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Updated 10/1/2003; 11:40:23 AM

Friday, September 26, 2003

Economy Grows at 3.3 Percent Annual Rate (AP). AP - The U.S. economy grew at a better-than-expected 3.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the government reported Friday, raising hopes the country is finally on the verge of mounting a sustained rebound from the 2001 recession. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
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Poverty Rises, Income Down, Census Says (AP). AP - Poverty rose and income levels declined in 2002 for the second straight year as the nation's economy continued struggling after the first recession in a decade, the Census Bureau reported Friday. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
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Brazil Stands Firm Amid Criticism on Trade Talks. The search for someone to blame for the breakdown of the world trade talks in Cancún, Mexico often lands on Brazil. By Elizabeth Becker. [New York Times: Business]
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Bolivia: Labor leaders call a general strike. LabourStart headline - Source: VOA [LabourStart]
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Poland: Thousands of coal miners set to protest against pit closures. LabourStart headline - Source: BBC [LabourStart]
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Women still missing at the table Research conducted by the Report on Business on 207 companies in Canada  included in the benchmark S&P/TSX index found that 45 per cent of the country's largest companies did not have a single female director. [GAM] Globe & Mail, Canada


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Levi's to shut three remaining plants in Canada [GAM] Globe & Mail
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No grow area. Economic dispatch: Europe's economic subservience to the US is unnecessary and potentially destabilising, says Victor Keegan. [Guardian Unlimited]
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U.S. Consumers Turn Glum in September (Reuters). Reuters - U.S. consumer sentiment fell unexpectedly in September, a survey showed on Friday, as persistent weakness in the job market, high gasoline prices and the ongoing occupation in Iraq took a toll. [Yahoo! News - Business]
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Census Report Expected to Show Rise in Poverty. Economists are expecting a rise in poverty when the Census Bureau releases its annual income and poverty statistics today. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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