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By CHRISTOPHER MAAG, The New York Times - - CLEVELAND — Cleveland is suing 21 of the nation’s largest banks and financial institutions, accusing them of knowingly plunging the city into a financial crisis by flooding the local housing market with subprime...
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Republicans say they want to prevent voter fraud. Democrats say rights will be damaged. Neither has concrete evidence. By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer - - WASHINGTON -- Just as the 2008 election is shifting into high gear, the Supreme...
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NEW YORK, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It might be all the eggnog we have been drinking this week, or just the unbelievable irony of it all, but SEIU's folks at BehindtheBuyouts.org couldn't resist some idle speculation about what may have been going through...
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By Al Yoon and Jonathan Keehner, Rueters NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Key funding for Carlyle Group's $6.3 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. nursing home giant Manor Care Inc. has been pushed to the first quarter of 2008, delayed from initial investor...
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Andrew Stern, head of SEIU, says foreign as well as U.S. workers should share in employers' success. - By Molly Selvin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Andrew Stern, maybe the most powerful union boss in the country, doesn't always act the part. As president...
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By Alison Fitzgerald and Ryan J. Donmoyer - - Bloomberg Business News - - The Internal Revenue Service has begun an inquiry into suspected tax abuses at hedge funds and private- equity firms after determining many firm partners don't file returns and...
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SEIU COUNSEL, HOME CARE WORKERS, DISABILITY COMMUNITY ADVOCATES URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT FAIR HOME HEALTH CARE ACT Supporters Say Basic Protections for Home Care Workers Will Ensure Care for America’s Elderly and Disabled WASHINGTON, DC — Today (Oct....