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Consumer debt, government spending are weighing on the economy. There are two primary reasons why the U.S. is producing yet another "jobless recovery" and is now suffering under a condition of structurally based high unemployment.

Why Jobs Are AWOL

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Andrew Mason figured out how to inject hysteria into the process of bargain hunting on the Web. The result is an overnight success story called Groupon.

At least Mark Zuckerberg wrote a few lines of computer code at Harvard before he left to launch Facebook. Now Andrew Mason, a relaxed and lanky 29-year-old music major from Northwestern, has managed to build the fastest-growing company in Web history. Groupon represents what the dot-com boom was supposed to be all about: huge sales, easy profits and solid connection between bricks-and-mortar retailers and online consumers.

Meet The Fastest Growing Company Ever

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In a tight job market, these job seekers were focused, persistent and creative.

Career coaches can drone on about resumes, networking and interviewing techniques. But how do real people get real jobs in a tight job market?

Please share your experience here!

10 Job-Hunting Tips From People Who Found Jobs

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Google arms itself to take on social networking.

There is an increasing drumbeat among technology analysts that Facebook is heading towards oblivion, not in days, or even months, but certainly in the next couple of years. If this seems a perverse judgment in the face of its claim to a virtual society, half a billion people strong, its underlying logic is compellingly Darwinian: The mobile web rewards increasing simplicity, and it doesn't make sense, in the long run, to have multiple social networks, each with their own sign-ins and passwords, their own assemblies of non-collaborating address books, applications, and data, and multiple levels of interaction with other users.

Are Facebook's Days Numbered?

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Microsoft founder's father gets into the act as Washington votes on an income tax for the affluent only.

While Washington, D.C. politicians jockey over whether to allow federal income tax rates for the well off to rise on Jan. 1, some state capitals are also having a tax-the-rich debate.

The most prominent is in Washington state, where Seattle lawyer Bill Gates Sr., father of billionaire Microsoft ( MSFT - news - people ) founder Bill Gates, has gotten into the act. He's pushing for passage of a voter initiative on the November ballot that would impose a new state income tax on the affluent only, starting in 2012.

States (And Bill Gates Sr.) Look To Soak The Rich

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How to minimize the negative aspects of taking holidays.

"I'll need another vacation to recuperate from this journey home," I heard a husband tell his wife as I passed through U.S. Customs. Others within earshot nodded. Indeed it's not uncommon to find yourself more exhausted after a holiday than before it. Any rest built up during an idyllic vacation can be quickly wiped out by a tiring trip (lugging suitcases, navigating foreign airports, negotiating with cab drivers, waiting in lines, and agitated babies) home.

Are Vacations Bad For You?

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Do female role models have an obligation to watch their mouths?

Last week the most listened-to woman in radio, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, in what she has said was an attempt to make a "philosophical point," used the N-word 11 times during a call-in segment. The show was cut short and Schlessinger apologized the next day.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger And The Paradox Of Public Free Speech

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Costs for elite prep schools are staggering, but parents say they're worth it. Pristine surroundings, acres and acres of land and top-notch facilities, not to mention rigorous academics. A college campus? Close. The scene describes many of America's best and most expensive high schools, those traditional elite bastions of learning and networking that parents clamor to plug their children into.

Most Expensive Private High Schools

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As the world emerges from a recession, the U.S. loses ground as a business-friendly locale.

Below is the Top 20 in the list:
# 1.Denmark
# 2.Hong Kong
# 3.New Zealand
# 4.Canada
# 5.Singapore
# 6.Ireland
# 7.Sweden
# 8.Norway
# 9.United States
# 10.United Kingdom
# 11.Finland
# 12.Australia
# 13.Netherlands
# 14.Belgium
# 15.Switzerland
# 16.Israel
# 17.Luxembourg
# 18.Iceland
# 19.Estonia
# 20.Germany

The Best Countries For Business

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Great collection!

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