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...indicative of Washington's inability or refusal to realize that Latin Americans aren't as obsessed with the drug war as los yanquis are - and that they tend to feel humiliated by imperious U.S. conditions like those set on aid for Ecuador's drug police. Correa's chief complaint against the U.S. diplomat, Homeland Security attache Armando Astorga, was "the insolence to pretend that Ecuador is a colony of the U.S." (Neither the U.S. embassy in Quito nor the State Department would comment...
...receiving end of adverse trade measures by other major trading partners. In December, the E.U. imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese screws and bolts. In June, the U.S. imposed anti-dumping duties on four Chinese product categories including steel pipes, a move that prompted China to lodge a complaint with the WTO. But according to Vineet Aneja, partner at Delhi-based corporate law firm FoxMandal Little, India may have difficulty defending its case in any WTO action. "The WTO may not uphold the ban since not enough reason has been given," Aneja says. Officials at the Directorate-General of Foreign...
...Complaint: Andres Felipe Alonso-Rodriguez flew on Ryanair last August from Valencia, Spain, to Milan. At check-in, the scale at the airline counter showed that his bag weighed 12 kg (26.5 lb.), 2 kg above the limit for a carry-on, so Alonso-Rodriguez was forced to check it. The cost: 20 euros. That's almost one euro for every one of his names...
...restaurant in Cambridge, the eatery was suddenly forced to shut on Jan. 12 due to licensing problems. In a statement issued last week, the Cambridge License Commission faulted Z Square for "failure to apply for change of manager, failure to have a current worker's compensation insurance, a noise complaint within the six-month probationary period on their entertainment license, and unpaid police detail." The restaurant is scheduled for a hearing to resolve these issues on Feb. 10. But Taylor said that the restaurant will not return to the JFK storefront, no matter how the hearing goes. Future...
...anonymous co-worker slipped a note into her mailbox at work comparing her pay against that of three other male counterparts. Ledbetter was making $3,727 per month, while men doing the same job were paid $4,286 to $5,236 per month. Ledbetter filed a complaint with the EEOC and was then assigned to lift heavy tires, which she felt was retribution...