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...that money has to come from somewhere. Cut profit, and shareholders take the hit. Raise prices, and consumers foot the bill. Cut costs, and companies may be forced to fire the very workers that unions are supposed to protect. The United Auto Workers union, for example, has crippled Detroit automakers with high labor costs. Now, workers are feeling the pain. Chrysler LLC plans to lay off 12,000 workers this year after cutting 13,000 jobs last year. Americans are wary of unions for good reason. After shooing workers into Big Labor’s arms, Obama will shame businesses...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: No We Can’t! | 3/4/2008 | See Source »

...adventure” said his taste of Hollywood has given him a new perspective on his time at Harvard—and might help remedy his dormant dating life. ‘THAT MUCH OF A GEEK?’The 26-year-old Grosslight grew up in Detroit, Michigan. In high school, he recalled, he once gave up sex with his girlfriend to study for a physics SAT II.Grosslight was also a Pac-Man and Mrs. Pac-Man aficionado, having recorded what he said he thinks is likely one of the top ten scores of all time...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beauty and the Teaching Fellow | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

...Dirtbombs. Originally conceived as a five-song EP, new full-length album “We Have You Surrounded” reaches the stratospheric standard that the Dirtbombs have set for themselves over their 13-year recording career. Originally formed as a side project by Mick Collins of Detroit garage rock legends the Gories, the Dirtbombs have continually proven they can use excess to their advantage. They have been known to record with two bassists and two drummers, adding an extra dose of raw power to Collins’s original compositions, and their wide catalog of cover songs ranges...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Dirtbombs | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...referred to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which handles country placement for refugees. She told IOM that she wanted to go to the U.S.; it had been Omar's dream that Khattab would be able to grow up there. Many refugees ask to be sent to places like Detroit and Dearborn, Mich., where they can find support among large communities of immigrants from Iraq and other Arab countries. Faeza, having never lived in a cold climate, asked only to be placed "somewhere warm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Iraqis Come to America | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

...other ways, the world's economies are more linked than ever before. Today, 45% of the revenue for S&P 500 companies comes from overseas, compared with just 30% a decade ago. Securities backed by mortgages on homes in Miami and Detroit are held by banks from Switzerland to China. So, how much does the U.S. really matter? "If the world economy were a train, we'd now have a greater number of engines pulling that train," says Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's Equity Research. "However, the biggest engine is still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the US Economy Still Matters | 1/22/2008 | See Source »

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