Power players who wield calculators (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Actuaries may be "at the bottom of the geek chain," but the profession got a boost recently when actuary was ranked as the No. 1 job in America according to a study for CareerCast.com.

Beijing Autos says watching ex-Ford engineer case (Newsday)
Chinas Beijing Autos says ex-Ford engineer worked in design; says it respects trade secrets

Maple Valley firm gets $100K (South Sound Business Examiner)
Enertechnix, a manufacturer of high-temperature imaging systems located in Maple Valley, will receive $100,000 in research and technology development funding from Washington Technology Center.In this Phase II project, the firm is partnered with the U

UC shelves plan to charge engineering, business undergrads more (Los Angeles Times)
The proposal for those students to pay $900 extra a year is postponed for further study but could eventually come before the regents in a revised form, a spokesman says. University of California officials have decided to shelve, at least for now, a c

Local computer company to generate new jobs (The Oklahoma Daily)
A Norman computer companyâ?™s expansion will create about 75 new jobs, possibly opening doors for OU students in the future.