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Updated 2/2/2004; 1:34:32 PM

Wednesday, January 07, 2004

IBM Cutting 300 Software Jobs (AP). AP - IBM Corp. is slashing 300 software jobs in a realignment of resources that has been happening periodically at the technology titan, executives said Wednesday. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
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IMF: Clear Path Needed to Balance Budget (Reuters). Reuters - The IMF said on Wednesday the United States needs a clear and credible framework to balance the federal budget to avoid a rise in interest rates that could harm both the domestic and global economies. [Yahoo! News - Business]
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GIs in Iraq Scoff at Re-Enlistment Bonus (AP). AP - At a checkpoint on the barren plain east of Baqouba, word of a new U.S. Army plan to pay soldiers up to $10,000 to re-enlist evoked laughter from a few bored-looking troopers. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
1:56:09 PM    comment []

Mexico Official Welcomes Migration Talks (AP). AP - Mexico's ambassador to Washington praised the renewed U.S. interest in immigration reform on Wednesday, hours before President Bush was to announce a new proposal on an issue that has been at the forefront of Mexican attention for years. [Yahoo! News - World]
11:23:46 AM    comment []

Bush Seeks New Rights for Foreign Workers (AP). AP - Millions of illegal migrant farmers, hotel maids and others working in the shadows of American society would be granted legal status and freed from the threat of deportation under an election-year proposal President Bush wants Congress to approve. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
11:18:42 AM    comment []

China ''Not to Blame for US Job Losses'' US Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue said that "massive" productivity increases allowing US businesses do more work with fewer employees and lower demand for US goods overseas stemming from the global economic slowdown have contributed to the US job losses. [CalTrade Report]
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France move fears of Nissan union. Trade union bosses representing workers at Nissan car plant in Sunderland, are seeking talks over remarks made by the Company president Carlos Ghosn. At the Detroit Auto show he warned the Wearside plant could lose production of one of its most important cars if the UK continues to stay outside the euro.  [BBC News | Business | Economy | World Edition]
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Japanese-owned company plans to add 260 jobs at Ohio plant  Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp., also known as SUMCO Phoenix Corp.,  that makes silicon wafers for semiconductors is planning a $50 million expansion to add 260 jobs over three years at its plant near this southwestern Ohio community. The company currently employs about 400 people at the plant. Ohio and Warren County put together a $5.7 million incentive package to help persuade the company to expand.  [Miami Herald: Business]
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