Read more service economy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29403/service-economy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:45:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45888/shopping-patriotic-or-soul-killing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThese days, it’s patriotic to be a shopaholic. “We neurotically monitor the retailers' latest financial results and our identification with the fortunes of the big stores seems absolute,” writes Andrew Martin of the Guardian . But Martin suspects we’re just waking up to the fundamental absurdity of modern shop-aholic existence: “The...http://www.newser.com/story/45888/shopping-patriotic-or-soul-killing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Dec 2008 16:15:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/24562/manufacturings-unemployed-find-work-at-the-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican communities once reliant on the manufacturing industry are increasingly being supported by the growing healthcare sector, the Wall Street Journal reports. Over the past 10 years, the former paper-mill town of Bangor, Maine, lost 3,700 factory jobs—but gained 3,500 healthcare jobs, a hopeful sign for an...http://www.newser.com/story/24562/manufacturings-unemployed-find-work-at-the-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Apr 2008 14:41:35 CDT