by Leroy Hurt | Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Christian Post: Nearly 2,000 Christian pastors, ministry and community leaders, and professionals from across the U.S. and around the world gathered Thursday at New York City’s Marriott Marquis for the fourth annual Movement Day to strategize, network and...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via USA Today: In one episode of China’s latest hit TV show, a handwriting version of America’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, only one-third of the studio audience correctly wrote the Chinese characters for “gan ga,” meaning embarrassed, the...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via CSMonitor.com: China has edged out the US as the world’s biggest oil importer. The shift reaffirms China’s ballooning growth and middle-class demand for cars and other amenities. Meanwhile, the US has slogged through five years of post-recession...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a Paris-based rich-country think-tank, has just produced new research on adult literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills in 22 countries. Finland and Japan came top. The worst...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Chief Learning Officer: Research from the Federal Reserve shows that the share of middle-skill or middle-wage jobs in the U.S. has dropped from 25 percent in 1985 to just above 15 percent today. While middle-wage jobs have been on the decline for a number of...
