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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

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job growth since 2005 has been in contracting gigs  covers a study by two noted academic economists that found all net employment growth in the U.S. economy since 2005 appears to have occurred in alternative work arrangements. in 2005 to 15.8% million in February 2005 to 23.6 million (66.5%) from 14.2

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UK insolvencies at lowest level since 2005

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Some great news for anyone thinking about starting their own business now: the number of insolvencies in the first quarter of 2013 have fallen to their lowest level since 2005 according to a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Business News business insolvency insolvencies insolvency Recovery UK Economy'

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The Holidays Can Be Overwhelming—Remember These 3 Things to Stay Positive

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In 2005, Primerica’s almost decade-long partnership with Citigroup had reached the point where we just didn’t fit within their environment anymore. I could’ve easily let my mind become overwhelmed with all the difficulties we were having and our uncertain future and spent that Christmas in 2005 too troubled to enjoy the festivities.

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It’s International Coworking Day — Learn About Its History, Plus Ways To Celebrate

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Software engineer Brad Neuberg is credited as the person who kicked off not just Coworking Day, but the whole coworking movement itself, when he blogged about the idea on August 9, 2005 : . Even today, the essence of coworking remains remarkably true to Brad’s 2005 vision:? .

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The United Nation Reports There are 4.9 Billion Internet Users

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The ITU report chart shows the growth in Internet users since 2005 (click to enlarge). .   Key quote from the Washington Post's 1 in 3 people around the world have never used the Internet, a U.N. report estimates : " across the U.N.’s " So we still have a long way to go before Internet usage is universal.

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This Bill Created 100,000 New Green Jobs; Expected to Add 9 Million More

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How it’ll impact the future: By 2030, the bill’s climate provisions aim to cut domestic carbon emissions from 2005 levels by at least 50% reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Small Business Applications in May 2nd Highest Ever

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  This was the second highest number of applications filed since this data was first collected in 2005. Census chart below shows (click to enlarge), 500,219 business applications were filed in May.  The recent surge in applications started last summer in July when a record 551,000 business applications were filed.  

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