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Ecuador to repurchase its debts
April 21, 2009Ecuador's finance minister has confirmed that her country will buy back nearly a third of its foreign debt at a 70 per cent discount, ending months of speculation about a possible default. Minister Maria Elsa Viteri...
Read moreNew moves by administration seen as step toward bank nationalization
April 21, 2009In a major change of course, Obama administration officials are saying they don’t have to ask Congress to add money to the Bush administration’s bank bailout and that they can convert the government’s existing loans into...
Read moreHealth care should not be wheel of (mis)fortune
April 21, 2009CRANSTON, R.I. — Wendy Laprade, a nurse and Service Employees International Union activist, played “health care wheel of (mis)fortune” at a rally for national health care reform here this weekend. Her spin landed her on “pre-existing...
Read moreCall to action: Nation needs labors mobilized strength, now!
April 21, 2009We are now in a time of great opportunity and tremendous danger. This past year, our nation’s people were active and mobilized like no time since the New Deal. We rose up and gave the boot...
Read moreBusiness bankrolls study claiming job losses from Employee Free Choice Act
April 21, 2009Original source: The battle over the Employee Free Choice Act kicked off with versions of the bill being introduced in the House and Senate -- and with it a flurry of claims about what the landmark...
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