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South Korean Workers Protest Gov't Labor Policy

Tens Of Thousands Of South Korean Workers Protest Government Labor Policy (AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Tens of thousands of South Korean workers rallied Saturday to protest the government's plan to begin implementing...

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Navy Ship Built With WTC Steel Is Launched

Navy's Newest Assault Ship, Built with World Trade Center Steel, Takes to Seas By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press Writer NEW YORK November 7, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press 3 comments The Navy ship built from World Trade Center...

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Jobless: 10 Percent Is Tougher Than It Used to Be

Unemployment tops 10 percent again _ and it's tougher off the job than a generation ago By JEANNINE AVERSA AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON November 7, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment It hurts more to be unemployed...

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Fast Forward: Verizon's Droid takes on Apple's iPhone

With the Droid, Verizon answers iPhone's call A Motorola Droid mobile device is shown in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. AP) Sunday, November 8, 2009 Please don't call the Droid an "iPhone killer." Verizon Wireless's...

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British premier urges greater responsibility from banks

Gordon Brown calls on members to reduce their sources of instability, such as volatile oil and commodity prices Brown: "Financial institutions should order their businesses in a way that contains the cost of failure" Meeting...

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Cisco Faces a Trojan Horse

Forbes Asia Magazine dated November 16, 2009 Since the dot-com bust 3Com has been taking Chinese lessons. The fact that Mao, 3Com's chief executive since April of last year, lives and works in Beijing is just a piece of the...

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Wal-Mart's New India Push

The chairman's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Singh is the latest sign the retail giant is lobbying for greater access to the market Its wall-to-wall influence in America may be waning, but Wal-Mart, the world's largest...

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Virginia would be well served by privatizing state-run liquor stores

Newly elected Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has proposed privatizing the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) stores to fund transportation improvements statewide. It wouldn't be an enormous revenue producer, but the...

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Despite Its Woes, California's Dream Still Lives

The Golden State has fought the status quo since its birth 160 years ago. But even amid a particularly rough chapter in the state's history, the nation's future is being written in California. A special report

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Robin Givhan on Fashion: Madeleine Albright's pins were mightier than the sword

The pins are displayed in glass cases at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York so that the jeweled butterflies seem to be in mid-flight and the patriotic eagles and flags sparkle like Fourth of July fireworks in a vitrine....

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