Here's another new chart from EPI, showing what's happened to unemployment benefits. As you can see, only 23.1 percent of jobless Americans are now receiving them -- a new low. Why? Because states have been tightening eligibility to receive such benefits (for example, in some states you need to have been in a full-time job for two years before you're eligible), and reducing the number of weeks of availability (the standard used to be 26 weeks but many states are now making it fewer). Even though we still have a huge jobless problem (see my prior post), fewer and fewer jobless Americans are getting the help that should be available.
Please spread the word. We can't fix what's broken until most Americans know how badly it's broken.
Notifications issued by regulators to inform individuals and companies of completed investigations where infractions have been discovered.
Investopedia Says:
A Well's notice gives recipients the opportunity to explain any improprieties and convince regulators that forward movement on such actions is unnecessary.
《中英對照讀新聞》Mobile technology ’ could cut flight delays’ ／行動科技「可減少航班延誤」
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Airlines will be able to cut passenger delays over the next five years thanks to advanced mobile technology, new research reveals.
新研究顯示，航空公司未來5年間將能夠減少乘客延誤情況，這要歸功於先進行動科技。
According to IT provider SITA, airlines could save $600 million and reduce delays by using passenger tracking technology.
據資訊技術供應商「國際航空電訊集團」（SITA）指出，航空公司藉由乘客追蹤科技，能節省6億美元，並減少延遲情況。
Sending text messages to passengers to encourage them to move towards departure gates would limit waiting times and help keep flights running on schedule.
向乘客發送手機簡訊鼓勵他們往登機門移動，將可減少候機時間，並有助於維持航班準時起降。
Jim Peters, chief technology officer at SITA, explained that transmitting messages can improve turnover and turnaround.
SITA技術總監吉姆．彼得斯解釋說，傳送簡訊能夠改善（旅客的）流動與周轉率。
( turnover and turnaround更確切的意思 如下
turnaround
noun [U] (UK USUALLY turnround)
the amount of time taken for something to happen after a vehicle, an instruction or an order for goods arrives at a place:
We'll have to improve the turnround - 3 days is too long.
Turnround time for the information is some four days and the average cost £12.
See also turn [sth] around.
turnover
(tûrn'ō'vər)
n.- The act of turning over; an upset or overthrow.
- An abrupt change; a reversal.
- A small pastry made by covering one half of a piece of dough with a filling, folding the other half over on top, and sealing the edges.
- The number of times a particular stock of goods is sold and restocked during a given period of time.
- The amount of business transacted during a given period of time.
- The number of shares of stock sold on the market during a given period of time.
- The number of workers hired by an establishment to replace those who have left in a given period of time.
- The ratio of this number to the number of employed workers.
- Sports. A loss of possession of the ball to the opposing team, as by a misplay or an infraction of the rules.
Capable of being turned or folded down or over: a turnover collar.)
He said : "These ’digital travellers’, will have on-demand access to a range of mobile-enabled services such as real time flight updates; self-service booking, check-in and boarding; and mobile payments."
他說：「這些『數位旅客』隨時可視需求而利用各種行動化服務，諸如即時的航班更新資訊、自助式訂票、辦理報到手續以及登機，還有行動付費等。」
"Some of these services are already available to passengers, for example in Norway, Japan and Germany paperless travel is a reality on some routes."
「乘客已經可以享受其中若干服務，例如無紙化旅行在挪威、日本及德國的一些航線已經落實。」
Figures from SITA suggest that by 2011, five billion air travellers will use online check-in and opt for paperless tickets.
SITA提供的數據顯示，到了2011年，50億航空旅客將使用線上登機手續，並選用無紙化機票。
新聞辭典
thanks to：片語，由於；拜…之賜。例句：Thanks to your help we were successful.（由於你的幫忙，我們成功了。）
on schedule：片語，準時。例句：If the plane is on schedule, I will arrive at the airport by seven o’clock. （如果班機準時的話， 我七點前會抵達機場。）
opt for：片語，選擇、做出抉擇。例句：American voters will opt for a new president.（美國選民將選出一位新總統。）
INFRACTION
n.
The act or an instance of infringing; a violation. See synonims at breach.
Pronunciation: /rɪˈsɪpɪənt/
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