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Updated
4/1/2004; 2:25:47 PM
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Friday, March 05, 2004 |
State's job losses continued in February. Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted, nonfarm job count declined by 2,000 in February, to 5.574 million. In January, the state had 5.576 million nonfarm jobs, according to labor department figures. Pittsburgh Business Times Mar 5 2004 6:29PM GMT
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Steelworkers, PACE union form alliance. The United Steelworkers of America and the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy International Union have formed an alliance to cooperate on matters of interest to both groups. Pittsburgh Business Times Mar 5 2004 6:29PM GMT
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The Emerging Wireless Enterprise (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - If you ask a group of CIOs about their views on almost any technology topic -- say, utility computing, open-source systems, or offshore outsourcing -- you'll responses that range from "It's the next greatest thing" to "It's overhyped." But there is one technology topic that most CIOs agree on: that the wireless enterprise is coming. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
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US, Morocco Conclude Free Trade Agreement The US and Morocco have reached a "comprehensive and ground-breaking free trade agreement designed to strip away barriers and facilitate trade and investment between both countries," according to a joint statement from US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and Moroccan Minister-delegate of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taib Fassi-Fihri. [CalTrade Report]
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US$20,000 GDP Per Capita Difficult: Kenichi Ohmae. Without particular measures, the Korean economy will be unable to attain the much-aspired goal of a US$20,000 per-capital national income, a leading Japanese critic warned Friday. Digital Chosunilbo Mar 5 2004 3:15PM GMT
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Frankfurt airport employees begin biometric security. Frankfurt airport and Lufthansa airline employees will be able to pass security checks by scanning their biometric data, such as fingerprints and iris patterns, under a pilot project announced Friday. USA Today Mar 5 2004 7:14PM GMT
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Argentina under pressure as IMF debt deadline looms. New interim International Monetary Fund head Anne Krueger telephoned Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna on Friday, but officials declined comment on the call's contents, saying only Argentina had yet to see a signal from the Fund that it would get aid in exchange for the $3.1 billion payment due March 9. Reuters Mar 5 2004 6:23PM GMT
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What To Do With New York's Iron Triangle?. "The Iron Triangle, a 13-block area between Shea Stadium and the Flushing River in Queens, is the largest single stretch of junkyards in New York City, with more than 100 auto salvage yards, repair garages and automotive shops... New York's 'Iron Triangle' is an eyesore, but perhaps also a thriving business community. Should it be condemned? Planetizen Mar 5 2004 4:26PM GMT
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Job Growth Weak With 21,000 Feb. Hires (AP). AP - America's unemployment rate remained stuck at 5.6 percent in February as the economy added a paltry 21,000 positions. The figures dramatized the relative scarcity of new jobs in a week in which President Bush shoved his re-election campaign into high gear. [Yahoo! News - Business]
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Prescott reassures Airbus workers.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott visited workers at Airbus and reassured them that a multi-billion pound programme to build wings for the new A380 super jumbo jet was safe.
Mr Prescott, who was in North Wales as part of The Big Conversation debate, visited the plant in Broughton and said the Government had invested £530 million in the programme.
Fears were raised over its future after problems arose over the transportation of the wings to France, where the aircraft will be built.
Management at Airbus fear the Environment Agency might refuse permission for nearby Mostyn Docks to be dredged to allow in the tankers which will transport the wings.
Mr Prescott said: "It was a matter that we had discussed at Cabinet, this is a matter of national importance as we have more than £500million invested in the development of Airbus.
"It is crucial we get these wings out, and I guarantee that we will get them out." Ananova Mar 5 2004 12:27PM GMT
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Grocery workers disillusioned with industry after strike. With the end of the strike and lockout that pitted Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions and Albertsons against the United Food and Commercial Workers for more than four months, the 57-year-old Haubenreisser is giving friends in the union the same advice she gave her daughters: "I think they should get out." The Daily Review (Hayward) Mar 5 2004 1:25PM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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