Get set for the job wave
Daily News & Analysis, India -
No wonder the latest Manpower Employment Outlook survey for the first quarter of 2007 predicts that of the Indian employers surveyed 41 per cent expect an increase in hiring activity. But one has to tread the growth path carefully, experts caution. According to Balakrishnan, though jobs are expected to grow faster, the growth will be sustained only if market performance remains upbeat and infrastructure improves.
2006-12-31
Teen looks to stem cell future Inflicted with diabetes, he lauds
Trenton Times, NJ -
Charlie, who plays soccer and is a punk-music drummer, is a student at Kreps Middle School. Type 1 diabetes, previously called "juvenile diabetes," stops the body from producing insulin, which is needed to regulate blood sugar. Charlie must receive injections of insulin from an automatic pump every three minutes to prevent him from becoming ill. Before every meal, he must measure his blood-sugar level, which has become more inconsistent now that he is a teen and is going through growth spurts.
2006-12-29
The son of Scrooge
The Observer, UK -
But David Cannadine's account of this 'hollow man', a 'dried-up dollar bill that the wind might whisk away', is, paradoxically, mesmerising. Mellon: An American Life is a parable of the American Dream gone sour as much as a straightforward biography. It is also heavy with contemporary relevance. As well as foreshadowing today's corporate corruption scandals in his private business, Mellon's fiscal policies became the template for the supply-side economics beloved of Republican administrations since the 1980s. This, in some quarters, is unpalatable stuff, and Mellon (commissioned by its subject's more liberally-minded son, Paul) dwells mercilessly on the millionaire's moral and personal deficiencies. We learn that 'he would always remain stunted and limited', that 'single-minded pursuit of money is often associated with some form of stunting in emotional growth', that 'there is no necessary connection between emotional intelligence and business acumen', and that 'he could judge men and business, but not women and love'.
2006-12-20
Opening address � 16th Commonwealth Conference of Education
Moneyweb, South Africa -
This brings me to a second concept that has some bearing on how economists think about education, and in particular on the role of formal qualifications and standards. There is a body of theory about how markets work that focuses on missing or imperfect information, and the transaction costs associated with decision-making with incomplete information. Michael Spence introduced the idea of �signalling� into this literature thirty years ago, and for the first time economists were able to offer a coherent explanation of why we have persisted in our modern education systems with those arcane medieval rites of passage and colourful ceremonies and symbols and formal titles associated with degrees and diplomas and professional qualifications. These are signals, simple indicators that carry information that would otherwise not be evident in the ordinary course of trade and commerce. And so we rely on the advice of a medical doctor or the engineer�s calculations not because we have conducted an exhaustive due diligence assessment of his or her capabilities, but because a reputable academy of learning has done so.
2006-12-19
Teen looks to stem cell future Inflicted with diabetes, he lauds
Trenton Times, NJ -
Charlie, who plays soccer and is a punk-music drummer, is a student at Kreps Middle School. Type 1 diabetes, previously called "juvenile diabetes," stops the body from producing insulin, which is needed to regulate blood sugar. Charlie must receive injections of insulin from an automatic pump every three minutes to prevent him from becoming ill. Before every meal, he must measure his blood-sugar level, which has become more inconsistent now that he is a teen and is going through growth spurts.
2006-12-13
Measuring the iPod effect
CNET.com.au, Australia -
Acer, once a declining PC brand out of Taiwan, has been the fastest-growing major PC maker in the world for the four years and consistently outpaced Apple, Dell and others in most quarters. In 2005, the company grew shipments by 58.1 percent. Acer now commands 5.9 percent of the world market and is the fourth largest vendor, according to Gartner. In 2003, the company only had 2.9 percent of the worldwide market, or about half as much, and wasn't in the top five.
2006-12-12
Opening address � 16th Commonwealth Conference of Education
Moneyweb, South Africa -
This brings me to a second concept that has some bearing on how economists think about education, and in particular on the role of formal qualifications and standards. There is a body of theory about how markets work that focuses on missing or imperfect information, and the transaction costs associated with decision-making with incomplete information. Michael Spence introduced the idea of �signalling� into this literature thirty years ago, and for the first time economists were able to offer a coherent explanation of why we have persisted in our modern education systems with those arcane medieval rites of passage and colourful ceremonies and symbols and formal titles associated with degrees and diplomas and professional qualifications. These are signals, simple indicators that carry information that would otherwise not be evident in the ordinary course of trade and commerce. And so we rely on the advice of a medical doctor or the engineer�s calculations not because we have conducted an exhaustive due diligence assessment of his or her capabilities, but because a reputable academy of learning has done so.
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