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...Apolinar Cabrera wants is his final paycheck. And he and some 200 of his former colleagues at the shut-down Republic Windows & Doors factory in Chicago are going to sit in the cold production-line floor until they get the money they've earned. "I know the economy is bad, for everyone," he said yesterday afternoon, standing in the plant's lobby, "but all I want to do is give my kids a nice Christmas. I'm going to stay until I get all the money we deserve." The father of two - ages nine and six - is expecting...
...about troubled finances. One of the guys on the factory floor said he had heard the company was planning to leave town, and maybe take its employees along. Last Tuesday, however, the factory's estimated 300 employees, including Cabrera, were called into a meeting and told that Republic would shut down three days later. Cabrera, who received a check that covered Thanksgiving week, says he is still due his final paycheck plus compensation for five weeks of vacation time that he says he's earned this year. But Republic's financial situation and abrupt closure sent tremors through the employee...
...three-way tie with unattached Northeastern freshman Brian McGovern and Northeastern alum Mike Couch in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.72 meters.“Nico’s a tremendous athlete,” Saretsky said. “Working off a short approach, he shut it down early.”Senior Shannon Flahive tied for fifth in the 200-meter dash, sharing the 26.03 mark with the Terriers’ Erin Catarius, while sophomore Katrina Drayton finished at 26.31, good enough for eighth.In the women’s 55-meter hurdles, senior Dara Wilson qualified...
Harvard had not allowed 10 or more goals in a game since a loss against Boston College in 1983...the Crimson has not been shut out in its last 45 games, tying for the nation’s sixth-longest active streak with North Dakota and Bentley...Friday’s game was the first time Harvard has skated against the Fighting Sioux at the Bright Hockey Center...the Crimson currently holds a .500 win percentage in the Ivy League...
...finance professor at Beijing University, something that people spend too much time worrying about. Economists like Pettis believe - and the data to date suggest - that both consumption and private investment in the U.S. are plunging at a faster rate than government spending is rising. And given that consumers have shut their wallets, the U.S. savings rate is almost certainly headed up as this recession deepens. The result, as former Treasury official Brad Sester points out, is that the overall U.S. demand for capital is diminishing - despite the government's appetite for more money to fund bailouts and a likely forthcoming...