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Rome Food Summit is a flop

November 20, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

There was little good news for the world's billion hungry people at the UN World Food Organization (FAO) Summit held November 16 - 18 in Rome.

Wall Street vote delayed as Black Caucus demands help for poor

November 20, 2009 By Joe Sims

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus persuaded House Finance Services Committee chairman, Rep. Barney Frank to delay a vote on the systemic risks bill.

U.S. students win ‘new day’ for Honduran workers

November 19, 2009

In a big victory for a U.S. student campaign, Russell Athletics, the largest supplier of team uniforms and apparel, agreed to reopen a Honduran factory that it shut down after its workers formed a union.

Feeling heat, U.S.-China firms say they’ll build turbines here

November 19, 2009 By Susan Webb

Under pressure from the nation’s biggest manufacturing union, a U.S.-China energy partnership said it would build a factory here, creating 1,000 jobs.

Companies cashing in on flu epidemic

November 19, 2009 By John Wojcik

The government may have to step in to ensure companies are not using the swine flu epidemic to rip off those who come down with the flu.