It takes a special kind of person to pull up stakes and move across the country every 13 weeks. Y... Different groups choose an

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It takes a special kind of person to pull up stakes and move across the country every 13 weeks. Yet as many as 20,000 traveling nurses have signed up for that job.

"It's a perfect opportunity to get out and travel and see different parts of the country," said Eric Schoolcraft, who has been working as a traveling nurse along with his wife Jill, for the past three years.

The itineran...

Search Z Magazine Z Blogs Watches Resources Languages Parecon Sustainers Purchases About Us<p... US Labor Is in Retreat as Glob

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Workers at auto parts maker Delphi Corp. will be asked this week to take a two-thirds pay cut. It's one of the most drastic wage concessions ever sought from unionized employees.

Workers at General Motors Corp., meanwhile, tentatively agreed on Monday to absorb billions of dollars in healthc...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Art Luna knows he's going to have to pay more for his health care coverage... GM-UAW agreement could have

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2005-10-24 11:00. ::

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Art Luna knows he's going to have to pay more for his health care coverage under a historic agreement worked out between the UAW and General Motors Corp.

Luna, president of the United Auto Workers Local 602 in Lansing, figures UAW members at Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG probably can count on seeing their share of health costs rise as well, as leaders at bot...

We all expected the bird flu virus to reach us from Russia, now the question is how to prepare. S... Nation &amp; World Views..

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2005-10-24 11:00. ::

We all expected the bird flu virus to reach us from Russia, now the question is how to prepare. Stockpiling antiviral drugs, like Roche's Tamiflu, is essential, and the countries ... which have ignored this have made a mistake.

But now Roche must license the patent for Tamiflu to other companies, so that we may have enough doses to face a (human) pandemic, if it should ever come. Roche s...

After Rickie and Ronda Coleman purchased a Pontiac Grand Prix from a car dealer who turned out to... Why Georgia can be a bad p

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After Rickie and Ronda Coleman purchased a Pontiac Grand Prix from a car dealer who turned out to be a crook, they discovered why Georgia is among the worst places in the country to buy a car.

Not only did the Eastman couple have to give their car back, they got stuck paying the note on a vehicle they no longer owned. Then legislation to protect used car buyers from the Colemans' fate go...

11:41 AM EDT, Oct 22, 2005 Read more comments or post your own Florida is at the forefront ... Model for others...

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Florida is at the forefront of reform with the federal government's approval of Gov. Jeb Bush's ambitious and innovative Medicaid reform plan.

Other states will be watching carefully as Florida sets out to prove that free-market solutions can be brought to bear on the Medicaid crisis that has been consuming state budge...

&bull; Lansing-based Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America has agreed to buy New Berlin, Wis.-ba... Growing businesses...

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2005-10-24 11:00. ::

• Lansing-based Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America has agreed to buy New Berlin, Wis.-based workers compensation company United Wisconsin Insurance Co. The financial terms of the agreement were not released.

• Plymouth-based Plastipak Holdings agreed to purchase the shares of Bascharage, Luxembourg-based supplier LuxPET A.G./S.A.

• Rochester Hills-based Ovonic Fue...