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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (9689)	11/5/1999 9:09:00 AM
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Bloomberg detail on jobs report (Bond market seems to love it)... bloomberg.com - Excepts on labor shortage: "About $170 million of the decline is related to the engineer shortage, Raytheon said. The company has been able to hire just 5,000 of the 6,000 engineers it needs this year to complete orders, said Franklyn Caine, the company's chief financial officer. ''The competition is fierce for engineers,'' said Toni Simonetti, a spokeswoman for Raytheon. A recent study also revealed that a nationwide shortage of information technology service and support staff is costing U.S. companies $4.5 billion in lost productivity and reducing the economy by $105.5 billion annually. The study by the Computing Technology Industry Association of 878 information technology executives found that almost 10 person(% ?) of these positions are unfilled. These jobs include hardware and software installation, end-user support and Internet website maintenance. ''These are the jobs that keep American business moving,'' said Ian Bonner, a vice president of marketing for IBM Global Business Partners. - 30-year Bond yield headed below 6% ??? quote.yahoo.com^TYX&d=5d