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Kerry Heads to Ukraine; McCain Proposes U.S. Missiles in Czech Republic

MishTalk

Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Ukraine today as western leaders seek to respond to Russia seizing control of the eastern European country’s Black Sea region of Crimea. Kerry will travel to Kiev to offer support to Ukrainian leaders, U.S. officials said yesterday. McCain Proposes U.S.

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Did the Rebels Have a Buk System? How About a Working One? Flight Diverted Over Restricted Space?

MishTalk

My guess still remains that the Ukrainians (unwittingly) repeated their Siberian Airlines stunt from 2001. The Financial Times reports Downed Airliner was Travelling Above No-Fly Zone. They Did Once Before: SA Flight 1812 Erroneously Downed by Ukraine in 2001 ) Ukraine denied it then. If so, why?

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Why More Cities Should Offer Summer Jobs for Teens

Harvard Business

In addition to signaling a strong economy, a tight labor market typically improves job prospects for groups with fewer skills and less experience, including teens. Even more worrisome has been the decline, since 2001, in the share of teens participating in the labor force. However, as of July 2018, the U.S.

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Robo-Journalism Will Produce 1 Billion Web Stories in 2015 (This Isn't One of Them); McJournalism Coming Up

MishTalk

Actually, I do know what it is like to be without a job for an extended period because I was jobless for several years between 2001 and 2004. Each piece would have taken most of a day and some travel to research, and a couple of hours to write. I started this blog hoping someone would hire me as writer.

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Wave of New EU Border Controls: Austria, Slovakia, Netherlands; Austria Dispatches Army to Border; Hungary Blames Greece

MishTalk

Officials in Austria on Monday said the country’s decision to increase checks on refugees travelling from Hungary — including dispatching the army to the border — remained in line with Schengen rules on free movement across EU borders. The last " Yes to Europe " vote was in 2001. Yes to Europe Switzerland is not a member of the EU.

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Terror in Paris: "Several Dozen" Dead, Hostages Taken, France Closes Borders; Hey Chancellor Merkel

MishTalk

Paris was struck by co-ordinated attacks on Friday night, causing chaos in the French capital in one of the deadliest terrorist atrocities on a western city since September 11, 2001. Many hundreds of French citizens have travelled to Syria and Iraq, and the risk from those who return is well known and severe,” he said.

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Hiring and Managing in Turbulent Times

Harvard Business

Over the past month, I’ve traveled from my base in Argentina to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to give a series of speeches, and I’ll soon leave for another tour, this time in Italy. Then came the September 11, 2001, attacks, followed by fully-fledged economic crises in the U.S. But we barely downsized.