Daily Archives: November 24th, 2009
Worker Blasts Adidas’ Plan to Move NBA Jersey Production Overseas
by Joshua Rhett Miller, FOXNews.com
The lone major sport with its roots in America could soon see its premier players dunking and driving to the hoop wearing uniforms made in Thailand, costing nearly 100 workers their jobs in upstate New York.
Sports apparel giant Adidas plans to end its contract with Perry, N.Y.-based apparel supplier American [...]
Global Warming With the Lid Off
The emails that reveal an effort to hide the truth about climate science.
‘The two MMs have been after the CRU station data for years. If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the U.K., I think I’ll delete the file rather than send to anyone. . . . We also [...]
CEOs Seek to Spur Jobs Through Small Business, Education
By ROGER CHENG And JON KAMP
WASHINGTON—Efforts to spur job creation need to center on getting more credit—and fast—to small and midsize businesses and improving the country’s education system, according to a group of business leaders at the annual Wall Street Journal CEO Council.
“Look through the job creation lens for every policy,” American Express Co. [...]
Housing 1 in 4 Borrowers Under Water
By RUTH SIMON and JAMES R. HAGERTY
The proportion of U.S. homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than the properties are worth has swelled to about 23%, threatening prospects for a sustained housing recovery.
Nearly 10.7 million households had negative equity in their homes in the third quarter, according to First American CoreLogic, a real-estate information [...]
China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal
BEIJING – China executed two people Tuesday for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick.
Zhang Yujun was executed for endangering public safety and Geng Jinping was executed for producing and selling toxic food, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Their [...]