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Dow Plunges More Than 678 to Fall Below 9,000
Business  (tags: USA, Wall Street, Dow Jones, stocks, inventments, money, General Motors, industrial average )

Kactus
- 1 day ago - hosted.ap.org
The Dow Jones industrial average lost 679 points, after hitting its lowest point since May 27, 2003 during the session...more than 7 percent, to their lowest level in 5yrs. after a major credit ratings agency wants to cut ratings on Gen. Motors.
SAG Poised to Strike
Business  (tags: SAG, STRIKE, actors )

Joan
- 9 days ago - latimes.com
Here we go again.Just as the start of the new tv season.It's the actors turn.
Satire: Economists Warn Anti-Bush Product Market Close to Collapse
Business  (tags: news, election, bush, economy, markets )

Clever
- 9 days ago - uk.youtube.com
From the Onion. Recent trends indicate a strong influence in the world economy over the past several years is near collapsing. The loss of this multi-billion dollar/year industry could bring plunge the world into a deep recession if Democrats are elected.
Ctigroup Take Over of Wachovia
Business  (tags: banking, economy, finance, investments, money, consumers )

Joan
- 11 days ago - cbs3.com
citigroup takes over //WACHOVIA BANK
To Die For - Colombian Human & Labor Rights Lawsuits Vs. Coke
Business  (tags: Coca-Cola Company, Colombia, Coke bottling plants, anti-union campaigns, union rights, human rights, intimidation, threats, violence, torture, danger, murders, death squads, Councilman, Hiram Monserrate, Queens, NY, outrage, lawsuit )

Jill
- 20 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Colombia- most dangerous place in world for trade unionists- since 1986, 2,500 have been killed. Coke claims not liable for murders at Coke bottling plants, but holds secret talks to pay for silence & unions' disappearance. Verdict scheduled 2009.
Help Design This Tornado Resistant, Energy Efficient Concrete Home.
Business  (tags: environment, eco-friendly, Sustainabililty, interesting, greenproducts, architecture, children, abuse, violence, greenbuilding, child abuse, sexual abuse )

Doug
- 81 days ago - builditforthechildren.org
Vote each week on the finishes incorporated into this fantastic home. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this home will benifit abused and neglected children!
Farm Bosses Plead Guilty to Enslaving Immokalee Workers in Florida Tomato Harvest
Business  (tags: Florida, Immokalee, Slavery, human rights, labor laws, successful prosecution, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, industry-friendly, "third-party" monitoring group, Intertek, Burger King, slavery charges )

Jill
- 34 days ago - ciw-online.org
Yesterday, at federal court in Ft.Myers, FL, farm bosses from Immokalee pleaded guilty to "numerous charges of enslaving Mexican & Guatemalan immigrants, brutalizing them & forcing them to work in farm fields, 1 of most extreme stories of exploitation...
US Contractor in Iraq KBR Accused of Slavery
Business  (tags: slave labor, corruption, colonialism )

Blue Apes
- 40 days ago - alternet.org
As Labor Day approaches at home,a Washington law firm, have filed a suit against US contractor KBR.This concerns,an apparent case of forced labour,involving a number of Nepalise workers.
Crunching the Numbers: Top 50 Accounting Blogs
Business  (tags: Accounting, Finance, Blogs, Money, Tax )

Jollygirl
- 42 days ago - mbaexplorer.com
You may just learn something new or find advice on topics you've been struggling with related to finance. Here are 50 great accounting blogs to check out to learn the ins and outs of accounting.
Senator Charles Grassley: H1-B Visas Displace American Workers
Business  (tags: H1-B visas, cheap labor, legal immigration, work visas, corruption, US unemployment, US labor force )

Ombretta
- 89 days ago - infoworld.com
More information on the corrupt practices of the Office of Immigration, who, hand in hand with Bill Gates and other US corporate moguls, are misusinf the program to avoid paying skilled US tech workers and importing cheap foreign labor instead.
 
 
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