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The recent rising U.S. stock market does NOT make sense to me.
Amazon.com stock is trading at $130.15/share this afternoon. Its P/E ratio is 76.74. Google’s P/E ratio is 36.56. Apple’s P/E ratio is 32.28. Given Amazon’s thin margin, its current stock price is absurd. It’s the kind of number we saw during the last great [...]

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A decade ago while I was a college senior, I read Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street . It made me realize that I didn’t want to work in investment banking while many of my classmates were fighting for banking jobs. His next book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an [...]

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In this Issue:

Have we seen the bottom of current economic down turn? Are you ready?
Six ways to identify hidden job opportunities
What should you do if you cannot find a job?
Inside look at layoffs + Job Search Strategies
Entrepreneur calling: ideas, inspirations, and examples
Watch your Paycheck! — Personal Finance Tips
Unhappy at [...]

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In February we published Microsoft Laid-off employees layoff satisfaction survey result. On May 5, Microsoft had its second round of layoffs, let 3,000+ employees go. A number of former Microsoft employees had filled out our survey after the May 5th layoff.
Below is a summary of the survey result of Microsoft layoff round II.
Which department [...]

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I have to say that I’m puzzled by the recent movement in the stock market. By all indications that our economy is not getting better. I’m still not convinced that our government is doing the right thing, and the bail-out packages are the right moves.
I’m not shorting any stock. So, I’m not negatively affected [...]

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