(Obama and Giannoulias) Banking on Corruption In The Windy City
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:09:41 AM
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| Politics: Another bank failure is nothing new these days except if the bank is run by the family of a U.S. Senate candidate who profited handsomely and lent millions to a convicted felon. But then, that's the Chicago way. 'I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat-cat bankers on Wall Street," President Obama said in a recent interview with "60 Minutes." Speaking to those bankers, he said: "You guys are drawing down 10, 20 million dollar bonuses after America went through the worst economic year that it's gone through in in decades,... |
As U.S. jobs stagger, China deals with labor shortage
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:09:41 AM
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| BEIJING -- Managers of a factory that makes Columbia Sportswear garments didn't spend the recent Lunar New Year holidays with family, as virtually all 1.3 billion Chinese did. Instead, the Beijing Topnew managers packed wine and fruitcake gifts and drove through rural villages. There, they bowed and thanked parents for sending young adults to work in their busy plant. They talked up wage increases and new benefits. They urged families to send the workers back again. "It's a tough task for the managers," said Larry Liu, Topnew general merchandising manager. "There are no hotels, and some days they end up... |
Business Groups Launch Ad Against Health Care Bill
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:09:41 AM
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| Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House. |
Broad business coalition opposing health care bill
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:09:41 AM
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| Major business groups say President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is a job killer... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and groups ranging from contractors to retailers said Tuesday the Democratic health care bills would raise their expenses, while failing to control health care costs. |
Scalise, Fleming, La. House To Waxman, Markey: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:09:41 AM
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| While the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce awaits responses to letters it sent to natural gas producers as a precursor to hearings later this month on whether federal regulation is warranted on hydraulic fracturing, Louisianas congressional delegation and state legislators are taking a very vigorous and aggressive stance in fighting Washingtons attempts to interfere with the promise of the mammoth Haynesville Shale natural gas play and the coming energy boom it can mean for the state. |



