Business at Collins & Company of Arlington, VA will hold “12 Steps to Export Compliance” Seminar on February 10 & 11, 2005 at the Marriott Newton, 2345 Commonwealth Avenue in Newton, MA. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004] |
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TPMG Upgrades its Management Training Boot Camp (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - The Performance Management Group, a Phoenix, Arizona management consulting firm, announced today that it will be upgrading its management training boot camp to include team leadership and metrics & scorecarding training. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004] |
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T.P.M.G. Upgrades its Management Training Boot Camp (Dec 23 2004 16:34 GMT) - The Performance Management Group, a Phoenix, Arizona management consulting firm, announced today that it will be upgrading its management training boot camp to include team leadership and metrics & scorecarding training. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004] |
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Make a gift To the ... (Dec 23 2004 16:32 GMT) - Make a gift To the Navy-Marine Corp Relief Society Times and the services being what they are, our Navy and Marine Corp families are probably much in need of support now. There's a |
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