Advancing Women Digest, August 1, 2003
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/* WORKPLACE/ CAREERS */
IBM Loses Pension Plan Suit - Ruled Unfair To Older Employees
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3200334>
Pay Raises Dropping -First Time in 10 Years
<http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=110&xlc=1033074&xld=110>
Fewer Jobless May Indicate Strengthening
<http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=768923>
A Year Later, Exec Pay Under Fire
<http://money.cnn.com/2003/0
Smallest Pay Raises Since Mid 1970s
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/07/29/pay.raises.ap/index.html>
Where The Good Jobs Are Going
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030804-471198,00.html?cnn=yes>
Negotiating Into- Or Out Of- A Job
<http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,,50988,00.html?cnn=yes>
Mounting Stress in Workplace Is Reaching Burnout Levels
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2003-07-29-stress_x.htm>
Is Your Job Making You Fat?
You have no time to exercise and a vending machine is at arm's reach. Welcome to the club.
<http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/24/pf/saving/fightingfat_work/index.htm>
Bill Aims To Protect Overtime For Working Families
<http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=7951>
Immigrant Advocates Fight For Worker Rights, Protections
<http://www.imdiversity.com/Article_Detail.asp?Article_ID=18438>

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Drugs: Why Do Americans Pay More?
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2003/nf2003081_2794_db038.htm>

Top Media Women To Discuss Industry Trends
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030731/lath037_1.html>

Forging the Missing Link
Joining or starting a trade association is a basic way to promote your business -- and one of the most effective
<http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2003/sb20030730_1138.htm>

SBA Helps Finance Colorado Coffee Business
<http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=11830>

Feds Only Award Women 2.5% of Contracts
<http://www.womensenews.com/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1466>

After Long, Dry Spell, Start-Ups on the Rise, Get Cash
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-07-28-startups_x.htm>

Sunbelt Cities With Favorable Tax Policies, Inexpensive Housing Poised To Surge Ahead
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/2003-07-28-econ.htm>