Sunday, February 13, 2005

Internet Tutors from India Aid U.S. Kids with Math. It's a new form of outsourcing: teachers in India are tutoring American children in math over the Internet. The Delhi-based company Career Launcher is one example: It contracts with a U.S. company to provide extra tutoring. The market has expanded since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act. [NPR's All Things Considered] 9:34:37 AM    comment [] Book Takes Look at 'China, Inc.'. Author Ted C. Fishman says American consumers have saved far more by purchasing cheap Chinese-made goods than they have from Bush administration tax cuts. Fishman's new book is China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Affects America and the World. [NPR's All Things Considered] 9:34:06 AM    comment [] qotd. H. Norman Schwarzkop: "You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself." [Adam Curry's Weblog] 9:22:46 AM    comment [] Social Isolation, Guns and a 'Culture of Suicide'. New research suggests that suicide risk factors are heightened in rural areas by social isolation, lack of mental health care and the easy availability of guns. By By FOX BUTTERFIELD. [NYT > Health] 9:21:35 AM    comment [] Carl Fiorina? He'd Probably Be Out of Work, Too. If Carleton S. Fiorina were a man, would the outcome of her turbulent tenure as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard have been different? By By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH. [NYT > Technology] 8:51:35 AM    comment [] Is Labor Out in Front on Health Care?. Union leaders may be thinking about the health system in ways more sophisticated and businesslike than many chief executives. By By MATT MILLER. [NYT > Business] 8:44:54 AM    comment []

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