Sarah Shemkus is an award-winning freelance journalist, marketing enthusiast, accomplished baker, occasional globetrotter and total nerd (with a particular fondness for spreadsheets). Most recently, she reported on business and real estate for the Cape Cod Times, covering issues that ranged from health insurance reform and immigrant labor to entrepreneurship and tourism.
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Unemployment is Down, Jobs Are Up -- Depending on Where You Live
As of December, the national, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.5 percent. North Dakota, however, had a jobless rate of just 3.3 percent, down from 3.8 percent in December 2010. Two other states from the upper Midwest and a pair … Read more...
Why Mitt Romney & Other Wealthy Investors Pay Less Taxes
In Romney’s case, $12.6 million of his 2010 income was classified as capital gains, according to his tax filings. Had that money been paid as salary or wages, most of it would have been taxed at 35 percent; instead, it was assessed at less … Read more...
Steve Jobs Proved Executive Compensation is More Than Just Salary
Commentators were quick to draw a contrast between Cook’s pay package and that of his predecessor, the late Steve Jobs, who famously received compensation of just $1 per year. But executive compensation – at Apple or any other large, public … Read more...
MIT for Free
The new initiative, dubbed MITx, will have no admissions requirements or application process. Participants will be able to access course materials, interact with faculty and communicate with other students. There will be no charge to take … Read more...
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