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To: MythMan who wrote (7748)	2/8/2000 1:44:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42523

true...'analysts' touting WMT today...

To: MythMan who wrote (7748)	2/8/2000 1:59:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 42523

Fearing dot-com competition, employers raise salaries 12.15 p.m. ET (1715 GMT) February 7, 2000 BOSTON ? Here's one more reason for the rest of the world to tell lawyer jokes: Attorneys at one Boston firm got 40 percent raises last week. Timothy McGuire, partner at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, said the technology law firm doled out the huge pay hikes so that their attorneys won't leave for high-tech companies promising bigger paychecks and lucrative stock options. Jim Boone, president of The Americas of Korn/Ferry International, the world's largest executive search firm, said companies today face tremendous pressure to keep the best employees. "Everyone's scrambling for good people,' he said. Lawyers and high-tech workers aren't the only ones enjoying the booming economy. Last month, the nation's unemployment rate hit a 30-year low of 4 percent. Approximately 387,000 new jobs were created in January, the largest leap since September 1997. The boom means hospitals in Illinois need qualified nurses so badly that (cont) foxmarketwire.com