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Updated 10/1/2003; 11:40:21 AM

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Pakistan: Union leader unconscious, undergoing medical treatment. Hunger strike against union busting at Army-owned sugar mill. LabourStart headline - Source: IUF [LabourStart]
3:23:04 PM

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North of New York City, Housing Prices Are Soaring. Many residents of households in the suburbs north of the city would not qualify for a conventional mortgage for a median-priced home in their own community. By Debra West. [New York Times: Business]
11:53:35 AM

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DaimlerChrysler Drops Plans for Van Plant. DaimlerChrylser said today that it was canceling plans to open a new assembly plant in the United States to build its Sprinter vans. [New York Times: Business]
11:53:18 AM

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Biggest Union in 8-Year Pact With Times. The New York Times and its largest union, the Newspaper Guild of New York, have reached a tentative agreement that would raise wages a total of 23 percent. By Jacques Steinberg. [New York Times: Business]
11:53:05 AM

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USA: The road to citizenship: immigrants and unions get on the same bus. LabourStart headline - Source: In These Times [LabourStart]
11:52:52 AM

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Global: Trade Unions welcome breakthrough on workers� rights at World Bank. LabourStart headline - Source: ICFTU [LabourStart]
11:52:40 AM

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Shipbuilders Steer Past South Korea's Economic Downturn. While much of the South Korean economy has slowed this year, the shipbuilding industry has been vying with Japan for world leadership. By Don Kirk. [New York Times: Business]
11:52:25 AM

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Pakistan: Hunger Strike Against Union Busting at Pakistan Sugar Mill. LabourStart headline - Source: IUF [LabourStart]
11:52:14 AM

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Judge to Weigh Status of Wal-Mart Lawsuit (AP). AP - A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday will hear lawyers argue for a discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to be elevated to a class action � a move that could add 1.5 million plaintiffs and make the suit against the nation's biggest retailer the largest of its kind. [Yahoo! News - Business]
11:51:55 AM

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Poole: No Full Recovery Without More Jobs (Reuters). Reuters - United States economic recovery will be incomplete without jobs growth but the long term outlook is "superb," William Poole, the President of the Federal Reserve of St Louis, said on Wednesday. [Yahoo! News - Business]
11:51:45 AM

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Canadian Inflation continues six-month decrease [GAM] Globe and Mail, Canada
11:51:33 AM

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London postal strike dates set. Postal union leaders have named the day for a series of strikes in the capital, which could hit deliveries across the country. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
11:50:26 AM

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Poor Americans continue to multiply under Bush as Republicans continue to ignore trend [LA IMC Newswire]
11:50:15 AM

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Demonstrators roll on immigrant freedom ride (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Inspired by the civil rights movement, tens of thousands of people are expected to climb aboard a caravan of buses this month for a modern-day "freedom ride" to the nation's capital. [Yahoo! News - World]
11:50:02 AM

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