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...activity, he said, also hoped to convey the importance of the youth vote, as well as the sway that “people of color?...
...changing the 35-hour law. (His Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has gone further, calling the law "perverse" and arguing it should be changed for "those who want to work more in order to earn more.") But, as a practical matter, the 35-hour week now seems to have little sway over many large employers. Workers in Germany are fighting a tide of proposed deals involving threats to export jobs. When DaimlerChrysler said it would move 6,000 jobs from a factory at Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, to plants in northern Germany and South Africa unless workers agreed to wage concessions...
...He’s extremely passionate about college basketball,” Kinsman says as he describes Wagoner’s decision to send a representative to Albuquerque, N.M., to try to sway the NCAA. “He served as executive chairman and literally led the corporate initiative. I think the NCAA was extremely impressed by his manner and presentation. He just does a fabulous...
...Throughout the history of modern Asia, the Fed has been the only central bank that really matters. That's true partly because the Fed, by controlling borrowing costs, holds sway over the credit-loving American consumer, long the principal driver of Asia's external demand. In my view, Asia is deluding itself in believing that it has uncovered a new, autonomous source of growth in China. In the end, the American consumer remains very much in charge. That's especially true for China, whose economic health relies heavily on American consumers borrowing money to buy mainland-made washing machines, toys...
...towards providing a true alternative to Bush whether by lobbying, public demonstration, or, god forbid, threatening to vote for Nader. We must build a vibrant, independent Left that remains disinterested from Kerry’s Bush-like flailings—not just because this is the only way to sway the Democrats, but so we can move beyond the two-party system...