The job industry has changed drastically since computers have taken over just about everything. 2/3 of employees sit at computers for their jobs, and over 80% of Americans work in jobs that require little to no physical activity. While desk-workers tend to suffer from obesity (1/3 of Americans are obese), there are still some more dangerous jobs out there that can literally kill you in a split second. Here are five occupations with the highest fatality rates.
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In the United States of America, there are about 246 million cars, down from 250 million. 2010 saw a decrease in cars as economic hard times set in. So, what cars are Americans buying? What car brands make up that 246 million? Here’s a look at the… Read more
IT jobs, at one point, became very difficult to find, land and retain. The landscape of the industry was rocked by the ability to outsource labor and finding an IT job close to home was beginning to become a grueling and laborious hunt. The IT… Read more
This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Image: TJ Blackwell/Wikimedia The earth is a hot commodity. If you’re an investor worth your salt, you want to be tracking earth-based commodities. And if you’re not an expert–or you haven’t scheduled… Read more
Image: Paul Sapiano/Flickr Berkshire Hathaway’s annual “Woodstock of Capitalism,” its shareholder meeting, happens on April 30 this year. Warren Buffett’s baby is by far America’s most beloved conglomerate. What’s behind the fame? Buffett and… Read more
This February’s movie sales were dismal. Box Office Mojo has more: In February, movie theaters racked up nearly $660 million in sales, dipping close to 13 percent from February 2010′s $755 million haul. It was the lowest-grossing February… Read more
(Image: MortgageCalculator.org) New home sales are dismally low. You could blame the weather, but the truth is that when you can’t find a job or your income down, banks aren’t very excited about loaning money to you, and you don’t have much… Read more
In its latest media-giant move, Apple has launches subscriptions in its App Store. You can now subscribe to magazines, newspapers, video, etc. Subscriptions, whose duration (weekly, monthly, etc.) is set by publishers, will run on the same… Read more
In its latest comeback-by-buyout move, AOL bought the Huffington Post for $315 million. The Wall St. Journal reports: (AOL CFO Arthur Minson) said AOL, which last week posted a 26% drop in fourth-quarter revenue to $596 million, expects to… Read more
Image: Channel R/Wikimedia Debit rewards will soon become a thing of the past–unless you use a small bank. A law that takes effect in July will cap debit swipe fees for banks that have more than $10 billion in assets. From Bloomberg: Visa… Read more
Fortune Magazine has confirmed that the much-anticipated Verizon iPhone will be coming out early next year. Can you hear the collective sigh of relief? Fortune comments: …wireless data usage on the device is a major burden on AT&T’s (T)… Read more
Dutch castle for sale. Image by Photocapy/Flickr. Pending home sales, instead of dropping 1% in October as estimated, rose 10%. The gains happened amidst rock-bottom mortgage rates of 4.3% and late September’s foreclosure moratorium. Bloomberg… Read more
Image: Stevehopson.com In a rare move of bipartisan cooperation, Congress has passed a sweeping food safety bill that would give the FDA power to recall tainted produce, dairy products, eggs, and some processed foods before they hit supermarket… Read more
Feeling overworked and under-productive? If so, you’re in good company. Half of employees globally are struggling to manage a daily flood of information, according to LexisNexis’ 2010 International Workplace Productivity Survey, which polled… Read more
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