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Here's What It Takes To Get A Job On Wall Street These Days
Lay-offs are everywhere on Wall Street these days, but as long as there are banks, there will be bankers. So someone has to get hired right? We wanted to know who. The first year analyst will probably...
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END OF AN ERA: The Last World War I Veteran In The World Has Died
Florence Green, who was thought to be the world's last known surviving service member of World War I, has died, the BBC reports. Green served as a mess steward at RAF bases in Marham and Narborough....
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Right Now, Finding A Job Is The Toughest Fight Veterans Face
Two years ago, Marc McComas was dodging bullets in Iraq, focused on the daily pressures of intense combat and keeping his 30-member platoon section on task. Today, the former sergeant faces a new kind...
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These Veterans Used Their Front-Line Experience To Start A Small Business
Robert Dyer was sitting around a campfire with some buddies in late 2007 when they came up with an idea for a business. That may not seem unusual, but the campfire was in Afghanistan, and the buddies...
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Poland Just Promoted A 112-Year-Old WWI Veteran To An Army Captain
It’s probably the longest-awaited promotion in history. On Thursday, 112-year-old Józef Kowalski, a former lieutenant in the Polish army, was promoted to captain by Poland’s Defence Minister: Tomasz...
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Sometimes The Only One Who Can Remind Troops How To Feel Is A Dog
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is expensive, not just in dollars, but the number of medically dependent U.S. men returning home from war, and the unsettling number who take their own lives....
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We Still Aren't Anywhere Close To Meeting The Needs Of Female Veterans
As part of the 10 Ideas: A Defense Strategy for the Global Generation series, a recognition of the need to improve the care of our women who serve. Upon his retirement in January, General Peter...
View ArticleA Ceremonial First Pitch By A Blind Iraq War Veteran Was The Best Scene From...
Iraq War veteran, and Wounded Warrior, Jeremy Feldbusch, threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day for the Pittsburgh Pirates. That alone is a good story. But Feldbusch delivered a strike...
View ArticleVIDEO: Michelle Obama Tells Employers Why They Need To Hire Vets
Four years after her appearance on The Colbert Report, First Lady Michelle Obama sat down with Steven Colbert again to talk about her program Joining Forces. The program, which had its one year...
View ArticleThis Video Of A Military Veteran Returning To The NYSE Trading Floor Will...
This morning, Bloomberg TV's Margaret Brennan had to interrupt an interview she was about to do analyzing Citi earnings for a pretty awesome reason — the traders on the floor of the NYSE started...
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Here's A Shocker: Veterans Choose Obama Over Romney
In the last two elections, veterans have voted overwhelmingly for the Republican candidate. In 2008, John McCain took 54 percent of the veteran vote, according to the Los Angeles Times. In 2004,...
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An 84 Year-Old Korean Vet Shot An Intruder With His WW2 Era Pistol
An 84-year-old western Pennsylvania man and Korean War vet shot and wounded a home invasion suspect, and then forgave the man’s family when they came to apologize. WPXI-TV has video with details of...
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For This Iraq Vet, The Hardest Thing About Starting A Job As A Civilian Was...
Courtney Gieber overcame the challenges of Army basic training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina; medic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas; and then a yearlong tour in Ramadi, Iraq. When she was...
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Veterans Are Choosing Romney Over Obama By A More Enormous Margin Than Usual
It's Memorial Day today, so Gallup released a relevant poll revealing that Mitt Romney has a distinct advantage among U.S. veterans. This falls in line with veterans' voting lines over the past few...
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Veteran Unemployment Skyrockets In May
In an already dismal month for jobs data, with national unemployment rising to 8.2% after a miserable jobs report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also reported that unemployment has hit 12.7% for...
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This Iraq War Vet Is Suing A Landlord For Denying Him An Apartment
The trouble began when Sgt. Joel Morgan was turned away from an apartment by an anti-war landlord who allegedly argued his service and her beliefs presented a "conflict of interest." Now Morgan, a...
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Caregiver Allegedly Forged Checks From A Nearly Blind Elderly Veteran
A caregiver for a 78-year-old army veteran was arrested after allegedly forging $880 worth of her client's checks, police say. Morgan Musgrave, 23, of Deep Creek, Fla., had been an employee of Granny...
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The Military Is Paying Nearly $1 Billion To Support Its Jobless Veterans
The cost of unemployment compensation for troops leaving the military without jobs approached a billion dollars last year, though the rate of increase slowed to just 2percent over 2010, figures from...
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Giving Up The Booze And Learning How To Sleep After Combat Tours In Iraq
I slept like a baby in Iraq. In the five years since I got back, I haven't slept well. The first two years were the worst. Constant pain in my neck and back. I thought it was my bed. Well, last night...
View ArticleTea Party Congressman Joe Walsh Freaks Out On CNN
Republican Congressman Joe Walsh got into a shouting match with CNN host Ashleigh Banfield this afternoon as Walsh doubled down on controversial comments he made about his Democratic challenger Tammy...
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