Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Today's Teamster News 07.24.12

Dark side of a Bain success  Salon   ...A for-profit health company bought by Bain -- that Romney profits from -- has exploded in size and tales of neglect...
No Holiday For The Red Squares (Le Devoir)  quebecprotest.com   ... Participants were out in great numbers yesterday in Montreal on the occasion of the 160th day of social action and the fifth national demonstration on the 22nd of the month.
The Future of Manufacturing Is in America, Not China  Foreign Policy   ...The most advanced automobile of today -- the Tesla Roadster -- is already being manufactured in the United States using robotic and AI technologies. Google just announced that it will produce its highly-acclaimed Nexus 7 tablet in the United States. This is just the beginning of the trend...
Boats, Bottles, and Billy the Kid: The Other Koch Brother  Mother Jones   ...he spent $2.3 million on the only authenticated photograph of Billy the Kid. That's still $300,000 more than he's spent on Romney, one of his cheaper hobbies...
Prosser converts campaign account to legal defense fund  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   ...State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has re-christened his campaign finance account as a defense fund, which he said he is considering using to fight allegations that he violated judicial ethics rules by putting his hands on the neck of a fellow justice last year...
BusinessView: CP cannot unilaterally cancel the FMP that was negotiated in good faith…  Northumberland View   ... The TCRC General Committees of Adjustment representing members at CP Rail in Western Canada successfully obtained a cease and desist order to stop CP's attempt to cancel Cranbrook Fatigue Management Plan Time Pools...