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...creditor concessions and supplier price cuts, to prove to Congress that it can operate at break-even. That would give it additional government funds to keep it afloat while it restructures. To reach part of its goal, the company is offering incentives which it believes will get 10,000 union members off its payroll. Bloomberg has reported that it may fire another 5,000 white collar workers...
...zoning change applies specifically to ARE and will not authorize dense construction by any other firm. Dozens of residents filled the seats in City Hall and others stood in the aisles, waiting their turn to discuss the controversial measure. Some residents attended the meeting as representatives of local unions and said that they hoped the rezoning measure would provide construction jobs that are otherwise lacking in a slow economy. “This is not only good for labor. It’s good for the City of Cambridge and it will provide much needed tax revenue...
...dean Julio Frenk wrote in an e-mail to faculty and staff on Friday. In an effort to meet the challenges posed by the financial crisis, Frenk wrote that the University had also issued a directive in December to freeze all salaries for faculty and non-union staff. In line with the University’s recommendations, the School of Public Health will form a committee to review the posting of non-research funded job posts. “This is indeed an opportunity to look at our staffing levels and structures, in order to make sure that they...
...tone is all very well, but if Obama does follow through on Biden's promise to "sincerely" listen to Europe, he is likely to hear a cacophony of confusion. For Europe - be it the European Union or the European members of NATO - has no clear consensus on strategic priorities or how they should be pursued. That applies to challenges from Afghanistan and Guantánamo to Iran and Russia. The Obama Administration may want to cast aside the hawkish unilateralism of the Bush era and its divide-and-rule methods that so jarred European sensitivities. But as the new President...
...others and caused over $2 billion in damage. The international community stands ready to deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, but it refuses to channel that aid directly through Hamas, which controls Gaza but is listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and European Union. An Abbas administration that excludes Hamas - still the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority's legislature, and whose security control of Gaza remains intact despite the Israeli offensive - is in no position to take charge of reconstruction on the ground. But a unity government with Abbas at its helm could provide...