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Multinationals increase overseas hiring; 299 CEOS vs. 102,325 workers; Drugmakers to lose patents in 2011; Student-loan debt surpasses credit card debt; U.S. places third in renewable energy investing; Schwab scraps employee-of-the-month awards

Multinationals increase overseas hiring

U.S. multinational companies increased employment overseas by 2.4 million in the 2000s, even as they cut their U.S. workforces by 2.9 million. Overall, big-name firms employed 21.1 million people in the U.S. in 2009, and 10.3 million abroad.

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