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...transit authority received federal funds and thus was obliged to follow federal laws governing terminations. Upcoming Cases: One involves whether workers at meat-processing plants should be paid for the time it takes them to get to their work stations after they don nearly 10 lbs. of required protective gear...
...will play out. Don't Chinese imports spell the end of profitable manufacturing jobs in the U.S.? People shop at Wal-Mart because it's cheaper. We look for better prices on clothes, appliances and vehicles. What's going to happen when China 's manufacturing powerhouse really kicks into gear? Protecting the U.S. economy will require extreme measures that are perhaps anathema to a free-market philosophy. Tariffs seem to be the next logical step. Another possibility is launching a propaganda campaign. If every television show had a 30-sec. piece featuring empty U.S. factories and dust blowing through American...
...world of universal remotes. A little while ago, a small company called Harmony suggested to the world that you don't need to input complicated codes into your remote. Instead, their system allowed users to simply plug the remote into a computer and tell the computer what gear they have. It was such a bright idea that Harmony got bought by Logitech, and remote-maker Philips jumped on the bandwagon...
Disney is no stranger to China. The company debuted there in the late 1930s, when the cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was screened in Shanghai. Today Disney sells Mickey Mouse gear through 1,100 Disney Corner outlets, and it wants to double that number over the next year. Disney movies and TV programs, like the popular Dragon Club series, appear on local television. With 24 hours of programming a week, Disney claims to be the largest foreign provider of films for Chinese TV. Disney's wholesome fare has given the company a leg up on getting its movies...
...guidelines of the Kyoto Protocol. Indeed, now that Kyoto has kicked in--with 34 industrialized nations legally bound to cut emissions, excluding the U.S., China and Australia--multinational companies will have to cut CO2 emissions or pay to pollute at the old rate, bolstering the market for pollution-control gear...