Employment Trends Index (ETI) Suggests Higher Unemployment Rate to Come (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 PDT
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index continued a now year-long decline in July, suggesting even more softening to come in the labor market. The index fell in July to 112.1, down 0.9 percent from June's revised figure of 113.1, and down more than 7.5 percent from July 2007.

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Home truths about retirement villages

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:56:44 PDT
With the trend towards early retirement and the phenomenon of longer lifespans, you need to plan carefully if you want to retire comfortably.

Will Mobile Social Networks Be Thrown For a Loopt?

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:36:18 PDT
Location-based mobile social networks, such as Loopt, GyPSii and Pelago, could be a $3.3 billion market by 2013. But history and current trends suggest these startups won't be standing on their own for some time. Loopt has already won deals with Sprint and Verizon, GyPSii is working with Samsung and Garmin, Google's acquired Jaiku and Nokia bought Plazes. - It's always fun to noodle over on market expectations for red-hot technologies. But the media and analysts are too often guilty guilty of t

Most state workers in Utah shifting to 4-day week

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:12:17 PDT
Workplace trend to decrease costs, carbon footprint and offer workers greater flexibility.

BlackBerry Bold takes on iPhone

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:49:08 PDT
The BlackBerry Pearl and Curve models began the trend and the BlackBerry Bold, billed by many as RIM's answer to Apple's iPhone, makes its entrance as the all-singing, all-dancing range-topping BlackBerry.

How will cancer news affect Applegate's Emmy bid? (Los Angeles Times)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:37:34 PDT
No doubt this sad news will cause voters to be more sympathetic.

Does VMware's new data center signal pending cloud-computing

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:40:05 PDT
VMware Inc.. has made no secret that it's interested in providing virtual infrastructure software to cloud-computing providers, but news last week that the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has leased more than 100,000 square feet of data center space in eastern Washington State raises questions about whether its intentions are to become a cloud-comp

The news from inside Iran August 4, 2008

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:41:17 PDT
Headlines from The Islamic Republic of Iran's Broadcasting website. It's amazing how there's all this talk about Iran in the news but none of it from Iran.

NFL Preseason Picks

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:15:55 PDT
Check out this article that gives trends, picks and analysis on NFL Preseason football games. Handicapping the NFL season, giving out selections, and betting advice for the NFL.

ABI Research: Location-based mobile social networking will generate $3.3 billion in global revenues by 2013

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:21:38 PDT
According to ABI Reseach, the emergence of location-based mobile social networking services such as GyPSii, Pelago and Loopt is revolutionizing social networking and is set to generate $3.3 billion by 2013. However, at the moment it’s not the advertising that generates the revenue for the service providers. Rather it’s licensing and revenue-sharing deals that location-based mobile social networking providers are pushing to reach profitability. In that sense, we’ve recently saw GyPSii announcing


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Source: The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) � Skip Caray, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray, died in his sleep at home on Sunday, the team said. He was 68.

The cause of death was not immediately known, but various health problems had limited Caray to calling only Braves home games this season.

"We've all lost a very good friend," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "For me, he was a good buddy � at the park and away from the park. We always had a lot of great laughs. He will be very sorely missed."

Caray was drawn into broadcasting by his father, Harry, the longtime voice of the Chicago Cubs and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The family line has continued with two of Skip Caray's sons. Chip Caray is part of the Braves broadcast team and Josh Caray is working on the radio for the Class A Rome Braves.

While his father was known for his declarations of "Holy Cow," Skip Caray was able to declare "Braves Win! Braves Win!" with regularity as the team won 14 consecutive division titles beginning in 1991 and the 1995 World Series.

"Our baseball community has lost a legend today," Braves president John Schuerholz said. "The Braves family and Braves fans everywhere will sadly miss him. Our thoughts are with his wife Paula and his children."

Caray and Pete Van Wieren have been broadcasting Braves games since 1976. Caray's sarcastic wit made him a popular lead voice of the broadcast team, and his fame grew nationally as TBS carried Braves games to a national audience for 30 years.

After decades of calling the Braves America's Team, TBS this year began a seven-year contract of national weekly telecasts, leaving the Braves to the regional Peachtree TV network � and leaving Caray to radio work on home games.

Health problems also cut into Caray's workload.

Caray said this year he was battling diabetes, congestive heart failure, an irregular heartbeat and reduced kidney and liver functions.

"I almost died in October (2007)," Caray told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the Braves' 2008 home opener.

Still, Caray's death came as a shock, even to those who worked closely with him.

"He's had some medical issues but you're never ready for something like this," longtime TBS producer Glenn Diamond said Sunday night. "We're all very shocked by the timing. It's a very sad day for family and for Braves fans. I think the Braves fans feel they're part of Skip's family."

Caray, a St. Louis native, started in local radio and later joined his father at the University of Missouri calling football.

He joined the St. Louis Hawks NBA broadcasting team and followed them to Atlanta in 1968. He was added to the Braves broadcast team in 1976.

Caray and Van Wieren were inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2005. Caray was named Georgia sportscaster of the year six times.

"He had a huge impact on a lot of people's lives and he had a huge impact on my life," Diamond said. "During the season we spent more time together than we did with our families and our lives."

Caray is survived by his wife and four children.

The Braves said funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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