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Daily Archives: December 29, 2008

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New Congress And Administration Get Ready To Sucker Punch Labor

Posted: December 29, 2008 at 5:20 am

For decades, labor's strongholds were in the car business, newspapers, states and municipalities, and transportation. Between the UAW and the AFL-CIO millions of workers had jobs which were virtually guaranteed ...
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Media Digest 12/29/2008 Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 29, 2008 at 3:45 am

According to Reuters, Kuwait canceled a $17 billion joint venture with Dow Chemical (DOW).Reuters reports that Credit Suisse (CS) clients may have lost $926 million on the Madoff scam.Reuters reports ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 12/29/2008

Posted: December 29, 2008 at 3:12 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei rose .1% to 8,747. The Hang Seng was up .2% to 14,205.The Shanghai Composite was down 1.1% to 1,831.At the open, the FTSE was ...
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