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Toys"R"Us® to Hire 45,000 Seasonal Employees Nationwide This Christmas to Meet Shoppers' Needs (Popularity:  )
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Toys"R"Us® today announced plans to hire approximately 45,000 seasonal employees to staff its Toys"R"Us and Toys"R"Us Express pop-up stores in the U.S. this holiday season, essentially doubling its domestic workforce. This number is greater than the total workforce the company hired during each of the last three holiday shopping seasons due to the addition of 600 new Toys"R"Us Express stores. In previous holiday seasons, the company has hired approximately 35,000 ...
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Transparency Should Not Be a Luxury; It Is a Matter of Life and Death: What Purchasers and Consumers Can Do (Popularity: )
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The following is a statement by Leah Binder, CEO of The Leapfrog Group, on Leapfrog's release of Central-line Infection Data:For the first time, in 2009, The Leapfrog Group asked hospitals across the country on behalf of Leapfrog's purchaser members to publicly report their rates of one of the most common and deadly forms of hospital-acquired infections: central-line associated blood stream infections, or CLABSIs.Leapfrog is partnering with Consumer Reports Health to ...
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Trust Deepens for U.S.-India Defense Cooperation (Popularity: )
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The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) today arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport leading the largest-ever U.S. Executive Defense Mission to India in the 33-year history of this premier business advocacy organization whose mandate is to deepen U.S.-India commercial ties. Comprised of America's top defense companies, including GE Aviation, General Dynamics, ITT, Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, L-3 Communications, Northrup Grumman, Oracle, Raytheon, Sikorsky, Stonebridge International, BGR Holdings, The Cohen Group, ...
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Tubbs Jones Votes Against War Funding, Supports Domestic Funding during Supplemental Appropriations Vote (Popularity: )
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Rep. Tubbs Jones yesterday opposed the amendment to the Supplemental Appropriations bill providing emergency supplemental funding for Iraq. Rep. Tubbs Jones expressed concern that the funding bill contained no significant restrictions on the spending, which would fund the occupation in Iraq well into 2009. "We cannot continue to give blank checks to this Administration for the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Rep. Tubbs Jones. "While I wholeheartedly support our ...
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TV Ads Target House Members Who Voted for Obamacare (Popularity: )
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The League of American Voters (USALeague.com) launched a major TV-ad campaign today urging thirteen House members to vote "No" on the Obama-Pelosi plan to take over healthcare.House Democrats who voted with Nancy Pelosi to narrowly pass Obamacare last November, who represent congressional districts whose citizens overwhelming oppose Obamacare, are initial targets of the ads. The League is preparing TV ads to run in an additional seventeen congressional districts."Americans believe in ...
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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 13 (Popularity: )
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Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:SUNDAY, JUNE 13: FIRST HUMAN-POWERED FLIGHTProfile America - Sunday, June 13th. On this date in 1979, media reports highlighted the unlikely accomplishment of a young bicyclist from California. Bryan Allen flew a special aircraft across the English Channel to France - special because it had no engine. Allen supplied the power by pedaling, which turned the airplane's propeller. His ...
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U.S. Offers Support to Jamaica in Advance of Hurricane Threat (Popularity: )
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U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica Brenda LaGrange Johnson contacted both Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and the Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding concerning Jamaica's national response to Hurricane Dean. Ambassador Johnson commended both leaders for their spirit of unity and collaboration and she has offered her full support as Jamaica prepares for the storm's arrival. In anticipation of a possible response, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has ...
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U.S. Provides Assistance for Flood Victims in Nepal and India (Popularity: )
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On August 18, the Saptakoshi River broke through a retaining wall following heavy monsoon rains, resulting in floods in Sunsari District in southeastern Nepal and Bihar State in northeastern India. Flooding displaced up to 50,000 people in Nepal and affected 2.1 million people in India. In Nepal, the displaced populations took shelter in public buildings, unable to return to flooded areas until the embankment is repaired. Flood waters have blocked ...
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UNICEF Humanitarian Update: Urgent Survival Needs of Children and Women Affected by the Suspension of Activities of Major NGOs in North Sudan/Darfur (Popularity: )
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UNICEF is working with government and remaining non-government partners to address immediate gaps in the provision of life-saving services to children, following the suspension of 16 non-governmental organizations by the Government of Sudan.The biggest impact will be in Darfur, where a major humanitarian crisis is ongoing with 2.7 million people displaced, for whom these NGOs have been providing life-saving humanitarian services. Due to the suspension of activities of these NGOs, ...
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UNICEF Readies to Assist Mexican Flood Victims (Popularity: )
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In what is being described as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country, officials with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Mexican Government estimate that one third of those affected by the recent floods in the Mexican state of Tabasco are children. Of particular concern to UNICEF and the Mexican Ministry of Health is the high risk of water borne diseases such as ...
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