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Out of work, challenged on benefits, too - Washington Post- msnbc.com »
Posted by: y_soitenly 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
It's hard enough to lose a job. But for a growing proportion of U.S. workers, the troubles really set in when they apply ...
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China: 5,335 students dead, missing in 2008 quake »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 2 months ago in News
BEIJING – A year after the massive Sichuan earthquake leveled hundreds of schools, sparking allegations of corruption and shoddy construction, China finally gave Thursday its first ...
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current Senate Stimulus bill would give 300,000 construction jobs to illegal aliens »
Posted by: RedRiverJ 5 months ago in News
Famed analyst Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation has just released an estimate that the stimulus bill on the Senate floor would provide construction jobs ...
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Data on Housing and Inflation Top Expectations »
Posted by: Beau7890 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Business & Finance
Construction of new homes leapt back in May after dropping sharply a month earlier, the government reported on Tuesday, signaling that the housing and construction ...
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As Jobs Die, Europe's Migrants Head Home »
Posted by: engineer 2 months, 1 week ago in News
Six years after the Spanish construction boom lured him here from his native Romania, Constantin Marius Mituletu is going home, another victim of the bust ...
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Do it Yourself Home Repair »
Posted by: killkill 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Family
In tough economic times, more and more people are turning away from contracted home repair in favor of do-it-yourself home repair. This can be a ...
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Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Studies by two conservative think tanks estimate immigrants in the United States illegally could take 300,000 construction jobs, or 15% of the 2 million ...
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Bids Pour In for State Construction Jobs »
Posted by: Progressive 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Construction firms are so eager for work in the sagging economy that project bids are coming in much lower than expected, allowing state and local ...
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Why VP Biden is happy in Bergen County NJ? »
Posted by: DennyWiggers 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Political News
stimulus spending is on its way....
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Archaeologists discover King Herod's quarry - Science- msnbc.com »
Posted by: gbudavid 7 hours, 33 minutes ago in News
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago ...
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Stretchable Electronics With A Twist »
Posted by: myfairlady 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Jizhou Song, a professor in the University of Miami College of Engineering and his collaborators Professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois and Professor ...
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Top 30 Civil Engineering Blogs »
Posted by: nancythegirl 1 week ago in Business & Finance
Civil engineers have one of the world’s most essential jobs: Building our well-being. From bridges and highway systems to water treatment plants and energy ...
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State 'shovel-ready' jobs take back seat to spending on health care, welfare »
Posted by: zaph22 1 month ago in Political News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Remember the "shovel-ready" projects lined up for all that stimulus money? It turns out social spending, more than construction, is hitting pay dirt ...
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Barrel ‘monster’ gets student arrested - Weird news- msnbc.com »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
RALEIGH, N.C. - When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of ...
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Israel rebuffs U.S. call for total settlement freeze »
Posted by: rumple4skin 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Israel will press ahead with housing construction in its West Bank settlements despite a surprisingly blunt demand from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ...
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