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Global Warming Fight: Saudi Kingdom Wants Countries To Pay For Drop In Oil Revenue

New York Times | AD MOUAWAD and ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Iea, Nrdc, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Saudi Oil, Mohammad Al-Sabban, Sauidi Arabia, Greenhouse Gases, Victor, Petroleum, Oil, Emissions, Opec, Saudi Kingdom, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Cutbacks, Saudis, Ucsd, Using Less, Reduction, Climate Change, David G. Victor, Copenhagen, Business News

Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to com...

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Violent Criminals, Prison Cutbacks and the Women Who Suffer The Consequences

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Criminal Justice System, Orange County, Domestic Violence, Cutbacks, Politics News
Danielle Cavallucci

Once again, the system operating under the auspices of service, protection and justice has failed.

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No News Is Bad News

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Internet Journalism, Cutbacks, The New York Times, Mcclatchey, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Today McClatchy declared that it would cut 1,600 jobs. Why do companies announce their various intentions to decruit vast numbers of people?

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No More Viagra Pens? Doctors May Cut Back On Swag In 2009

New York Times | NATASHA SINGER | Posted 01.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Doctors, Swag, Economy, Doctor Swag, Cutbacks, Business News

To Lehman Brothers, Linens 'n Things and the blank VHS tape, add another American institution that expired in 2008: drug company trinkets. Startin...

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Manufacturers Cut Back On Natural Gas Heavily, Keeping Prices Cheap

Wall Street Journal | BEN CASSELMAN | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Natural Gas Prices, Energy, Cutbacks, Natural Gas, Business News

Frigid temperatures and winter storms have blanketed the country from New Orleans to Chicago this month, weather that usually leads to a spike in the ...

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The No-Layoff Approach To Cutting Labor Costs

New York Times | MATT RICHTEL | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Financial Crisis, Job Cuts, Cutting Labor Costs, Finance, Economy, Cutbacks, Business News

A growing number of employers, hoping to avoid or limit layoffs, are introducing four-day workweeks, unpaid vacations and voluntary or enforced furlou...

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FedEx Pay Cuts, 401k Freeze Coming

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Fedex, FedEx 401k Freeze, FedEx Pay Cuts, Economy, Cutbacks, Business News

NEW YORK — FedEx Corp. on Thursday announced more broad cost cuts _ including salary reductions _ as deteriorating economic conditions continue ...

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Google Continues To Get Leaner, "Significantly" Reducing Contractors

Silicon Alley Insider | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Job Cuts, Economy, Cutbacks, Google, Business News

Google (GOOG) has about 10,000 contractors and it wants to reduce that number, PR rep Jane Penner told CNET. "We have 10,000, and we have had a pla...

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Economic Crisis -- Are Our Governments Making It Worse?

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: France, Africa, Sarkozy, Teach-Ins, Financial Crisis, Asia, Plunder, Bush, World Stocks, Cutbacks, Business News
Danny Schechter

Sarkozy says, "there can be no freedom" without regulation and quickly huddled with George Bush at Camp David to try to coordinate strategies along with the president of the EU.

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