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Updated
5/24/2004; 11:10:25 AM
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Chiron trims Seattle operations; Pathogenesis work shifts to California. The move — which consists of 11 transfers to California headquarters and 10 job cuts — raises further questions about Chiron's future in Seattle. The company laid off 30 research scientists in Seattle a year ago, and now has cut another important component of the business — the people who run clinical tests that turn research into real-world drugs. Chiron is left with 85 people working at its Elliott Bay offices, about half the number there at the peak of Pathogenesis. Some workers do clinical research, while others develop chemical processes to build up drug manufacturing or work in information technology. Seattle Times May 6 2004 9:23AM GMT
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Unemployment benefits increase passes state Senate. A measure that would bring Arizona's unemployment insurance benefits up from their current ranking as the lowest in the nation passed the state Senate Wednesday. Business Journal of Phoenix May 6 2004 7:45AM GMT
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Oxfam report on textile trade issues.
Stitched Up: How rich-country protectionism in textiles and clothing trade prevents poverty alleviation.
Exports of textiles and clothing are a vital source of employment and income for developing countries. Under the Multifibre Arrangement, rich countries used quotas to restrict entry of these goods to their markets. Quotas are now being lifted, but protectionist barriers remain, and more may be erected. The abrupt lifting of quotas has also left several poor and vulnerable countries facing a harsh transition period, and in urgent need of assistance. Oxfam May 6 2004 1:53PM GMT [
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Truckers protest rising costs, stagnant rates at Port of Oakland. Independent truckers continued to protest rising fuel costs and stagnant pay rates at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, a day after port officials agreed to form a committee to address their complaints. San Francisco Chronicle May 5 2004 11:19PM GMT
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Client Services launches $7M expansion in St. Charles. Client Services expects to add 400 workers to its employee base of 425 due to current market conditions, it said. In addition, some of the company's partners plan to spend $3 million to build a 25,000 square-foot retail center that would house a day care, workout facility and restaurant, next to the new building. St Louis Business Journal May 5 2004 7:09PM GMT
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UK call center jobs to beat India. LONDON: Britain's call centers are set to hire 200,000 extra workers over the next three years, a government-sponsored study said, even though firms continue to move many such jobs to countries like India. Cyber India Online May 6 2004 2:03PM GMT
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Brazil's need for investment To sustain economic growth of 3 ½% a year, still too little to reduce unemployment dramatically, Brazil needs to invest 22% of GDP, says Alexandre Bassoli, an economist at HSBC, a British bank. Last year's investment rate was 18.5%. A voracious government crowds out private investment but, after paying interest and social security, barely has any money to invest itself. [Economist: World]
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Maytag to end production at Ill. plant. In March, the city's largest employer said production of its top-mount lines in Galesburg would continue until mid-November, while production of its side-by-side refrigerators would end in September. But Wednesday, Maytag officials told employees it would stop both production lines in September, company spokeswoman Lynne Dragomier said. AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer May 6 2004 5:56AM GMT
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European farmers' clouded future. Farmers in Europe and beyond stand to be affected by EU enlargement, and some will inevitably suffer. The EU spends half its entire budget, £30bn ($54bn or 44bn euros), on various measures to support the continent's farmers. But in the new member states, farming is far more important economically, providing on average five times as many jobs as it does in the original 15 nations. [BBC News | Europe | World Edition]
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Burundi hit by healthcare crisis. More than one in seven Burundians receive no medical treatment because they cannot afford it. The agency says even a simple medical consultation in a basic health centre was equivalent to the wages earned from 12 days of agricultural labour. Under the cost-cutting measures introduced two years ago, Burundi's government pays for infrastructure and wages in the health care system but leaves patients to pay for consultation, treatment and medication. [BBC News | Africa | World Edition]
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Visteon, UAW Agree to New Seven-Year Deal. DETROIT May 6, 2004 — Visteon Corp. and the United Auto Workers signed a seven-year supplemental labor agreement Thursday that allows the world's second-largest automotive supplier to pay new hires represented by the UAW far less than current workers. The two sides announced a tentative deal April 29. The two-tiered wage arrangement also requires newly hired employees to pay higher out-of-pocket health care costs, part of an overall compensation plan Visteon says will make it more competitive. AP via ABCNEWS.com May 6 2004 4:29PM GMT
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Outsource Deal Sees South African company Call-A-Car Call Centre Migrate To Cape Town. Call-a-Car, the largest independent online used vehicle retailer in South Africa, announced that it migrated its customer call centre to Cape Town. “Following international trends in outsourcing this non-core activity of our company, we recently concluded a deal with Dialogue Group, an international customer contact centre service provider,” said Lourens Botha, managing director of McCarthy On-Line. “A lot of research and deliberation went into making this decision, but we strongly believe that it will have an extremely positive impact on our service delivery to customers.” ContactCenterWorld.com May 6 2004 3:20PM GMT
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Group wants H-1B visa exemptions. A coalition that includes businesses and trade associations on Wednesday asked Congress to reform the H-1B visa program, arguing that foreign nationals who have earned masters and doctorate degrees from U.S. universities should be exempt from the program's annual cap. In February, the government said it had received enough applications to reach this fiscal year's cap of 65,000 visas, which allow skilled workers to remain in the country for up to six years. ZDNet May 6 2004 0:56AM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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