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BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Kerstetter & Coy	High Tech: A Little Help Wanted With startups and small companies -- the likes of Salesforce Inc. and RightNow -- beginning to recruit again, and layoffs coming at a far slower rate than earlier this year, some economists are starting to venture that the long slide in tech employment finally seems to be leveling off.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Brian Bremner	Commentary: Currency Quid Pro Quo Japan's offer to help in Iraq means the U.S. is likely to accept a deal on the yen.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Gary S. Becker	The Productivity Boom Is Just Warming Up In the past, productivity almost always fell during recessions because both labor and capital were underutilized as output sagged. But the apparent paradox of the past few years is that labor productivity has grown even more rapidly since 2000 than in the '90s.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging
IndustryWeek October 8, 2003 John S. McClenahen	Manufacturing Measure Rebounds Sharply At 68% in September, the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI index signals near-term increase in output.
HBS Working Knowledge October 6, 2003 D. Quinn Mills	The Problem with Hedge Funds Hedge funds are the New Big Thing -- and that's bad for the average investor, says professor D. Quinn Mills. An excerpt from Wheel, Deal, and Steal.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Aaron Bernstein	Stuck in the Slow Lane Two more-scholarly books give the numbers behind the anecdotes in Barbara Ehrenreich's best-selling Nickel & Dimed, showing how subpoverty jobs have become a permanent and growing blight on the U.S. economy.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Carol Matlack	France's Economic Reforms: Fizzling Out? Is economic reform the latest victim of France's deadly summer heat wave?
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Stan Crock	Iraqi Debt: Fast-Track the Restructuring The staggering load must be lightened, and quickly, to ensure a recovery
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Laura Cohn	Continental Drift -- Toward Inflation The heat wave and recovery expectations are driving up prices for food and metals.
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