economy
Tale of two cities: Toronto and Detroit
June 25, 2010DETROIT - Twenty thousand people attending the second U.S. Social Forum here this week have staged a peaceful takeover of a city in crisis.
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Panel debates how to make it in America again
June 25, 2010DETROIT - Two years after a paper mill shut down in Kimberly, Wis., 70 percent of the workers are still unemployed, commented Michael Bolton, from the Steelworkers.
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Social Forum: In jobs fight, America will find its soul again
June 24, 2010DETROIT - "This struggle for jobs can be the glue that holds us all together, that allows us to be more than we are - it allows 'us' to be 'we'." the AFL-CIO's Nick Unger told...
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Public spending at issue as G-20 meets
June 24, 2010TORONTO - The G-8/G-20 summit here this week could determine the future of global economic recovery, as the U.S. and Europe take opposing positions on spending and budget cuts.
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GOP says no to jobless benefits, groups plan D.C. march
June 24, 2010How do you trim a bill to provide unemployment benefits to laid-off workers in the millionaires' club of the U.S. Senate?
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