At 90 Years Old, Eastman Gets Its Mojo Back

If you’ve followed the fortunes of Eastman Chemical Company for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that this is the time of year when a lot of people who own Eastman stock are smiling. Traditionally, the first half of the year produces better sales and revenue figures than the second half. Not only has 2010 been no exception, but this year, the company’s fortunes have exceeded Wall Street’s (and even it’s own) expectations by a long shot.
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Finding the Jobs in the Jobless Recovery

The Tri-Cities bucked the national trend in the second quarter of 2010 by actually seeing a slight rise in job creation. According to statistics compiled by the East Tennessee State University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, area employment increased for the first time since 2008, expanding by 0.4 percent to 224,688 for a gain of over 800 jobs compared to the same period in 2009.
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Who We Are Counts Institute

Imagine the best of all possible education-to-workforce chains. Imagine that your company could start with grade school students, isolate the ones with the best scores in fields relating to your business, then focus their studies in those areas until college.
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2010 Health Care Heroes

If the national debate over healthcare in the last year has taught us anything, it is that virtually nothing in the industry is simple. Caregivers must deal not only with the illnesses and injuries of patients, but also must negotiate a morass of insurance demands and restrictions, government regulations and problems created by decreasing reimbursement.
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