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Big Three automakers try again for a bailout
Their first attempt was a lemon, but the Big Three U.S. automakers get a second chance this week to convince Congress that it should give them a $25-billion bailout -- or as they call it, a bridge loan to the future.
Setting the stage for what could be a...Tags: Harry Reid, Labor Markets, General Motors Corp., Michigan State University, Government Aid
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Activists call for investigation of Suffolk hate-crime statistics
reid.epstein@newsday.comImmigrant activists on Tuesday called for county and state officials to investigate Suffolk hate-crime statistics and demanded a stop to legislation deemed to be anti-Hispanic and ant-immigrant in the wake of the killing of Marcelo Lucero. Speaking...Tags: Demographics, Refugee, Hempstead (Hempstead, New York), Crimes, Laws
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Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the new Legislature in to work on its first day, declaring a fiscal emergency Monday in response to the state's deteriorating finances and urging lawmakers to "get off of their rigid ideologies."
But even as...Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Philosophy, Emergency Planning, Laws, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Recession Q & A
carol.polsky@newsday.comWhat factors went into the determination by the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research that an economic recession began in December 2007? A recession begins at the point at which the economy's last period of...Tags: Local Authority, Mortgages, Metal and Mineral, New York University, State Budgets
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Md. foreclosures decline 16%
In a sign that Maryland could be making strides toward helping struggling homeowners keep their houses, foreclosures fell almost 16 percent in the three-month period that ended in September, compared with the second quarter, according to statistics...Tags: Prince George's County, Foreclosures, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Montgomery County (Maryland)
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We need to do more to help the unemployed
No longer is unemployment somebody else's problem. Chances are you know someone who has lost a job recently. Or you know somebody who knows somebody who has become unemployed through no fault of their own. Amid all the hustle and bustle to fix the...Tags: Employers, General Motors Corp., Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Insurance
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Sides get set to lobby Barack Obama for immigration policy changes
South Florida Sun-SentinelImmigration rallies are planned. E-mail blasts have started to go out. And advocates have already penned an open letter to president-elect Barack Obama. He is about seven weeks away from taking office, but advocates on all sides of the immigration...Tags: Demographics, National Government, Government, Migration, 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration
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Trample death sparks effort to bring Black Friday under control
patrick.whittle@newsday.comTwo days after a mob of impatient shoppers trampled to death a worker at a Valley Stream Wal-Mart, a Queens lawmaker announced plans to propose a new law aimed at controlling future Black Friday crowds while Long Island officials said they were...Tags: Sales, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Steve Levy, Laws, Police Investigations
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Steve Lonegan running for NJ governor
Associated Press WriterVowing to cut taxes and take on labor unions, conservative Republican Steve Lonegan declared his candidacy for governor of New Jersey. The former mayor of Bogota announced his intention at a news conference in Edison on Monday. Long an advocate of...Tags: Retirement, Executive Branch, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Government
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December 1: Tuition stability, a break for retirees, terror in Mumbai, Viloria-Fisher
Don't forget Viloria-Fisher I read with interest Joye Brown's column "5 reasons LI can find healing" [News, Nov. 23], regarding optimism about Long Island's future in the aftermath of the Marcelo Lucero killing and was struck by the omission of Suffolk...Tags: Marketing, State University of New York, Stony Brook University, Local Elections, Terrorism
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There are some limits on background checks
DeCiccio & JohnsonQ What is legally permissible when employers are doing background checks on potential candidates and their past employers -- what can and cannot be said, asked and/or questioned? B.C. Lockhart A An employer doing a background check on a potential...Tags: Employers, History
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Debit in, checks out
The paper unemployment check will soon be a thing of the past for Maryland residents who file for the insurance benefit starting today.
In its place comes plastic. The state's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation will issue prepaid debit cards...Tags: Interior Policy, Banking, Unemployment, Marketing, Personal Data Collection
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