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...headed for a recession after all. Manufacturing has been lagging behind the rest of the economy for years, and what we're seeing in the other sectors is that companies are still hiring and people are still spending. Even consumer confidence, which was dragged down by the six-month outlook, is currently still quite strong, and outlooks can change in a hurry...
...lived in France, Portugal or Ireland for a total of 10 years since 1980 be prohibited from donating blood (rules adopted last year excluded anyone who had lived in Britain for six months between 1980 and 1996). The American Red Cross, meanwhile, urged the FDA to apply the six-month rule to all of Western Europe--which would cut the supply of donors 5% or so--even though there's no evidence that the disease can be transmitted through blood in the first place...
...lottery. They have an adopted son and wanted to complete their family. Vickie, a bookkeeper, sold the diamond from her engagement ring to help raise the $6,000 Johnson demanded. In October the couple signed a "placement agreement" with Wecker and filed it with the state to start the six-month check of the Allens' suitability. None of the Allens' $6,000 was supposed to go to Wecker as a direct payment, since baby selling is illegal. But the law does permit reimbursement for expenses, like medical costs for childbirth and airfares. Wecker says she didn't get any money...
...offers a good example of how the philanthropy programs can pay off. Shultz has been able to spend large amounts of time offering aid to hospice patients, in good measure owing to the support of Amex. The company paid for Shultz, a 15-year company veteran, to take a six-month sabbatical in 1999 to volunteer for Hospice of the Lakes in Minneapolis, an organization that provides medical and social-service care for dying individuals. For employees who have been with the firm for at least 10 years, the company offers a one-to-six-month paid sabbatical...
Bill Clinton got him off the hook this time, but come July George W. Bush is going to face some tough choices on Cuba. The outgoing President on Wednesday issued yet another six-month waiver of a law allowing U.S. citizens whose property was nationalized by Fidel Castro during the 1960s to sue non-U.S. companies doing business with Cuba. The law was passed in 1996, as part of the Helms-Burton package that tightened the embargo against Cuba, and also provided for U.S. sanctions against foreign companies trading with the communist island state. But President Clinton's waiver...