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Blog Entries by Jason Cherkis from 07/2012

A Thousand Cuts: Austerity Measures Devastate Communities Around The World

Posted 07.12.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- In early 2011, Elizabeth Miller, a bus driver for the Port Authority in Pittsburgh, received notice that she would be laid off in 60 day...

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Mitt Romney's Own 2002 Testimony Undermines Bain Departure Claim

Posted 07.12.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's repeated claim that he played no part in executive decision-making related to Bain Capital after 1999 is false, according ...

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A Thousand Cuts: Austerity Measures Devastate Communities Around The World

Posted 07.13.2012 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON -- In early 2011, Elizabeth Miller, a bus driver for the Port Authority in Pittsburgh, received notice that she would be laid off in 60 day...

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Mitt Romney's Signature Appears On Bain SEC Filings During Time He Said He Left Bain

Posted 07.13.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Between 1999 and 2001, Mitt Romney, then the CEO of Bain Capital, signed at least six documents that the private equity firm filed with ...

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Mitt Romney's Bain Involvement Suggested By 1999 California Filing

Posted 07.16.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Add another document to the pile, this one from California's secretary of state. In a filing dated July 21, 1999, GOP presidential ho...

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Bain Capital Created 'Demoralizing' Culture of Layoffs At Florida Plant

Posted 07.23.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- When Dade Behring started cutting employees under Bain Capital's management in the late '90s, Cindy Hewitt was on the front lines. As a ...

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Mitt Romney Registered As Lobbyist For Salt Lake City Olympics

Posted 07.26.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney loves to talk about his role salvaging the 2002 scandal-tarnished Winter Olympics in Salt La...

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