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Outsourcing (2)

Microsoft outsourcing high-end jobs, union says (2004/06/16)
Most states send work offshore (2004/07/15)
Microsoft outsourcing high-level work, labor group says (2004/07/29)
Union says Microsoft work going offshore (2004/07/29)

Pain and gain in the global economy 系列報導
Foreign agriculture bruising 'Grown in Washington' label
Trade winds buffet state's farmers
Q & A: Pain and gain in the global economy

From Redmond to India: high tech's global families
India parlays education, timing into tech boom
India a mixture of old ways and new technology
The India network: The director Rajiv Kaul, 35
Globalization hangs out at the Taj Krishna hotel
High technology from India is just down the street
The India network: The entrepreneur Rajeev Agarwal, 39

Techs Unite 裡面列有那些美國公司把工作往國外送的資料.

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Group Health 的醫療人員罷工

Group Health 的護士和其他醫療人員可能在十日後罷工. 聯邦法律規定, 如果醫療人員要罷工, 必須要在十日內提出. 醫療人員要抗議 Group Health 裁減他們個人的醫療保險和增加個人的醫療保費. 如果這問題十日內沒有解決, Group Health 的護士和其他醫療人員便會在八月二十三日起罷工五天. 這將影響全華盛頓州約五十萬人的醫療.

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美國西北區的飛行博物館

Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR Flying Heritage Collection, Arlington, WA McChord Air Museum, WA Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA National Flight Interpretative Center, Everett, WA Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia, WA Pearson Air Museum, Vancouver, WA Port Townsend Aero Museum, Chimacum, WA Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, OR 另外 FAA 上個月底開放輕型和娛樂型的飛行器. 並歸類於新的類型 Category “N”. Cateory “N” 讓想要學習飛行的一些人們只需要約 20 小時就可以單飛拿執照. 以往飛行是有錢人的玩意, 一般都要有十幾萬美元才玩的起來. 新類型的飛機卻只需花費幾千元. 除了讓飛行和駕船一樣的平民化, 也讓一些地方機場有更多的商業發展機會.