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Drop-off in crude price has OPEC weighing cutback
VIENNA, Austria - With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks ago - cutting back output to prop up crude. No one is predicting much of a...Tags: Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving
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OPEC Considering Cutback In Oil Production
With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks ago — cutting back output to prop up the price of crude. No one is predicting much of a cutback...Tags: Commodity Markets, Economy, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving, New York Mercantile Exchange
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Long Islanders tough customers in school shopping
keiko.morris@newsday.comAmong the racks of backpacks at a Riverhead Zumiez store last week, a rather lengthy debate ensued. Unlike last year, when Jacqui Candemir might have stretched a little to buy her son the more expensive, trendy backpack, this year mother and son had to...Tags: OfficeMax Inc., People, Long Island, Unemployment, Real Estate Sales
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Downsizing Can Be Tough On The Survivors
Your workday can be extremely grim when cuts compel others to leave. A literature on downsizing has evolved over the last 10 years to tell the others what to do, whether it's to find a completely different career, take a vacation or start a business....Tags: Belief and Faith
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Taiwan demilitarizes picturesque offshore islet
Associated PressConcrete pilings designed to prevent an invasion no longer dot this tiny Taiwanese islet's shoreline. A formidable marine garrison also has vanished, replaced by laid-back coast guardsmen and marine biologists. Don't be mistaken, though - the...Tags: Natural Resources, Forests, Forestry and Timber, National Government, Chen Shui-Bian
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Davie opening 'one-stop' shop for social services
Special correspondentTo assist residents coping with the economic slump, Davie is creating a Neighborhood Service Center that, when open by year's end, will provide an array of services from a single location at no cost to taxpayers. The Jennmar Building, 4700 SW 64th Ave.,...Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Social Services, Society, Broward County, Mental Illness
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Crude Prices Lowest In 5 Months
Associated PressOil prices sank to a five-month low Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring their energy use to save money. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate spiked to 6.1 percent from 5.7 percent...Tags: Commodity Markets, Natural Resources, Economy, Unemployment, Energy Resources
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Let's call it Dog Gone Drive
I asked readers a while back to suggest alternative names for Allentown's Mack Boulevard, since there won't be a Mack World Headquarters there any more. This was sparked by a friend who sent me the following suggestions: Back-Stab Street. Drop-Dead...Tags: Transportation, Philosophy, Unemployment, Employees, Road Transportation
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Low demand sends oil to 5-month low
From Chicago Tribune news servicesOil prices sank to a five-month low Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring back their energy use to save money. "There's been a terrific amount of growing concern about the outlook for demand...Tags: Commodity Markets, Foreign Exchange Market, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving
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Ky. automotive plant closing, over 550 losing jobs
Johnson Controls Inc., which makes building and automotive systems, announced it will close its plant in Cadiz that employs 559 workers as part of a restructuring plan. The closure at the plant that makes frames for car seats will be phased out and is...Tags: Plant Openings, Unemployment, Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Cadiz Incorporated
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Why Lynx is facing worse cutbacks than its peers
Sentinel Staff WriterLynx bus riders could soon see higher fares and less-frequent service, thanks to spiraling fuel and labor costs. But while this same surge of expenses is hitting other Florida transit systems from Miami to Jacksonville, they aren't considering service...Tags: Transportation, Real Estate Sales, Sales, Orlando, Public Transportation
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Plan to salvage Alitalia includes 3,250 layoffs
A plan to salvage the profitable part of Alitalia will include 3,250 layoffs, Italy's labor minister said yesterday, as key discussions with unions on the future of the bankrupt airline continued. Maurizio Sacconi indicated that jobs would be lost both at...Tags: Unemployment, Unions
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