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Small business owners slam Chamber of Commerce
July 9, 2009Charging the US Chamber of Commerce with supporting only the 'interests of Fortune 500 companies,' small business owners this week sharply criticized the business group for refusing to endorse the Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act,...
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Quad City workers fight for owed benefits
July 9, 2009Workers in Moline, Ill., filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) July 7 against their employer Quad City Die Casting because the company says Wells Fargo is not approving expenditures to pay for the...
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Health reform battle heats up
July 9, 2009Weakening health reform in exchange for bipartisanship is unacceptable, Senate Majority Harry Reid, D-Nev., warned Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus, D-Mont., July 7th, according to a report in Washington-based Roll Call. The newspaper reported that Sen....
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An end to violence
July 9, 2009Against the background of the bloodiest century in human history and this decade of war, genocide, boycotts, and threats and counter threats, thanks in large measure to the Bush administration and, in a larger sense, our...
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Former ruling party gains in Mexico elections
July 9, 2009In Sunday’s congressional and gubernatorial elections in Mexico, the big winner was the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which with its ally, the Green Party (PVEM) (a rather conservative party not in good standing with...
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