Archive for the ‘Depression’ Category

AT&T Strike – The end of the world as we know it

Sunday, April 5, 2009 10:00 No Comments

Palm Sunday seems an appropriate day for 110,000 workers at AT&T to go out on strike.
Communications Workers of America and AT&T are in the process of contract negotiations in Austin, Texas, said Jason Burns, president of CWA Local 6401 in Topeka.
The bargaining is for wages, benefits, pension and work rules, said Marty Richter, a spokesman [...]

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Surviving a Chinese Downturn

Thursday, March 1, 2007 0:15 No Comments

Watching that 9% drop in the Chinese stock market and the turbulent day here in the US makes me wonder what we’re all in for.
Foreign investment in the Chinese stock market is extremely limited and its capital exposure relative to the world’s resources is still pretty minor.  So why all the fuss?
It’s the little engine [...]

This was posted under category: China, China, Corporate Life, Depression, Economics, Politics, USA, World, World Events

Deficit drops, Tax revenues rise, Democrats reel

Sunday, July 9, 2006 10:15 No Comments

The New York Times reports that an unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues from corporations and the wealthy is driving down the projected budget deficit this year.
White House officials are expected to announce that the tax receipts will be about $250 billion above last year’s levels and that the deficit will be about $100 billion [...]

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