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Updated
5/3/2004; 3:26:45 PM
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004 |
Canadian Judge asked to assist Air Canada unions People familiar with the development said yesterday that the immediate role of Mr. Justice Warren Winkler of the Ontario Superior Court is to aid the unions in developing a five-point plan designed to reassure the public at large and other potential equity investors that they are committed to helping keep the company airborne. Globe & Mail, Canada [GAM]
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Arizonia, Phoenix near the top in two jobs categories.
The state's job number grew by 2.2 percent over the 12-month period, trailing only Nevada. The Valley trailed only the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. Las Vegas posted the strongest job growth for labor markets with fewer than 1 million workers. Business Journal of Phoenix Apr 12 2004 9:13PM GMT
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Indonesian Workers Deported from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Saudi Arabian Government has deported around 17,000 Indonesian workers during this month. This policy is part of the Saudi Arabian Government’s policy to deport around 700,000 migrant workers from various countries in 2004. Tempo Interaktif Apr 13 2004 2:34PM GMT
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Levi losses trimmed as sales rise. The iconic jeans maker slashes losses to just $2m as cost cuts and a shift to a value range start to take effect. For some years, it has been losing ground to a combination of cheaper price tags in chainstores, and newer brands which made its traditional styles look old-fashioned. It also failed to follow the lead of firms such as Nike into contract manufacturing overseas, although it has now caught up with the recent closure of the last of its 63 plants in the US. [BBC News | World | Americas | UK Edition]
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Transit says tentative settlement reached in bus strike. The Minneapolis-St. Paul transit agency and the bus drivers' union reached tentative agreement early Tuesday on a contract aimed at ending a strike that has stretched to nearly six weeks, a spokesman said. Buses could be operating again as early as Saturday, Transit Union leader Ron Lloyd said. AP via New Jersey Online Apr 13 2004 3:43PM GMT
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In the cocoa fields, a grim reaper GUIGLO, Ivory Coast - Among this West African nation's bright yellow, green and red cocoa pods, a government-backed campaign is killing or driving out the immigrants who produce more than 40 percent of the world's cocoa, rights activists and survivors say. [Miami Herald: Business]
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Restaurant workers sue Art Institute. Food service employees who worked evening banquet shifts at the Art Institute of Chicago were cheated out of overtime pay, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. ChicagoBusiness.com Apr 13 2004 4:03PM GMT
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State workers comp pool to save Mo. businesses $3M. Travelers Commercial Casualty Co., which administers the Missouri workers compensation pool, has filed an average rate cut of 3.7 percent, which is expected to save the 7,500 businesses in the pool about $3 million a year, the department said. The rate cut is due to a steady decline in severe injuries and a favorable loss ratio. St Louis Business Journal Apr 13 2004 7:56PM GMT
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UC-Berkeley report: Renewable energy sources could mean more jobs. The report concluded that a comprehensive, coordinated energy policy works best, emphasizing not only renewable energy sources but also energy efficiency and sustainable transportation. These "yield far greater employment benefits than supporting one or two of these sectors separately," it said. The report said that as many as 240,000 new jobs would be created by 2020, versus no more than 75,000 new jobs, if the country sticks to fossil fuels. East Bay Business Times Apr 13 2004 8:35PM GMT
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Toshiba, SanDisk to invest $2.6 billion in new plant. YOKKAICHI, Japan (Dow Jones/AP) -- Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. are investing a combined $2.6 billion to build a new memory chip manufacturing plant in central Japan. SiliconValley.com Apr 13 2004 6:42PM GMT
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Wake-up call for UK aerospace The UK's capacity to provide industrial support for its armed forces in times of crisis could be fatally impacted by a wave of bankruptcy and business failures that is threatening to wash through the lower levels of the country's aerospace and defence industry, a market report warns this week. [Jane's Information Group: Europe]
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Mechanics still running hot. Automotive service technician/mechanic. It's a job that requires post-secondary vocational training and is one of four job categories with that education requirement listed as having "favorable to very favorable" conditions for hiring in the Chicago area, according to the Illinois Department of Employ-ment Security. [Chicago Sun-Times: Business]
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Italy said to work on rescuing Alitalia. Although details of the plan were not immediately available, the decree is expected to include a scaled-down version of a previous plan drawn up by Alitalia management, which would have cut between 2,000 and 2,500 jobs through measures such as early retirements and temporary layoffs. AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Apr 13 2004 5:05PM GMT
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Scottish Rail Workers to Vote on Pay Strike. Around 7,000 signalling, maintenance and station staff at Network Rail will be balloted by the Rail Maritime and Transport union in a row which could spark the biggest industrial unrest on the railways for a decade. PA News via The Scotsman Online Apr 13 2004 3:19PM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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