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Higher Education Advertised Job Openings Jump 47 Percent
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State College : Advertisements for job openings in higher education were up dramatically in the first quarter of 2010. In fact, the number of advertised job openings increased every month of Q1 2010.
Advertised job openings for January, February, and March were up 11.1 percent, 14.8 percent, and 47.0 percent respectively compared to the same...
CSR: Supporting the homeless through Facebook & iPhone games
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London/Hamburg: The Facebook game StreetRivals and the new iPhone application iHobo are causing controversial discussions all over Europe. The debate circles around the use of social media to combine profitable business strategies with a socially responsible outcome. With homelessness as a theme, both companies are getting heavily attacked...
CNN Digital No. 1 News & Info Destination in Total Minutes, Video and Mobile
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CNN Leads News Competition on the Social Web with More Than 10 Million Twitter Followers and 2.1 Million Fans on Facebook
In March, CNN Digital ranked No. 1 among ALL News and Information sites in several key metrics, beating major News and Information properties such as MSNBC Digital, Yahoo! News and Wikipedia.
No. 1 in Video Streams: 130...
Arab playwriting initiative culminates in unique production for BBC World Drama
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Al Amwaj (The Waves) is a brand new play, created by a group of Arab writers, to be broadcast on BBC World Service on Saturday 21 March at 2001 GMT. It stems from a unique Arab playwriting initiative and is the first BBC play to be commissioned from writers in the Gulf region, all working in collaboration.
The play, exploring story-telling...
Television a Primary Source for Economic News in USA : Survey
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Television is cited as the primary source of news about the economy by more Americans than daily newspapers, the Internet and radio combined. In addition, more than half of those who primarily receive their economic news from television rate the coverage as good.
Those are the results of a nationwide research report based on 450 in-depth...
Survey Reveals a Decline in the Romantic Self-Image of Men and Women
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A Porter Novelli Styles survey reveals that the early 21st century has taken a subtle but clear toll on romance. Even back in 2003, when Porter Novelli first popped the question, less than 50% of women and men described themselves as romantic. When the same question was asked in 2008, the numbers slipped for both women (from 44% to 42%) and...
Views of China and Russia decline : BBC World Service poll
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Public views of China and Russia have slipped considerably in the past year, according to a new BBC World Service poll across 21 countries.Views of the United States have improved modestly over the past year but remain predominantly negative, even though the poll was taken after President Obama’s election.
In last year’s BBC poll...
BBC Worldwide Partners Jumbo Games for puzzles
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BBC Worldwide has announced a new deal agreement with puzzle specialist Jumbo Games to produce puzzles for the iconic Teletubbies brand with the first range of puzzles developed being released this Spring.
Launching at Toy Fair, Jumbo’s puzzles are a strong addition to the celebrated Teletubbies portfolio. The brand, which is the only...
FD Reveals Critical Communications Issues
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FD, the Strategic Communications segment of FTI Consulting Inc. (NYSE: FCN), has identified Seven Guideposts to help Southern California based-businesses recalibrate their communications plans against shifting business goals and prepare for potential crises during these unprecedented economic times.
FD developed these guideposts based on...
American Men Spend Half of Life Hanging Over the Phone
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The Bangor, Maine-based leading agency Anastasia International has found out that American men spend record number of hours on the phone with their Russian soulmates.
The agency specialized in introducing Russian and Ukrainian women to foreign men, announced that 100,000 phone calls have been placed through its Phone Translation Center since...