The HP layoffs will consist disproportionately of older workers, says Norman Matloff. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hewlett-Packard announced it will eliminate 27,000 jobs Norman Matloff: Many laid-off HP employees will not have an easy time finding jobs He says tech job market is great for young workers, but not for older, experienced workers Matloff: Engineers, like everyone else, need to adjust to the realities of a global economy Editor's note: Norman Matloff is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis. (CNN) -- Are technology companies ailing? Hewlett-Packard certainly is. The venerable behemoth announced it will implement a restructuring that includes eliminating 27,000 jobs. HP tried to bring itself around by replacing its CEO last year. That didn't quite do the trick, so now ... Continue reading →
The HP layoffs will consist disproportionately of older workers, says Norman Matloff. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hewlett-Packard announced it will eliminate 27,000 jobs Norman Matloff: Many laid-off HP employees will not have an easy time finding jobs He says tech job market is great for young workers, but not for older, experienced workers Matloff: Engineers, like everyone else, need to adjust to the realities of a global economy Editor's note: Norman Matloff is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis. (CNN) -- Are technology companies ailing? Hewlett-Packard certainly is. The venerable behemoth announced it will implement a restructuring that includes eliminating 27,000 jobs. HP tried to bring itself around by replacing its CEO last year. That didn't quite do the trick, so now ... Continue reading →
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Home > Plasmid: Science and bio-tech research blog By Stacey Singer | Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 12:44 PM Have you ever watched Psycho on late-night television only to find yourself hesitant to step into the shower the next week? Or read an article on retirement planning before bed, awakening with a better understanding of how to manage your 401K? There’s a time lag between experience and comprehension. We’ve all felt it. But why? The inner workings of thought and memory are still mysterious to science. Brain scans can show which areas of the mind are activated during thought. But what is taking place within and between neurons over time during the learning process — the activation of DNA, the assembly of proteins, the movement of ... Continue reading →
By Stacey Singer Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Updated: 9:49 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Posted: 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012 St. Mary's and Delray medical centers are asking the Palm Beach County Health Care District to triple to $16 million the amount of taxpayer support they receive to run the county's trauma programs, even as rival HCA says it is prepared to launch a trauma program at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis with no public subsidy. HCA told a Health Care District committee Tuesday that it runs five trauma programs statewide with no public support. An executive from St. Mary's, a Tenet hospital, countered that without subsidies, patients are slapped with impossibly high trauma access charges. At HCA's Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, trauma ... Continue reading →
