 | IT workers hit hardest by offshore outsourcing, survey finds Offshore outsourcing displaces IT workers at about twice the rate as workers in other occupations, according to a new survey. Programmers and developers who have little customer interaction are at the highest risk. |
| Steve Jobs' death greatly exaggerated; Bloomberg obit a mistake The Bloomberg financial news service accidentally posted its obituary of Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday on its wire service, then quickly retracted it after realizing the mistake. |
| MBAs skip on-campus recruiting Across top-tier U.S. business schools, a small but growing number of students are skipping traditional winter on-campus recruitment. Instead, they are logging long hours conducting their own searches and networking furiously. |
| Career Watch An expert says everyone can learn to communicate better; and a consultancy looks at the shape of retirement. |
| Global Dispatches Taiwan has launched an antitrust investigation of Microsoft; and Botswana has invested $100 million in Africa's project to lay cable that would link it with Europe. |
