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Former US Labour Secretary Alexis Herman became the first African/American to hold that office when she was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
It was another ground-breaking step for the Alabama woman whose career achievements make up an im...
DATE: Mar 05, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — If last week was Wall Street’s big dive, this week will be where it tries to figure out how deep the water is.Stocks are in for a shaky ride, now that the past five sessions have erased all of this year’s gains and then some. Investor...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The yen strengthened the most against the dollar in almost 15 months this week as falling stock markets prompted investors to unwind trades they had financed by borrowing the Japanese currency.Investors exited the so-called car...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State insurance regulators are investigating whether Allstate Insurance Co. is cancelling policies without properly inspecting homes to see if they are occupied or under construction after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.The Louisiana ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — From the Hollywood producer who prompted hundreds of assistants to quit to the boss who forced employees to crawl on the floor, the destructive impact of workplace tyrants is costly but avoidable, says a top management expert in ...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said increased global links between economies may have helped spur US inflation.Booming demand for energy and commodities by China and other countries has contributed to the surge in thei...
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BEIJING (Reuters) — The sharp drop in Chinese stock markets in the past week is a normal correction that wasn’t driven by fundamental economic concerns, the head of Shanghai Stock Exchange said on Saturday.The Shanghai market dropped nearly 9 percent...
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LAST week’s turmoil on the financial markets came as a surprise to many people. A long period of low volatility had allowed them to descend into a state of complacency. Unfortunately for them, such events don’t give advance notice that they are about...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Treasury benchmark 10-year notes posted their biggest weekly gains in five months as investors sought the safety of government debt amid declines in global stocks and concern that US economic growth is slowing.Ten-year note yie...
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TORONTO (Reuters) — This past week’s surprise wipe-out on the Toronto Stock Exchange was more a much-needed correction after a record-setting rise than a sign that the bear market is about to wake up from its four-and-a-half-year hibernation.Stock ma...
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