Laid-off workers becoming own bosses

Source: WHAS11.com

DALLAS (AP) -- Karen Kern has traveled the full circle of employment evolution -- from full-time mom to employee to unemployed to entrepreneur -- in about a year. Last month, she lost her job as catering coordinator f ...
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30 BLOCKS OF STOLEN COMPUTERS (Oldie But Goodie)

Source: The Burning Platform

I’m seriously considering building a retirement home in the 30 Blocks of Squalor. I’ll get me a pimpmobile with white sidewall tires, dice hanging from the rearview mirror, and curtains in the back window. Of course a ...
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Aikman, Staubach to head Tocqueville effort

Source: Dallas Morning News

The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas has invited members of the Tocqueville Society to a June 5 luncheon to announce the creation of a $25,000 Circle of the Ruth Sharp Altshuler Tocqueville Society chaired by footbal ...
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Source: Lewisville Leader

The conference, under the direction of the chamber's women's division, featured four speakers, a business exhibit and an opportunity for large-scale networking. Attendees spent the day engaged in breakout sessions a ...
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NYSE Is Winning the IPO Listing War

Source: Minyanville

There was some discussion earlier this week about the possibility that Facebook (FB) could look to bolt from the Nasdaq OMX (NDAQ) exchange in the aftermath of its messy public debut last Friday. The social ...
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Nvidia's Icera 410 Chipset Okayed for AT&T's 4G-LTE Network

Source: PC Magazine

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag. Nvidia's push into the mobile device space proceeds apace with Thursday's announcement from the chip maker that its Icera 410 LTE multi-mode data modem has be ...
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Which Windows will make for a better tablet?

Source: ZDNet

Summary: With the Release Preview due in a few weeks, there are still many questions about Windows 8 and Windows RT. They look similar–and share a lot of the same code under the hood–but there significant differences. Which wi ...
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Green Cards for STEM Grads Should Be Limited

Source: U.S. News & World Report

Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. He is the author of The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal and How Obama is Transforming America Through Immigration. "Staple a gr ...
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Source: CNN/Money

Girl Scouts' Amelia Steeger teaches children about alternative energy. She's interested in a STEM career. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Girl Scouts are now getting more of what they want...and it's not just cookies. It's actually science, technolo ...
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