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Updated 1/5/2004; 10:50:30 AM

Monday, December 22, 2003

Endless Christmas Carols Irk Czech Clerks (AP). AP - Labor unions in the Czech Republic demanded Monday that stores stop playing Christmas carols incessantly or pay compensation for causing emotional trauma to sales clerks. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
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U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace. In the vast majority of workplace deaths caused by willful violation of safety laws, OSHA has declined to pursue prosecution. By David Barstow. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
10:38:39 AM    comment []

Weak trade holds down pay rises. Low company profits and intense price competition have kept a check on UK wage settlements, the CBI reports. [BBC News | Business | World Edition]
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Argentines march to demand jobs. Thousands of jobless people protest on the second anniversary of riots that forced a leadership change. [BBC News | World | Americas | UK Edition]
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