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4/1/2004; 2:25:51 PM
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
Macedonian Railway Workers to Strike with Partial Blockade. Skopje, March 10, 2004 - The strike of the three Independent Trade Unions of the Public Enterprise "Macedonian Railways" (MZ) will be partly stopped, i.e. the railway traffic on Tuesday afternoon will run with minimum work. Instead of a complete blockade, the international and cargo trains will be admitted, while domestic railway traffic will be reduced. Southeast Europe Online Mar 10 2004 11:50AM GMT
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Immigrants keep cruise ships afloat. The cruise industry employs thousands of Eastern European immigrants — young, good-looking, energetic people eager to escape the poverty of their own countries and willing to work 80 to 90 hours a week for very little pay. USA Today Mar 10 2004 4:04PM GMT
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Comcast workers to vote on union decertification. About 80 Comcast employees in Beaverton are now represented by the Communications Workers of America, a union affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The union has represented these workers, mostly technicians, since September 2000. Business Journal of Portland Mar 10 2004 0:29AM GMT
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Al-Rajhi, Danieli Sign Deal to Set Up Steel Factory At a ceremony on Monday night, Mohammed A. Al-Rajhi, chairman of the board of directors of Al-Rajhi Group, and Dario Fabro, executive vice president, Danieli Co. of Italy, signed an agreement for setting up a SR950 million factory in Jeddah for the annual production of 850,000 tons of steel. [Arab News: Business]
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EFFECTS OF WALKOUT: Somali group urges end to bus strike. Advocates for the Somali community in the Twin Cities are urging Metro Transit managers and drivers to settle the labor strike, saying five members of the immigrant group have been fired because they couldn't get to work without bus service. Pioneer Planet Mar 10 2004 9:46AM GMT
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South African unions urge steel giant to review plans to retrench workers. Johannesburg - Trade unions Solidarity and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) have urged steel giant Iscor to review its plans to retrench hundreds of staffers during its restructuring process following news that the price of steel was set to rise by 15 percent in June. Business Report Mar 10 2004 8:13AM GMT
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AFL-CIO wary of police spending for FTAA. A top labor official Tuesday called on Miami to justify spending $8.5 million in federal funds to police last fall's trade summit, which union leaders claim resulted in widespread brutality against protesters. Miami Herald Mar 10 2004 1:08PM GMT
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WIFO says Japanese, US economies on the mend. Vienna - The Japanese and US economies are showing signs of lasting recovery but the Eurozone is lagging, said the economic research institute WIFO on Wednesday. Business Report Mar 10 2004 3:20PM GMT
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Daley tells firefighters: turn in racists. Mayor Daley urged Chicago firefighters on Tuesday to turn in their racist brethren and not allow the handful of "cowards" who have used the fire radio to spew hatred to "hide behind a sheet." Chicago Sun-Times Mar 10 2004 1:33PM GMT
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Kia will build new plant in Slovakia. As part of a growth plan for Europe, Kia Motors Corp. will build an $870 million manufacturing plant in Slovakia. South Korea–based Kia said they will build the plant near the city of Zilinia, northeast of Bratislava. After Kia builds the plant, officials expect to create 2,400 jobs. Construction should to begin this summer, and the plant should be ready to start production by November 2006. Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society Mar 10 2004 3:07PM GMT
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And the Bills Just Keep on Coming… With the mismanaged and now-defunct California Technology, Trade & Commerce Agency a bitter memory and the state's overseas trade offices shuttered, Sacramento is taking a fresh look at the impact global business has on the state's economy and what part, if any, it should play in positioning the state in the global business arena. [CalTrade Report]
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Indian, UAE agreements to boost investments. DUBAI: India's investment in the UAE will get a boost with the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MOU) between the chambers of commerce and industry of India with those of Dubai and Sharjah emirates. Silicon India Mar 10 2004 10:52AM GMT
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US, Japan block India, Brazil efforts for talks on bio-piracy The two leading industrialised countries vehemently opposed any discussion on the need to amend trade-related intellectual property rights (Trips) agreement to incorporate the provisions of Biodiversity Convention so as to stop the stealing of age-old genetic and plant material from developing countries which are being used for centuries to cure some major diseases. India, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Thailand, Venezuela, who were later joined by Pakistan and Bolivia, insisted that Trips Council discuss a checklist of issues as part of Doha negotiations (paragraph 19) to stop bio-piracy. [Deccan Herald: Business]
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Mexican textilers join Turkish and US textilers. The Mexican National Chamber of Textile Industry (CANAINTEX), the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters Association (ITKIB), the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) and the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) all believe that unlimited access by China to global textile and apparel markets will result in massive job disruption and business bankruptcies in dozens of countries dependant upon textile and clothing trade. And they are asking the WTO to extend the textile and clothing quota phase-out process until 31 December 2007. Turks.US Mar 9 2004 6:40PM GMT [
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Cotton Industry Eyes Quality Problems. Cotton growers across the South produced a banner crop last year, but experts say they still may have lost millions of dollars in potential earnings because quality is slipping. San Jose Mercury News Mar 10 2004 8:05AM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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