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53% of Chinese Expect War With Japan
September 11, 2014 0

53% of Chinese Expect War With Japan

By News Desk

53% of Chinese Expect War With Japan Even with battles over energy, disputed islands, and recent militarism by Japan, one might not have expected this polling result: Majority in China Expect War with Japan . China and Japan are heading towards military conflict, according to a majority of Chinese surveyed on ties between the Asian powers in a Sino-Japanese poll. The Genron/China Daily survey found that 53 per cent of Chinese respondents – and 29 per cent of the Japanese polled – expect their nations to go to war.

Average Workweek Back at Pre-Recession Levels: What About the Obamacare Effect?
September 9, 2014 0

Average Workweek Back at Pre-Recession Levels: What About the Obamacare Effect?

By News Desk

For detailed analysis, please consider The Worst Job Stat Continues To Get Even Worse by Jed Graham at Investor’s Business Daily. Amid all the focus on boosting the minimum wage and legislating living wages, virtually no one seems to have noticed what is happening to the workweek in low-wage industries. Since December 2012, private industries paying up to about $14.50 an hour have added, on net, 972,000 nonsupervisory jobs with an average workweek of a mere 17.7 hours, an IBD analysis finds.