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There will be an appeal, but it's expected to fail...
...capitalize on the living wage movement in Florida. Many, including Jenn Kern, national organizer for the Association of Communities Organizing for Reform Now (ACORN), the group that spearheaded the Florida living wage campaign, blame Kerry. “Kerry,” says Kern, “failed to seize the opportunity to use the issue to connect with voters.” Regardless of who is responsible for Kerry’s loss in Florida, one thing is clear: a living wage initiative, no matter how popular, won’t assure victory for Democrats. But living wage initiatives...
...killed in Iraq, is going through [Aug. 22]. Nothing takes away the pain. The anguish a mother feels when she loses a child is different from the loss that surviving brothers and sisters feel. Sheehan has done her best for Casey, her soldier son; she did not fail him in any way. But I implore her to heed the plea of her other son Andy: to go back home because she is needed there to support her children. If anything happened to them, she would never forgive herself. Timi Songi Yenagoa, Nigeria...
...much in knowledge as we do, which is really their investment in the next generation. How does this gap get fixed? Governments have to put their money where their mouth is. AND HOW SHOULD THE WEST APPROACH CHINA? China would be much more worrying if it were to fail. We should draw China, and India as well, into global leadership on economic and political issues. ISN'T THAT ALREADY HAPPENING? Too often we've given the impression we're in favor of rules-based global governance, provided the rules suit us. I'm seriously worried about growing protectionism...
...recent years Bennett had improved Refco's record, but his handling of Refco's IPO may have been reckless in more ways than one. Not only did Bennett fail to disclose $430 million--more than double last year's net income--that would never be collected (believed to be the result of hedge-fund clients who didn't pay up after bad trades), but he also went ahead with the IPO even though his top lieutenant, Santo Maggio, was under investigation by the SEC in connection with a stock-manipulation scheme that had driven software firm Sedona into the ground...