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Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions

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Re: Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions

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Post by coldtea »

vikramhaer wrote: post #35
_delirium wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's common in some industries, yes, but in California at least, many of them aren't actually enforceable. A company can write an enforceable NDA, but it can't be a blanket agreement. It has to clearly delineate which information is confidential vs. nonconfidential, and establish credible policies for handling confidential information. (Since employment is at-will, a company could still fire an employee for talking a…

I believe you might be thinking about a non-compete vs. a non-disclosure agreement?

I believe he very precisely described a non-disclosure agreement.

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Post by coldtea »

sukilot wrote: post #29
ceejayoz wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> i guess there's zero editorial oversight in the iReport section. That's explicitly stated. "The stories here are not edited fact-checked or screened before they post." http://ireport.cnn.com/about.jspa

Yet they are under the CNN.com domain name, not cnnusercontent.com . therefore CNN.com 's reputation should suffer for it. (hello, Google PageRank team!)

Yeah, because a) otherwise CNN is known for its good editing, b) people care about those things...

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Post by mauricemir »

derefr wrote: post #40
Rainymood wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>“Kills your market worth as a professional” That is the most brutal review on an educational programme I've ever read

I find the idea (that having particular job experience could kill my market worth) intriguing, given that I could always just leave the job off my resume.

In the Indian subcontinent having what is called a "reliving letter" from your previous employers is very important.

Have a look at the workplace stack overflow to see the sort of problems Asian developers face "horrific" is how it was describe to me.

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Post by mauricemir »

Myrmornis wrote: post #50
sukilot wrote: post #30

Why do NYT headline writers write like a dumb college freshman with a thesaurus?

Also not sure if this headline is a good example but I thoroughly agree with your sentiment. NYT headlines are often florid, pretentious and inappropriately "literary", even when dealing with serious and sad topics.

Broadsheets ie proper news papers do tend to use slightly more adult language when compared to tabloids.

And the NYT is a very old fashioned newspaper.

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Post by pcr0 »

MichaelGG wrote: post #32

Eh, something doesn't add up. The article says they were earning $4000 daily, and it's now over 30x that. While that's a nice amount, it's only about 50M a year. With lavish perks, media companies, salaries, etc., it's not a huge amount, is it?

The average living cost there is about 1/8th of that in the US. Those free cars that every employees get? Probably like $5000 each.

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Post by node-bayarea »

pcurve wrote: post #5

oh the CNN ireport links are nice touch. http://barkleyuniversity.com/about/newsroom/ the links still work too. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1070836 i guess there's zero editorial oversight in the iReport section.

Because CNN is awful news company.
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