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...delay an investment of up to $3 billion in a massive new oil field off the coast of Java. The problem: protracted negotiations with the government and with Indonesian oil company Pertamina, which is being privatized, over revenue sharing and the length of ExxonMobil's contract. In addition, tough labor laws, which among other things make it difficult for companies to lay off workers, discourage hiring at a time when more than 9 million Indonesians are unemployed and another 30 million?almost a third of the work force?can't find as much work as they would like...
...people like Jeph Gurecka start calling these items art, it might push the prices up even further. The New York City-based sculptor and performance artist?famed for making artwork from decomposing food?is currently collecting menus from plane crashes. Gurecka calls this grisly labor his "last supper" project...
...back," says Muskiet. And if people like Jeph Gurecka start calling these items art, it might push the prices up even further. The New York City-based sculptor and performance artist - famed for making artwork from decomposing food - is currently collecting menus from plane crashes. Gurecka calls this grisly labor his "last supper" project. Tasteless or not, most of the collections reveal an innate fascination with travel, invariably rooted in a time when trips seemed more exciting than they do now. One wonders if the overcrowded hub-to-hub travel of today is likely to breed as ardent a generation...
...Still Just Winging It Alitalia has crash landed in a field of Catch-22s. The majority state-owned Italian carrier, which loses about €1.2 million a day, desperately needs a government bailout to avoid bankruptcy. But any rescue plan risks a veto from Brussels on antitrust grounds. Labor Minister Roberto Maroni promises the government will sign an emergency decree this week, reportedly set to dole out €120 million to Alitalia and Italy 's smaller carriers this year. That would keep the flagship airline afloat and avert disastrous labor strife. But even if the bailout gets past E.U. competition...
Wielding a hammer and other manual labor is only one facet of the House’s obligation...