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Transport workers in Japan required to take daily smile scans
July 9, 2009In an effort to improve “customer relations” a Japanese transportation company is forcing over 500 employees to take a daily smile test measuring the degree and brightness of worker smiles. According to the Mainichi Daily News,...
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Call-in day presses Congress to pass public option
July 9, 2009The grassroots health care movement mobilized thousands of phone calls to Capitol Hill July 8, demanding enactment of health care reform with a strong public option that goes into effect immediately with no delaying “trigger.” The...
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Health care drive in high gear
July 9, 2009Major hospital associations, pledging to save more than $150 billion over 10 years, were the latest big industry group to jump aboard what has become the Health Care Express. Meeting with Vice President Biden today, they...
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‘Slumdog’ child star moves into new Mumbai flat
July 9, 2009(Xinhuanet) -- The 'Slumdog Millionaire' child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and his mother moved from slum shanty into their new apartment in Mumbai, according to media reports Wednesday. 'I was shocked when I saw this house,'...
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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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