FEATURE
High-Skilled to Ride Job Wave
September 7, 2010 | Chicago Sun Times/AP
When companies start hiring again, applicants with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay -- or none at all.
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Silicon Valley Companies Making Billion-Dollar Deals
September 2, 2010 | San Jose Mercury News
Venture investing may be slowing down in the valley, but M&A activity is running strong. From Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems to Intel and Oracle, some of Silicon Valley's largest companies charged out of the recession with fat bankrolls and a determination to spend whatever it takes this year to reshape their businesses around emerging technologies.
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Brookings: Nevada Should Be Hub for Clean-Energy Innovation
September 1, 2010 | Las Vegas Sun
Brookings Mountain West, a research group, is calling for a 19th century land grants model to launch an ambitious to shift the nation from fossil fuel to cleaner energy. Mark Muro, a co-director of Brookings Mountain West, says the centers would also be in Idaho, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona and foster innovation to move clean energy from the drawing board to the marketplace.
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People and Places That Innovate
September 4, 2010 | New York Times
Innovation is one of the most seductive words in the business world. It conjures up visions of bold new products and processes, entrepreneurial heroism, market leadership and big financial rewards. Small wonder, then, that the study of innovation has attracted all manner of executives, scholars, government officials and other curious observers.
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