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Louisiana Pacific extends mill closure. LP's oriented strand board mill in Woodland, Maine, which employed 105 people, has been closed since mid-December and was originally scheduled to resume production in April 2004. Business Journal of Portland Feb 24 2004 6:37PM GMT
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Aer Lingus crew votes for strike action. Cabin crew at Aer Lingus have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a row over compulsory relocation of 29 staff from Shannon to Dublin.
RTE Online Feb 24 2004 6:29PM GMT
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Court orders payout to South African textile workers. The Durban Labour Court has ordered a Newcastle textile firm to pay over R120,000 to its 60 employees after failing to comply with the minimum wage Sunday Times South Africa Feb 23 2004 6:17AM GMT
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Making it in Cleveland: It's not all bad news. Greater Cleveland grew during the economic boom of the 1990's in employment, population and personal income, but ominous signs for the future crept close by. By the late 1990's, big names like LTV, Key Corp, General Motors, Sunbeam and CEI began unloading manpower in alarming numbers. WKYC News Feb 24 2004 0:43AM GMT
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San Francisco named a 'boom town'. San Francisco and Oakland can expect 9 percent job growth by 2008, according to a survey of 61 metropolitan areas that ranked in the top 20 "boom towns." San Francisco Business Times Feb 24 2004 0:11AM GMT
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A study about jobs moving out of state. The study, conducted by the consulting firm Bain & Co. for the California Business Roundtable, marks one of the most ambitious efforts yet to analyze the political hot-button issue of the state's business climate.
The Roundtable, representing large corporations in the state, has been at the forefront of the argument that California is hostile to business, driving companies away and destroying jobs. San Francisco Chronicle Feb 24 2004 11:14AM GMT
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Area companies get state funds to train workers. Six St. Louis-area companies will receive customized training funds from the Missouri Department of Economic Development to help with employee training. St Louis Business Journal Feb 23 2004 9:53PM GMT
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San Diego's Bond Rating Downgraded. S&P officials cited the city's investment losses and serious underfunding of the municipal pension fund among the reasons for their decision to downgrade the bonds. A federal investigation into the city's financial disclosures and practices also influenced the decision, analysts said. The agency said that additional downgrades could follow depending on the results of that investigation.
NBC San Diego Feb 24 2004 5:57PM GMT
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Free trade seen as anti-poverty key. Asian governments should embrace the global free trade system as a way to lift the region's millions out of abject poverty, and it is essential they end agricultural subsidies, senior development officials told a high-level conference. Asia Times Online Feb 24 2004 1:34PM GMT
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Mexican trade unionists boo Fox over economy. Mexican workers booed and heckled President Vicente Fox Monday as he praised his government's economic achievements in a speech to one of Mexico's most powerful trade unions. SignOn San Diego Feb 24 2004 1:46AM GMT
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Switzerland's Clariant to Cut 4,000 Jobs. Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant AG said Tuesday that it plans to cut 4,000 jobs, or nearly 15 percent of its work force, over the next two years. AP via ABCNEWS.com Feb 24 2004 3:03PM GMT
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South Africans 'locked up' in Israel. Two Cape Town men on a work-finding mission to Israel have asked the foreign affairs department to investigate why they were refused entry into the country and locked up in an immigration holding cell for eight hours at the Tel Aviv Airport. IOL Feb 24 2004 4:03PM GMT [Moreover - Search results for...]
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