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NEWS ABOUT: engineers

engineers stories: 8 news summaries

 Now Driving 
 Innovation 
 in India: 
 the Poor 

As developed economies slump, it markets directly to the lower class

Oct 20, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indian engineers once did little but cater to Western companies, while consumers at home made do with hand-me-down products from the developed world. That is changing in a big way as foreign economies crater and the 1.1 billion consumers of the subcontinent reveal a taste for, well, consuming. And... More »

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India • consumer • outsourcing • innovation • market • poor • engineers • developing countries • rural area • product

 America's Most Promising Jobs 

Systems engineer rated best job, based on pay, growth, quality of life

Oct 11, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jobs like beer taster and video game tester are nowhere to be seen on CNNMoney's list of the 50 best jobs in America, ranked by pay, job growth, and quality of life. Systems engineer was rated the best overall job, while anesthesiologist—with a median pay of $292,000—topped... More »

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engineers • job market • career • occupation

Despite Layoffs, High-Paying Jobs Go Unfilled

Employers can't find nurses, engineers, energy researchers

Oct 5, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(AP) - In a brutal job market, here's a task that might sound easy: Fill jobs in nursing, engineering and energy research that pay $55,000 to $60,000, plus benefits. Yet even with 15 million people hunting for work, even with the unemployment rate nearing 10%, some employers can't find enough... More »

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unemployment • engineers • nursing • skilled labor

Fans Make Racket Over Too-Loud Music 

Arms-race mastering is losing musical detail, listeners and engineers complain

Sep 25, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some fans have a surprising problem with Death Magnetic, the new Metallica album, the Wall Street Journal reports: It’s too loud. Since the advent of the compact disc, musicians have pushed mastering engineers to make albums as loud as possible. As a result, a new CD like Death Magnetic... More »

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music • sound • engineers • Metallica • heavy metal • production • Death Magnetic

Germans Get Engineers Started Young

Top firms aim to turn kindergartners
toward tech careers

Jun 17, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a personnel shortfall that's serious and getting worse, Germany wants to get its next generation of engineers started as soon as possible, the Financial Times reports. Hundreds of companies are sending materials and experts to kindergartens to try interest youngsters in technology and science. They hope getting the tots... More »

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education • Germany • engineers • engineering • Siemens • kindergarten • preschool

Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

Worker disabled
two levels of protective backup systems

Mar 1, 08 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - One engineer's blunder shut off the power in Florida Tuesday, the Miami Herald reports. Florida Light & Power says a field engineer diagnosing a faulty switch disabled two levels of safety backups—against company policy—as he worked. In a bit of extremely unfortunate timing, a fault then occurred that... More »

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Florida • utility companies • electricity • engineers • power outage • mistake • blackout

Iraq Security Costs Soar

Aug 12, 07 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Military has paid $548M to two British firms over the past three years to protect engineers working on projects in Iraq—nearly doubling its original budget, according to the Washington Post. A swelling insurgency and shortage of troops are driving up the cost of private security for the... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • US military • engineers • Britain • Iraq war

Bridge Rated 'Structurally Deficient' in 2005

Hunt still on for missing

Aug 3, 07 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal engineers rated the Minneapolis bridge that plunged into the Mississippi as "structurally deficient" as far back as 1990 and as recently as 2005, citing significant corrosion in its bearings. But state officials opted for patchwork repairs and more inspections rather than a complete overhaul. "We thought we... More »

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Minneapolis • Minnesota • Mississippi River • bridge collapse • bridge • collapse • Tim Pawlenty • engineers

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