Word: labors
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...Kevin Davie, 40, editor of Business Times, Sunday Times, Johannesburg, South Africa. He expects to focus on policy issues in public finance, trade and industry, petroleum economics, labor markets, agriculture, development finance and rural development...
Some of the local flexibility can be traced to Fargo's good fortune. Like that of medium-size towns elsewhere, the economy in Fargo is diversifying as banks, insurance companies and light industries are drawn to its cheap, well-educated labor force and its low crime rate. Violent crime is a rarity here; there were only five homicides in the entire state last year. Not all the locals are working as much as they would like, but unemployment stands at 2%, and help wanted signs are everywhere. Urban Weber, regional manager for Job Service North Dakota, knew something had changed...
...curious that more shareholders of investment banks haven't rallied to Buffett's side because this is one labor dispute where it's worth it to root for the owners-especially if you're one of them. Without the benefit of such solidarity, Salomon Brothers last month announced that it was backing down on the reform of the bonus system, so Buffett may have lost this battle. Salomon is beginning to resemble the Pittsburgh Pirates, with the high-priced talent going elsewhere. Again, it's like baseball, with the rival owners hoping that Buffett somehow succeeds so they can rein...
...certain he will be the next Surgeon General of the United States," said Ted Kennedy of the Senate Labor Committee, which will vote on his nomination within the next several weeks. "But he might have to be confirmed on a voice vote at 5 o'clock in the afternoon" to protect Republicans who support him from their right flank. "It's a triumph," says Mike McCurry, White House press secretary. "The fact that he's gone from dead-on-arrival to having a chance at confirmation is a stunning turnaround. Maybe every once in a while the good guy wins...
...TIME has obtained a private letter written by Lacey in April 1994, amid his investigation of Carey, that raises questions about his impartiality. The letter was a warning to Thomas Puccio, one of two court-appointed trustees of a Teamsters local (the other: Michael Moroney, a labor-racketeering investigator) who were threatening to go public with materials allegedly linking Carey to a former Mafia boss. During a conversation in March 1994, Lacey reminded Puccio in the letter, "I told you that I thought you and Mr. Moroney ought to have in mind what would happen if you brought Carey down...