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How many tech jobs might Obama help create? Maybe none, maybe 300K
Published 12/11/2008 by patrick_thibodeau@computerworld.com at Latest from Computerworld
How many tech jobs might be saved or created by a federal stimulus package? The answer will depend on where -- and how -- the money is invested, experts said.
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