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Do the same work with 100 employees. so layoffs too often became permanent. not just a temporary part of the business cycle. these changes didnt just affect blue collar workers. if you were a bank teller, or a phone operator, or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by atms and the internet. today even higher still jobs like accountants and middle management can be outsourced to china and india. if you are somebody whose job can be done cheaper by computer or someone in anothe...

he is due to speak this hour, site of the 1910 address by roosevelt. youre looking at the live picture of the podium where the president will speak. the sticking point with republicans is how to pay for them. youll hear the president live at 1:55 eastern time right here on cnn. overseas the pressure on the eu eurozone is growing, ahead of another summit, standard and porrs is threatening to down grade the credit ratings, including france and germany that now plan to call for enforcem...

their crack downon opposition protesters has been going on for nearly five months. the investors know the queasy feeling again as the markets turn down after a rally that was all too brief. the numbers in asia arent too impressive either making the european stock markets a lonely bright spot. of course, well bring you full coverage on "world business today." thats coming up next. two attacks occurred in pakistan on thursday. a police truck passed by killing five people, including f...

11-year-old children were quick on their feet. >> my mom said to call 911. so i did and then the phone operator started asking me a bunch of questions i didnt understand. >> they just said tie a string around it, and i did. >> wow! they handled it just great. soon after, little jeffrey sanders arrived the paramedics showed up and took mom and baby to the hospital. back to capitol hill right now. youre looking at congressman henry waxman, hes there talking about health care reform. lets listen ...

>> an operator, scenes like this will soon be extinct. shes phone operator and other careers are on the outs. well tell you why. roseanna. sfx: coin drop

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Juan was only 42 years old when he died. he left selena widowed with these two small kids to raise in the bronx and she started working six days a week. she redoubled her efforts to get her kids fully fluent in english even though they had grown up in a spanish-speaking home with a mono lingual dad. she had been working as a phone operator in the bronx but she put herself through school. she got her licensed practical nurse certification and moved up to a better job that paid better. she got a j...