When a company goes bankrupt, everyone takes a hit: fair or not, workers lose some contract wages, stockholders get wiped out and creditors get fragments of what's left. That's the law. What workers don't lose are their pensions . . .

Tribal values are rooted in protecting the land, yet their resources often seem like the only path out of poverty, says Garrit Voggesser, senior manager of the National Wildlife Federation's tribal lands conservation program. "Tribes have tough choices to

Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, has triggered speculation that he has been using a tour of the Middle East to prepare Iran's neighbours for a possible war with Tehra.

Chris Pearson, a state legislator in Vermont, had a sense that the people were with him when he proposed a bill last November to allow residents to block junk mail.

I was shocked to read a report about Iraqi oil money sitting in banks while the US pays for reconstruction. It's seems odd that the News shows didn't mention it or ask Sen. Levin about today on TV.

An aviation-fueling company has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to black and Hispanic workers who said they were taunted with hangman's nooses, racist cartoons and other racial slurs.

OPEC ministers yesterday backed Venezuela in its dispute with ExxonMobil over a move by the government to take control of a heavy oil project.

CCC as of last month had a $21.7 billion investment portfolio of AAA-rated floating-rate capped U.S. mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses, and some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters.

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