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...Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, who seems likely to join the presidential race, has been pushing "social modernization" legislation that would make it more difficult for companies to lay off workers. Not surprisingly, big business has heatedly opposed the proposal. "If firing becomes impossible, hiring will become more difficult," says Ernest-Antoine Seillière, head of the French employers' association, MEDEF...
...over the patients? bill of rights stalled in the House Thursday after Republican leaders slammed on the brakes. President Bush remains opposed to the Democrats' bill (Norwood-Dingell-Ganske, in Hill shorthand), and has been politicking since his return from Europe for the GOP alternative (sponsored by Kentucky Republican Ernest Fletcher). The Fletcher bill departs from its rival in two primary areas: Capping the amount of liability claims and limiting the venues in which patients can sue their HMOs...
BOOK Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway "Reading Hemingway makes me feel like I've taken a vacation...
...things get out of hand, it may also mean a trade war between the U.S. and Europe to replace the banana-themed skirmish the two regions just settled. U.S. senators Phil Gramm (R-Tx.), Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) and John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) - the latter two new chairmen of influential Senate committees - accused EU regulators of protectionism and warned of a possible "chilling effect" on trans-Atlantic relations...
...this than the usual tale of corporate rivalry. GE, after all, is no ordinary American company, and Welch--the great hero of modern American capitalism--is no ordinary boss. Since he declared the commission's conditions unacceptable, three Senators--Republican Phil Gramm and Democrats John D. Rockefeller and Ernest Hollings--have expressed concern to the Europeans. Hollings, new chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said the developments supported those who think the E.C. seeks to "protect and promote European industry at the expense of its U.S. competitors," and warned that "denial of a merger...would undermine an already strained...