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Updated 12/4/2003; 1:40:18 PM

Monday, November 17, 2003

Cost of renting continues to rise. Money: Rents on buy-to-let properties continued to increase during October as high house prices boosted demand for rented accommodation, figures showed today. [Guardian Unlimited] Great Britian
11:59:48 AM

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USA: The Wal-Martization of America (Editorial). LabourStart headline - Source: NYT [LabourStart]
11:59:23 AM

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About 10 Pct. of Verizon Workers to Leave (Reuters). Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ.N) said on Monday about 21,600 employees -- almost 10 percent of its work force -- accepted an early-retirement buyout offer as it cuts costs to offset weak local phone sales. [Yahoo! News - Business]
11:58:59 AM

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Dispatches from Wal-Mart's Front Lines. Past and present 'associates' offer a candid and often disturbing look at life behind the big yellow Wal-Mart happy face. [AlterNet]
11:58:47 AM

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Economics For Real People. The CEO economy is perking up, but the kitchen table economy -- the things that parents worry about at night around the kitchen table -- is still in trouble. [AlterNet]
11:58:38 AM

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Improved Economy Doesn't Lead to Popping of Corks in Atlanta. For all of the encouraging signs increased employment, fuller hotels, rising tax revenues the economic mood in Atlanta has remained decidedly measured. By David Leonhardt. [New York Times: Business]
11:57:26 AM

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Miami Looks to Trade Group to Revive Bank Industry. Deposits, assets and jobs have plummeted at Miami's once vibrant international banks, which have traditionally been a haven for investments by wealthy Latin Americans. By Simon Romero. [New York Times: Business]
11:56:53 AM

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More Consumers Reach Out to Touch the Screen. A new generation of self-service machines are being embraced as satisfaction with more traditional forms of customer service has diminished. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Business]
11:54:42 AM

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In One Oregon City, Jobless Residents Ask, 'What Recovery?'. Even as the Bush administration trumpets economic growth, unemployment in the Pacific Northwest regions has remained high. By Sarah Kershaw. [New York Times: Business]
11:54:32 AM

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Hemisphere Trade Talks in Miami Are Reported to Hit a Bump. Officials from Canada, Chile and several other nations disapprove of an agreement reached between the U.S. and Brazil to limit the scope of any deal, negotiators said. By Simon Romero. [New York Times: Business]
11:51:58 AM

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USA: Stop FTAA�It�s the wrong choice. Working people from around the country are traveling to Miami for a Nov. 20�21 meeting in which trade ministers from 34 nations in the Western Hemisphere will discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). LabourStart headline - Source: AFL-CIO [LabourStart]
11:51:11 AM

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Austria Railway Workers End 2-Day Strike (AP). AP - Railway workers protesting plans to sell off state rail services on Friday ended a strike that affected an estimated 1.2 million commuters over two days. [Yahoo! News - World]
11:29:02 AM

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Free-trade zone talks may unravel [Globe & Mail GAM] Talks to create a free-trade zone of the Americas from Canada to Argentina resume in Miami this week amid rising fears that negotiators may have to dilute, or scale back, the deal in order to salvage it. Canada
11:28:43 AM

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