Posted by elizabethjames1980, at 12:32AM 06/28/09 :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/28/fraud-inquiry-government-jobs-scheme
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Recruitment companies getting tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money to find jobs for the unemployed are at the centre of a fraud probe after staff made false claims of getting people into work. The Observer found that A4e, one of the government's biggest private contractors, is at the centre of the Department for Work and Pensions inquiries. It is understood that at least two other recruitment companies have been probed by the DWP. Last night Yvette Cooper, the work and pensions secreta
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Posted by elizabethjames1980, at 05:14AM 06/27/09 :
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechCrunch/~3/fXBmqPvDgOA/
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Brand loyalty is a powerful thing, especially. when it comes to technology. Consider the battle brewing now between Google and Microsoft's new search engine, Bing. Even if Bing proves to be just as good as Google, it might not matter because of the strength of Google's brand. An independent usability and consumer preference study, which we've obtained and embedded below, suggests as much. It was conducted by the Catalyst Group. , a usability research and design firm located in New York City. The
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