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15,000 tech worker shortfall pushing firms to seek talent offshore

The Human Capital Report, produced by Start-Up Nation Central and the Israeli Innovation Authority, estimates the worker shortage in  Israel’s tech sector to be approximately 15,000 engineers and data scientists.

The Times of Israel
16 Jan 2019

Trump’s Democratic Critics Are in Danger of Following His Lead

Dennis Ross, the William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, offers Democrats four guiding principles as they formulate their Middle East policy.

The Atlantic
16 Jan 2019

Plan would grow walkable campus linking Detroit cultural institutions

The Detroit Institute of Arts and Midtown Detroit, Inc., together with 11 major institutions, have joined forces to create a shared outdoor community space, uniting the surrounding neighborhoods with area organizatons.

The Detroit News
10 Jan 2019
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