Like Teach For America, VFA will bring promising college graduates to work in underserved communities for at least two years. Startups that focus on up-and-coming industries (i.e. education innovation, energy, biotechnology) will be offered a VFA fellow for a salary of $32,000 to $38,000 annually. At the end of the two years, the companies can opt to hire fellows under new terms.
Weekly Economic Update | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in May Due to Rise in Oil Prices
- A Mixed Retail Sales Report for June
- Taking a Harder Look at Weekly Data on Initial claims for Unemployment Benefits
- California’s Budget Position at June Fiscal Year End
- Southland Home Sales Fall by -14% in June
- California Exports Continue to Shine
- May California Imports
- June Port Figures – Record Growth Trend Comes to an End
- Headline Inflation Declines in June
- Wholesale Prices Decline in June
- Events of Interest
- July 20, 2011: Mid-Year Economic Forecast
- July 28, 2011: LA NABE Luncheon Meeting
Ex-Apple Designer Creates Teaching UI That “Kills Math” Using Data Viz | Co. Design
There was nothing difficult about the concept of multiplication — the problem was that numbers, at the time, had a bad user interface.”
Weekly Economic Update | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
Why The Facebook-Microsoft Alliance Should Worry Google | Fast Company
The parallels between Microsoft and Facebook have always been strong. Founded by college dropouts from Harvard, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, the two have overcome vicious competition to create some of the world’s most influential technology companies and ubiquitous products. And though times have changed for the nearly four-decades-old Microsoft, never have the connections been stronger between it and Facebook.
Facebook Sees Big Traffic Drops in US and Canada as It Nears 700 Million Users Worldwide
by the time Facebook reaches around 50% of the total population in a given country (plus or minus, depending on internet access rates in that country), growth generally slows to a halt, as we’ve noted before.
The Top 10 Places People Lose Their Smartphones | Fast Company
How many times have you been asked this question in the last year? Losing your phone, whether between your couch cushions or (like most Apple employees) at a bar, is a common headache. But finding your phone is another story, one that usually requires a bit of serendipity or the kindheartedness of a good Samaritan.
How Frequent Fliers Exploit A Government Program To Get Free Trips : Planet Money : NPR
Once in possession of the coins — shipped to them by the government for free — they can deposit them into their bank accounts and pay off the credit card bills. The result: a free ticket to anywhere.
Is self-checkout in danger of checking out? | kioskmarketplace.com
Is self-checkout already on its way out?According to Storefront Backtalk, the Albertsons, LLC grocery store chain is pulling the self-checkout systems from all of its 217 stores to focus on better customer service.
Three Inflationary Case Studies: Coke, Pasta And Rent | zero hedge
…after all, it is expected that Bernanke will have snapped his fingers, and the 15 minute count down to deflation will start. Alas, no.
