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Humans, not computerized orchestra, at Brooklyn opera. The Opera Company of Brooklyn will no longer use a computer that replicates an orchestra in place of live musicians. A deal reached with the musicians' union explicitly bans the use of the computer, known as a virtual orchestra machine, or any other type of synthetic music, the union and opera announced Monday. AP via Newsday Feb 9 2004 9:32PM GMT
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Atlanta's economy stays hot. Atlanta's economy grew by 5.2 percent during the fourth quarter of 2003, beating the national growth rate for the second time in the past year, and the city led the nation in the creation of jobs. Atlanta Business Chronicle Feb 9 2004 6:44AM GMT [Moreover - Search results for...]
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Farmers decry US-Australia pact. The new trade deal between the US and Australia comes in for criticism for failing to open up the heavily-protected US agriculture market. The deal, reached after two weeks of last-ditch talks, opens up US markets to many Australian goods. But it leaves key tariffs on Australian farm goods untouched while giving US farmers free access - factors which Australian farmers see as a sell-out. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]
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TV Station Employees Locked Out. Employees at two Youngstown Ohio television stations have been locked out in a contract dispute over health care costs. WKBN and WYFX TV have been broadcasting since Jan. 31 without 35 members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians.
NewsNet 5 Feb 9 2004 7:52PM GMT
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Fair shake for migrant workers. The difficulties Chinese migrant workers have encountered in receiving defaulted pay have become a prominent issue in recent years. In some extreme cases, migrant workers were assaulted by employers, and some were even driven to commit suicide out of despair for the apparent hopelessness of their situation. According to statistics from labour departments, total payment owed to migrant workers reached 40 billion yuan (US$4.8 billion) in 2002. CHINA daily Feb 9 2004 3:34AM GMT
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Wal-Mart Forced To Prove The Value Of Its Supercenters. In Contra Costa County, considered a bellweather of the rest of California, a referendum will determine whether Wal-Mart will be allowed to build supercenters. Planners, politicians, unions and competitors have deemed the supercenters will be a drain on county resources, bad for labor, and bad for the community. Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:00:00 PST [PLANetizen: Front Page]
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Italy paralysed as 42 unions join strike Air travellers and people in need of medical treatment were left stranded across Italy yesterday as Alitalia pilots and hospital medical staff went on strike, two unconnected actions in a spate of strikes by Italian professionals fed up with government reforms and cuts. [Independent: Europe News]
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Argentina's Lavagna meets IMF's Koehler on debt. The meeting comes after the Group of Seven rich nations sent a strong warning to Argentina over the weekend to "engage constructively" with creditors stuck with $88 billion in bad debt and fulfill pledges to multilateral lenders like the IMF. Reuters Feb 9 2004 4:37PM GMT
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Zambia: World Bank Dissociates Itself From Wage Freeze. The ICFTU would continue engaging the IMF and World Bank to revisit wage issues because workers could not continue being punished. "Government should immediately withdraw the imposed wage freeze," Shamenda urged. He said there was no way government could ban wage increment when conditions of service in Zambia were by law subject to negotiations. AllAfrica.com Feb 9 2004 5:39PM GMT
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Unions to take on mining contractor in court. Trade unions Solidarity, the National Union of Mineworkers and the Building and Construction Allied Workers Union in South Africa have joined forces against the lockout of their members at MID Mining.
Mining Weekly Feb 9 2004 1:17AM GMT
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Walk-out at Land Rover.
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Production of Land Rover vehicles was being hit by another 24-hour strike over pay today. Thousands of workers at the company’s factory in Solihull, West Midlands, were staging a second walk-out in two weeks after rejecting a two-year deal worth 6.5 per cent.
Unions have been pressing for more money arguing Land Rover workers deserved parity with wages at Jaguar. Both firms are owned by car giant Ford. Unions urged the company to re-open negotiations in a bid to halt the threat of further strikes.
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Siemens purchases two Alabama Chrysler plants. Siemens VDO Automotive said Monday it would buy two DaimlerChrysler electronics plants that employ about 2,400 people in north Alabama. The factories - which make dashboard and audio electronics for Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles - have about $1 billion total in annual sales. Miami Herald Feb 9 2004 3:19PM GMT
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