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   University of California, Berkeley
Updated 11/13/2003; 4:00:12 PM

Wednesday, October 01, 2003

Post strike threatens disruption. Up to 25,000 postal workers are expected to take part in a 24-hour walk-out over a London living allowance. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
11:45:39 AM    comment []

Police Open Fire to Break Up Iraqi Jobless Protest (Reuters). Reuters - Police opened fire on Wednesday to break up crowds of angry jobless Iraqis -- including former soldiers -- demonstrating in Baghdad and Mosul as frustration at the country's economic woes boiled over. [Yahoo! News - World]
11:45:27 AM    comment []

Lawmakers renew calls for more help for uninsured (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Census Bureau numbers showing a rapid rise in the number of uninsured have invigorated calls for legislative action, focused attention on a drop in employer-based coverage and raised questions about how the total number is tallied. (Related story: 43.6 million don't have health insurance) [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
11:45:11 AM    comment []

Canada's GDP posts surprising surge [GAM] Globe & Mail, Canada
11:44:43 AM    comment []

Industry Sheds Jobs Even as Output Rises (Reuters). Reuters - U.S. manufacturing took a step backward in September in another sign that industry is still shedding jobs, an influential survey showed on Wednesday. [Yahoo! News - Business]
11:42:11 AM    comment []

Israel: Sharon gov't ready to break port strike via help from Jordan, Egypt. LabourStart headline - Source: Ha' aretz [LabourStart]
11:41:52 AM    comment []

Italy: Unions call general strike to protest against pension reforms. LabourStart headline - Source: BBC [LabourStart]
11:41:13 AM    comment []

Slowing Stream of New Jobs Helps to Explain Slump. A lack of hiring, rather than a wave of layoffs, appears to be the main problem for the economy. By David Leonhardt. [New York Times: Business]
11:40:54 AM    comment []

Consumer Confidence Declined. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 76.8 in September, the lowest since the war in Iraq began in March, from a revised 81.7 in August. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Business]
11:40:32 AM    comment []

Cap on U.S. Work Visas Puts Companies in India in a Bind. The H-1B program has become an issue as the United States economy softened and employment slumped. By Saritha Rai. [New York Times: Business]
11:40:17 AM    comment []

Ford Axes 3,000 Belgian Jobs, Daimler Eyes Cuts (Reuters). Reuters - Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it was cutting 3,000 jobs at its plant in Genk, Belgium, bringing job cuts announced in recent days to 7,700 in Europe and North America amid slumping sales and tough price competition. [Yahoo! News - Business]
11:40:02 AM    comment []


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