Study: US workers are world's most productive
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GENEVA - American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory, or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year.
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More than 600 million people worldwide work excessively long hours, with Peruvians topping the list and Britons the worst offenders amongst rich nations, the International Labour Organisation reported on Thursday.
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Over 42 percent of all spam mails sent this year around the world came from the United States, the ZD Net reported Monday. The ZD Net quoted a latest research, conducted
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Businesses in Sweden, Ireland and Britain top the list when it comes to the use of information technology to improve their operations, according to a country-by-country survey. The United States, which was in the top three last year, slipped four places.
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More U.S. workers are getting pay raises based on how well they do their jobs, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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SHANGHAI -- Hunched over clattering machinery, the 170 workers at a factory here churn out gleaming pistons for auto engines by the crateful, driven by surging demand from abroad. To hear managers at Shanghai Datong Automotive Industrial Co. tell it, their success overseas is due to efficiency and...
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A study released by the Business Software Alliance finds that the U.S. and Japan have the top environments for allowing the IT industry to grow and flourish.
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In five years only the U.S. will be ahead of the U.K., according to a study identifying world's best locations for attracting talent.
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Foreign companies have created millions of jobs in the United States, far outpacing the amount of work that American businesses have shifted abroad, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - Workers' productivity increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the spring, the smallest gain since late 2002, reflecting the economy's slowdown.    The increase in productivity - the amount an employee produces for every hour on the job - was down from an initial estimate of a 2.9 percent growth rate for the April-to-June quarter and marked a deceleration from the 3.7 percent pace posted in the first three months of this year, the Labor Department reported Thursday...
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U.S. industrial output advanced in  July, as American factories operated at their highest capacity  in more than three years, a Federal Reserve report on Tuesday  showed.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Productivity in the US nonfarm business sector increased at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, revised lower from an earlier estimate of 2.9 percent, the Labor Department estimated Thursday.
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U.S. business productivity grew at a  1.6 percent annual rate in the second quarter, higher than  first estimated, the government said on Wednesday in a report  that also showed worker compensation up much more this year  than initially thought.
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More than 60 countries were scored on factors ranging from business environment and R&#38;D efforts. How did the U.S. fare?Chart: World's top IT economies
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WASHINGTON -- Worker productivity surged in the summer at the fastest pace in four years while wage pressures eased.
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US workers' productivity fell short of expectations in late 2006 while labour costs soared, new figures show.
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By Leslie Cauley  The USA trails other industrialized nations in high-speed Internet access and may never catch up unless quick action is taken by public-policy makers, a report commissioned by the Communications Workers of America warns.    The median U.S.