"Ludhiana: Violent clashes erupted in the industrial city of Ludhiana on Friday with thousands of migrant labourers, who work in the city, resorting to arson and violence over alleged police insensitivity. As per...
After the opening of the former Soviet Union to the West, the economy of Russia and its satellite countries came under control of criminal groups. The reason is fairly simple. The only people who knew anything about business were people who had participated in what was know...
opinion by ishambat | 1 wk ago 38 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
In her important new book, "The Union of Their Dreams - Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement" Miriam Pawel chronicles how a movement to unionize farmworkers failed to realize its...
" As researchers for The Free Enterprise Nation began compiling information about the pay and benefits disparity that exists between government/public education and those who work in the private sector, we'd hear an occasional "OH, MY GOSH!" or "OH, MY!" as they found another...
Emotions are a good thing especially when you have to put out a fire, but when it is speaking on a pure business level, leave the fire truck outside."There has been a lot of talk about the 47 million Americans who do not have health insurance. But health-care reform is just...
" Social workers in the Netherlands have taken legal action to try to stop a 13-year-old girl from sailing around the world on her own. They want Laura Dekker to be made a ward of court, so that her parents, who...
14 miners are missing and presumed dead after an underground coal mine exploded in northern Slovakia. The miners had been putting out a fire in the Handlova mine when it exploded, said the mine owner. The explosion occured in an unused section of the mine, and is thought to...
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" MANILA, Philippines - The 10 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan had defied the government ban on deployment to war-torn countries, the Overseas Workers’ ...
Men are more likely to be affected by the global recession than women reads a recent article in the Business channel of the Atlantic titled: It's Not Just a Recession. It's a Mancession. The article outlines statistical data showing men are having a tougher time with...
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After being in custody for about two months, the doctors say they inflated death tolls. The doctors who stayed with the people till the end now claims that only 350-400 civilians were killed in the last month of...
Once again, Russian employees are not being paid. And again, the Russians have their own way of dealing with things. 43 people are on a hunger strike, after the Baikal Cellulose and Paper Plant refused to pay $4.3...
Sri Lankan military is alleged running prostitution ring using women kept in the Camp. It is further alleged, no action was taken by the senior government officials although it was brought to their attention. "...
" AFTER visiting Japan and Brazil, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made a side “working visit” to Hong Kong during the weekend before she returns to the country afternoon Monday. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, who is with Arroyo, said they will have a dialogue with...
By, Uwe Paschen. Could this be the beginning of the end for Capitalism? On Saturday another demonstration took place with an estimated 100,000 Workers marching through Berlin in protest and anger. Stating on...
created by Paschen | 29 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago 1248 views | 74 recommendations | 47 comments
July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks...
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