Bush, Democrats seek to finalize auto bailout

"– White House and congressional negotiators sought on Sunday to remove remaining differences over an emergency rescue for the struggling auto industry, a stark symbol of the deepening U.S. economic crisis. ...

Ford and GM CEOs to work for $1

The CEOs of troubled automakers Ford and GM are offering to work for a $1 salary as they present their plans to cut costs to Congress.The firms are trying to secure $25 billion in emergency federal loans as a...

US car firms begging for $25bn bailout : Dollar Drought to continue

The US auto industry giants are crying for bailout, and the sum they are asking for is $25 billion.Ths slowing demand and lack of availability of finance is making the sitution worse.The job market drouht is going...

E. Coli outbreak in Oklahoma sickens 200 - kills 1

Another E. Coli outbreak has hit the US.  More than 200 people have become ill after eating from the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, Okalahoma.  "An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant...

Protesting arises in Oshawa after GM is set to scrap 4 production plants

What is new in the world of GM? Coming on the heels of a massive buyout in the US of 19,000 workers, an announcement was made this morning that GM will be closing down four North American plants. Manufacturing...

GM Selling North America's Birthright to Mexico

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOutsourcing North America's Manufacturing Birthright, has taken another turn for the worse, 2,600 General Motors jobs (not 1,000 as previously reported) are heading...

GM CEO's 2007 Compensation Worth $15.7 million

As consumers pinch pennies and begin bracing themselves for a much-feared economic downturn in the United States, a select few fat cats are still livin' very large. Mind the gap."DETROIT — General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner received compensation valued at...

Thirty Something Without the Sex

This is so awesome!  Imagine everyone and everything you have ever seen relating to the age range of 19-29, and then remove sex. Writing comedy is very difficult, and people work their whole lives just to...

None dare call it reason, but amnesty will do for the time being

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door"  <---  21st Century interpretation: ...

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